Success after IF
Day 5 blastocyst question ...
We are going for Day 5 / blasto with 4 fertlized. I thought I was going to have to do Day three and transfer multiple eggs. I'm 40. Anyone transfer a Day 5 blast and get pregnant and have a healthy child? How old are you? I'm only looking to transfer one and if I'm lucky freeze more. Anyone familiar with thawing blastocysts?
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Re: Day 5 blastocyst question ...
IVF #1 1/10-transfered 2 blasts- DS born 10/2010
March 2015- Chemical pg
1/25/16- BFP Beta1 12dpo = 17, Beta 2 14 dpo = 28.. resulted in one beautiful boy born 9/21/16
Now I'm a stay at home loving life and pursuing my love of photography!!!
YAY on your day 5 transfer
We retrieved 19, 14 mature, 8 fertilized, transferred 1 (day 5) and 5 made it to freeze. BFP...one healthy 3 year old now.
I have also done 3 FET's since then.
FET#1 transferred one, BFP, m/c
FET#2 transferred two since they were frozen together, BFP, one healthy 1 year old now.
FET#3 transferred one, 35 weeks pregnant today
I am 33 years old.
So far we have had a 100% thaw rate. I think rates vary by clinic but ours is over 90%. The two that we had frozen together were our lowest quality. They did give us an option though of only transferring one and trying to re-freeze the other but there is a chance it wouldn't make it so we transferred both.
Good luck on your transfer!
We have not made it to day 5, nor does my RE do it unless doing an eSet. If I could, I would probably transfer one at my age, 29 but if I were over 35 I would probably transfer 2.
ETA: I had 6 good embryo's on day 3 and one made it to freeze. We did an FET with it in April, it was a 5AA blast...sucessful but ended in m/c.
TTC #1- unexplained...lost left ovary 4/07 IUI #1 2/10/09-BFN IUI #2 3/5/09-BFN IVF # 1-BFP
TTC#2- FET 4/7/11 BFP, Natural mc 5/5/11 IVF#2 ER 9/13/11, ET 9/16/11, Beta #1 9/27/11 BFP 254 Beta #2 9/30/11 793 -Twins!
We transferred two on day 5 for our FET (one expanded blast, one still compacted embryo) and are expecting twins. I am 34.
They are thawed from our fresh cycle where we had 10 retrieved, 7 mature, 5 fertilized w/ICSI and we ended up w/four left. We transferred two on day 3 (and froze the two I'm pg w/now), but had a m/c of a singleton at 8 1/2 weeks.
As I told you on the other board, if you only want one, I would only transfer one. GL!
5 REs + 3 surgical hysteroscopies for septum/lap + 3 failed IUIs
IVF w/ICSI/AH & acu = BFP!, unexplained spontaneous m/c @ 8w2d (our little girl),
FET w/acu = BFP!, B/G twins!, lost MP @19w, dx w/funneling cervix @20w,
twins nearly lost to IC @21w, saved by rescue cerclage, 17P & 16w of bedrest
Our twins born @36w4d via CS when A came foot first
Thankful for every day
I just did a Day 5 transfer and transferred one blast and I am pregnant (5weeks/4days). I am 38. My RE wanted me to transfer 2 or even 3 blasts but I wasn't comfortable with that. We ended up having 6 to freeze.
My clinic only freezes blastocysts so that is all they end up thawing. This is the first time I've ever had any to freeze so no experience on thawing.
ETA: I'm 37, not 38. Good grief, I cannot believe I added another year.
Retrieved 15 eggs, 11 mature, 10 fertilized with ICSI, 6 made it to day 5. I transferred 1, 10 days before my 34th birthday. He's the cutie in my siggy.
The other 5 were frozen and we are going to do an FET in September. Still debating whether to do 1 or 2, but we are comfortable with twins (as long as it is safe for me - which I'm getting a 2nd opinion on). If I wasn't comfortable with twins, especially with 5 day blasts, I would just transfer 1.
Fresh cycle = 30 retrieved, 20 fertilized, 16 made it to 5 day (some to 6). I have PCOS and totally overstimmed...not sure about my quality since there was so much quantity.
IVF #1 = transferred 2 5AA hatching blasts, BFN
FET#1 = transferred 2 5AA expanded blasts, 1 stuck (DD) [Also 1st cycle on Lovenox after discovering my clotting disorders]
FET#2 = transferred 1 5AA and 1 5BB expanded blasts, c/p
Most of these embies were day 6. From what I've read, it's advisable to wait it out until day 5 before transferring, just to see which ones arrest and which don't..but others do really well with 3 day transfers too. I think it all depends on your individual situation. I was 31 when I did the fresh cycle and I'm 33 now.