Two separate transfers in one cycle - GHOST and others

[activec]

I will be transferring a donor embryo on day 5 at a certain centre. One day later I will be transferring my own day 6 embryo at another centre.

I wanted to know if anyone has done 2 transfers on different days within the same cycle.

Ghost, do you think there is any chance of "injury" to the donor embryos when the tube gets put into my uterus the day after to deposit my own embryo? Both centres use abdominally guided U/S. Would the day 5 embryo still be visible by day 6. I have watched a video on U/S gided transfers and gather it is the air bubble on expelling the embies that "marks the delivery spot". Surely a day later that air buble will no longer be there to mark the spot?

(BTW, for reasons of "guaranteeing" success with my donor embryo at its centre, the two transfers cannot be combined, so that is not an option.)

[mommytime]

I don't have any answeres or advise for you. I just want to send well wishes your way. I hope everything goes smoothly for you.

[Ghost]

I will be transferring a donor embryo on day 5 at a certain centre. One day later I will be transferring my own day 6 embryo at another centre.

I wanted to know if anyone has done 2 transfers on different days within the same cycle.

Ghost, do you think there is any chance of "injury" to the donor embryos when the tube gets put into my uterus the day after to deposit my own embryo? Both centres use abdominally guided U/S. Would the day 5 embryo still be visible by day 6. I have watched a video on U/S gided transfers and gather it is the air bubble on expelling the embies that "marks the delivery spot". Surely a day later that air buble will no longer be there to mark the spot?

(BTW, for reasons of "guaranteeing" success with my donor embryo at its centre, the two transfers cannot be combined, so that is not an option.)

Amazing. I have never heard of a cycle like that. Two different days at two different centers.

The day 5 embryo will not be visible on ultrasound on day 6. It will be only about 0.2-0.3mm in diameter at that time. The bubble will be gone, and even if a bubble is still there, it may not be the same bubble and the embryo may have separated from the bubble.

The answer to your question is that we don't know. What you are doing is very rarely or never tried. I tend to doubt the chance of damage, but there is no way to know. My clinic has surely never done it.

If this worries you, you can always do single embryo transfers.

[to_have_fun08]

Good Luck. I know at my clinic they have done a 3 day transfer of 1 embryo and then 2 days later doing a 5dt of another embryo. The gal i know that did this got preggo with Twins. This was all at the same clinic just different days.

[sharishu]

Logically, I'd say don't worry about it; Think of the vaginal ultrasounds you have once you are pregnant. That is arguably even more invasive.

Good luck!

[kellym]

Good luck with your cycle! I actually had two transfers done on two separate days (the thought was that my implantation window might be different than the average persons). My RE did not seem at all concerned with possible damage. I did not get pregnant in that cycle but I don't think it has anything to do with the double transfer. I did however get pregnant with a donor cycle.
All the best!