IVF Twin Gender

flamingolove

Just wondering what kinds of twins you all had that did IVF? Hopefully ill be finding out within the next few weeks!!!

JordynLeighx3

Does doing IVF really have any effect on what gender the babies are?

 

 

dgancz

We had franternal(sp) girls and my older DD is also an IVF baby

lovemygs

We actually have ID twin boys thanks to IVF. Transferred 3 embryos and 1 stuck and divided.

fanofanne

JordynLeighx3:

Does doing IVF really have any effect on what gender the babies are?

i've heard that it can...especially if you freeze the embryos.  btw i have b/g twins.  good luck! 

kgs0505

cakpeterson:

We actually have ID twin boys thanks to IVF. Transferred 3 embryos and 1 stuck and divided.

Ditto exactly, except I'm having girls instead of boys.

ETA: I did a 6d frozen transfer.

lynn0926

B/B

JordynLeighx3

Hmm interesting. I did not know that. Congrats though!

chickaboo1974

I have b/b fraternals as a result of IVF with ICSI and a 5dt

karo112

chickaboo1974:

I have b/b fraternals as a result of IVF with ICSI and a 5dt

 

This exactly except G/G fraternals... 

linawalton

We did a FET, and transferred 2 embryos, only 1 took and the one that took split. We are having identical twin girls.

txcyclist

We did a 3dt of two embryos. We're expecting B/G twins.

Ourfamilyof5

IVF with ICSI fresh cycle (5dt) with two embryos  - one boy.

FET - b/g 

amy1007

I think the moral of the story is there are 3 possibilities!

Dragonfly1226

I have a singleton DS from IVF and am expecting twin DDs (fraternal) from a FET.

LuvWIfootball

Just to add a little diversity to the mix, we transferred 2 on day 5 and got BBB triplets (2ID).

Ruthie04

Boys...5dt, conventional fertilization.

megemoney

janniep:

JordynLeighx3:

Does doing IVF really have any effect on what gender the babies are?

i've heard that it can...especially if you freeze the embryos.  btw i have b/g twins.  good luck! 

This makes no sense to me.  Sex is determined by the sperm.  It's either X or Y.  So when the egg (X) is fertilized, it becomes XX (girl) or XY (boy).  So by the time the embryo is frozen it is already either a boy or a girl.  Freezing will not change the sex.  Each embryo has a 50/50 chance... nothing changes that. 

SkyBee

chickaboo1974:

I have b/b fraternals as a result of IVF with ICSI and a 5dt

this exactly

Raggedy1

G/G Identical twins after 3dt of 2 fresh embryos, 1 stuck and split

This scenario is surprisingly common in this thread! 

jcath

Raggedy1:

G/G Identical twins after 3dt of 2 fresh embryos, 1 stuck and split

This scenario is surprisingly common in this thread! 

I am surprised by how many ID twins are from IVF.  My RE said the IVF had nothing to do with it and statistically the ID twin rate hasn't risen?

I did a 5dt of one embryo and have g/g ID twins.  

PumpkinAndThePeanut

karo112:

chickaboo1974:

I have b/b fraternals as a result of IVF with ICSI and a 5dt

 

This exactly except G/G fraternals... 

Same here, fraternal girls. Unless an IVF cycle results in identicals, which I have heard the chance of that is slightly higher, I'm not sure why IVF would influence genders.

DebateThis

I'm just lurking (still waiting on first u/s) but there are several factors at play here.  The basic summary is that blastocyst transfers tend to lean heavily toward boys and FETs and ICSI lean more toward girls.

This is from 2007 but my RE told me it holds true today: https://www.rmany.com/pdf/blastocystembryotransfer.pdf 

And another study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18718582

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2767484/

PumpkinAndThePeanut

DebateThis:

I'm just lurking still waiting on first u/s but there are several factors at play here.nbsp; The basic summary is that blastocyst transfers tend to lean heavily toward boys and FETs and ICSI lean more toward girls. This is from 2007 but my RE told me it holds true today: https://www.rmany.com/pdf/blastocystembryotransfer.pdfnbsp; And another study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18718582 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2767484/

Can't read the studies as I'm on mobile and the links aren't clicky, but FWIW, I've done two fresh 5 day blast transfers, each time we transferred two embryos. Three girls and one boy.

Good luck at your upcoming ultrasound.

caden

chickaboo1974:

I have b/b fraternals as a result of IVF with ICSI and a 5dt

ditto

MrsLouie10

B/B fraternals. I was unable to do a fresh transfer due to progesterone issues. I did FET with 5d blasts.