IVFers, a transfer question

wille2b · April 2012

how many did you put back and on what day? we are transferring 3 no matter which day is chosen. just looking to see other ladies and their stories!!

TIA

keg · April 2012

We transferred two on day 3 and they both stuck. (IVF #1 with only known IF dx of endo)

angelynn8411 · April 2012

No history of infertility for any of us (me, DH, surrogate) and we chose to transfer 2 grade A embryos on day 5, hoping they'd both stick.

gtseybert · April 2012

We put 2 in with a 5 day transfer and are now 12 weeks pregnant with twins! Good luck to you

honeybee72 · April 2012

We did an FET wiith donor embryos. They were excellent quality day 5 blasts when frozen. They thawed and put back 2 and both of them took. The couple who donated the embryos to us transferred 2 and both of theirs took also.

We used the same clinic as they did and the feeling I got was there would have to be extenuating circumstances for them to agree to transfer more than 2 at a time. When I did IVF with my own (different clinic), the quality wasn't great and I only had 3, so we transferred all of them on day 3. BFN.

jellolz · April 2012

i'm a surrogate, so obviously i was specifically chosen for my ability to get pregnant... unproven 22 year old donor eggs, we put back two 5 day embies. (if i could do over, i'd probably do a SET, but hindsight is always 20/20. i'd chose SET because i'm not totally comfortable carrying twins with the level of care i can get where i live.)

greyeyes15 · April 2012

2 on day 5, both took.

caden · April 2012

IVF 1: 2 embryos, 5dt, BFN
IVF 2: 2 embryos, 3dt, c/p
IVF 3: 3 embryos, 5dt, twins + vanishing triplet

Good luck!!

jcath · April 2012

We transferred one "perfect" blast on day 5, had ID twins.

Scorpgirl444 · April 2012

DH and I got lucky. We only had 2 viable embryos out of all of them (meaning none are frozen). Because of that both were implanted on day 3 (we were aiming for day 5). Both stuck!

Our RE pretty much told us that we won the lottery. To bank on your only two viable embryos sticking does not have good odds.

Oh, this was our first attempt at IVF also.

TheBachelorette · April 2012

We transfered two embryos on day three. Both stuck!

cookie_queen · April 2012

Both times we've gotten pregnant we've transfered 2 day 5 embryos. We did 1 single embryo transfer, still day 5 embryo, and it didn't take.

floridakat · April 2012

This was our first IVF, and I had only a 40% chance of it working thanks to my age (37 at the time) and the quality/# of my eggs. We transferred two on day six, the other two didn't make it to freeze. But both transferred stuck!

MontyMrs · April 2012

We transferred 4 on day 3. It was my 6th IVF and I was 40 at the time to explain the higher amount transferred. I was quite surprised that 3 stuck/

LALASEPT05 · April 2012

We transferred 2 embies on day 3. They were grade 1.5 and grade 2 with grade 1 being the highest. They both took. Good luck to you. BTW this was our first transfer.

jessican08 · April 2012

Initially we decided that we'd transfer two back unless we had one really stellar looking embryo. The day of transfer though, we were told that we only had two blasts (one good looking, expanded blast and one regular blast that was a day behind) out of the 9 embies we had growing. They said it was unlikely any of the others would catch up and be able to be frozen. They also said they weren't sure the regular blast could be frozen. The next day it was confirmed none of the others were freeze worthy so I was glad we transferred the two we had.

CourtneySue · April 2012

1st transfer thawed out all 8. 4 lived. transfered 2 on Day 5= Our son!!

refroze the last 2 blasts

22 months later... thawed out 2 blasts transfered both Day 5= pregnant with twins!!

We feel very blessed.

Eriksgal · April 2012

3 on day 5 which was all we had left from the 8 eggs retrieved. Only 2 were blasts, all were Grade II quality. RE said only 5% chance for triplets!

LadyGolfer523 · April 2012

2 on day 5... the rest is history.

schoolsoutbride · April 2012

We did a SET of a 5AA blast (5DT) for IVF#1. I really didn't want twins because having 2 bad sleepers scared the bejesus out of me. We did 2 (5AA and 4AA, I think) for FET#1, which resulted in twins--really bad sleepers!

JennP03 · April 2012

We transferred two day 5 embies on our 1st fresh cycle. One of our embryos started to split but didn't finish the process. I didn't know at the time that ICSI embryos are more likely to split into identicals. We have three that made it to freeze and we'll more than likely do single embryo transfers with those when we decide to use them.

psyck · April 2012

We transferred two and got twins!

Nerwak · April 2012

We put two back on a 5dt - first IVF (w/ ICSI) after 5 IUIs and 2 m/c. They both stuck

newsbaby · April 2012

Transferred 2 twice, and transferred 3 THREE times before 2 finally stuck.

ColleenS629 · April 2012

We transferred 2 on Day 5. Both were hatching/ hatched already. This was our first IVF. Our dx was MFI (3% morph) and we had a previous m/c.

TTC76 · April 2012

With my DD we did a day three transfer with 2 and we got DD and this time around we also put in 2 -but on a day5/6 and are b'h expecting twins in August.

lovemygs · April 2012

We transferred 3 on day 5. Only one of the 3 was great quality. That's the one we believe stuck and divided.

Snickers2005 · April 2012

We were unexplained infertility - only obvious thing was age. I was 38 at the time of retrieval/transfer. Out of 12 retrieved, 3 made it to the 5 day transfer. One was a blast, the other two were morulas. Two stuck and I gave birth to boy/girl twins. This was our first and to be our only IVF as we had to pay OOP.

shyntrue · April 2012

We used donor eggs from a 31 yr old. We transferred 1 grade A 8 cell and 1 grade A 4 cell. RE wanted to also transfer 1 more grade A 4 cell, we declined.

Good Luck! Smile

TryingforBaby1 · April 2012

We were planning on transferring one or two, with heavy deference to doctor's recommendation on transfer day. Both the embryologist and doctor recommended two because it increased our odds of getting pregnant, as long as we did not want twins. My DH and I both have diagnosed issues. My son is the result of our hail may injectible IUI cycle.

I was afraid of a twin pregnancy, but honestly did not think two would stick. It was our first IVF cycle and I had hit my OOP max for insurance, so our costs were relatively low.

We decided to go for it and low and behold, both took AND one split. We lost baby C around 11 weeks, but we knew from the moment we found out about the third baby that he was likely to not be a take-home baby.

Good luck!

scorch · April 2012

I started with 8 embies, four didn't make it long enough to freeze.

Fresh transfer was one excellent grade hatching blast that ended in miscarriage at 7 weeks.

FET #1 was on embie day 5, excellent grade hatching blast. She is almost 3.

FET#2 was a day 5 , 2 embies. Mostly because we didn't want to pay to keep one frozen, and because I had already had both a m/c, and a healthy pregnancy, I figured two embies was my best shot at one baby, which was all I wanted. Had I known they would have both stuck,I would have done them one at a time . I love being pregnant but I did not not love the end of my pregnancy with the twins. They are 15 months old.

Fancy3Face · April 2012

2 on day 5. Both stuck.

ETA: tubal factor (ectopic) was our only issue. That was our only ivf. We have 3 frozen.

MrsJeffsWife2B · April 2012

We transferred the only three we had left on day 3. Two were perfect looking 8 cell embryos (which I am assuming became the twins I'm carrying) and a wonkier looking 15 cell embryo.

I am 38, DOR, DH low morphology... this was our 1st IVF after three failed IUIs.

regenab · April 2012

We transferred 2 on day 3. They were the only 2 we had left and the grades were average and below average. We were told they probably would not result in a pregnancy and less than 1% chance of twins because the grades were not good. Both stuck and I have fraternal twin girls. So if you are putting back 3 prepared for triplets or more, it can happen even against the odds given to you. This was my very first IVF attempt and I did not stim well. I only had 5 eggs retrieved and only 3 of those were mature and only 2 fertilized. I was told we need to start preparing for the next cycle because this one was probably a bust. My RE was shocked when he saw 2 heartbeats on the first u/s at 7 weeks. So it can really happen.

Count Choculitis · April 2012

We transferred two frozen embryos on day 5. At my 5 1/2 week ultrasound, they saw two gestational sacs, two yolk sacs, but only one fetal pole (and it had a heartbeat). I was told that the other baby would probably never develop and would be reabsorbed by my body or bled out. They told me that with almost 100% certainty. Well... when we went back at 8 weeks we had two equally healthy little heartbeats!

Good luck! But if you don't mind me asking - why are you doing 3? Is that what the doctor recommended b/c of age or embryo quality? I'd be wary of triplets.

krismott25 · April 2012

Aw I'm so happy your doing it again. Praying this is your take home baby. We did a 3dt with 3 embryos fresh cycle and we are having twins. GL with everything!!

nikinikinine · April 2012

For my twins pregnancy I transferred 3 on day five.

I also conceived two singletons, the first was from a 2ET on day three (miscarriage) and the second was from an sET on day 5 (I'm 15+ weeks pg with that baby now).

naflmj · April 2012

2 on day 3...IVF#1 gave us DS and IVF#2 gave us these two guys. GL!!!

kthappy76 · April 2012

We weren't keen on carrying more than two, so save a split, that and what we had to work with is what drove our decisions.

IVF #1: 2 on d3 (since only 5 eggs fert), m/c of one (two made it to freeze on d5)

FET #1: 2 on d5, twins born @ 36w4d

HayGirl5 · April 2012

Transferred 2 on day 5, both stuck.

Jeepie Doll · April 2012

Scorpgirl444:
DH and I got lucky. We only had 2 viable embryos out of all of them (meaning none are frozen). Because of that both were implanted on day 3 (we were aiming for day 5). Both stuck!
Our RE pretty much told us that we won the lottery. To bank on your only two viable embryos sticking does not have good odds.
Oh, this was our first attempt at IVF also.

This is almost exactly our story!

We only had 2 eggs retrieved. Both fertilized and became blasts. Transferred both at 5 days. Both stuck.

I was 37 at time of IVF. This was our first IVF and all OOP. DOR and low morph. We did ICSI, too.

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