IVF ladies! How many embryos did you put in?

Viasatalyte · July 2013

Hello ladies! I'm lurking from the Infertility and TTC after 35 boards. Just wondering, of you that did IVF and are pregnant now, how many embryos were transferred? For my first fresh cycle we choose one 5AB blast, a BFN. For our upcoming FET we're going to transfer two.

How many did you transfer, what were the grades and are you pregnant with a singleton or twins? Thanks ladies!

wither16 · July 2013

We did 2 on our fresh cycle (due to my young age and the other embryos were all pretty bad) I do not remember the "exact" grades, but by the time we got to day 3- we had one low A range, a B and 2 low Cs.

We lost baby 2 at 6 weeks, now we have a gorgeous little 14 month old. If it helps, most people on this board have already had their kiddos- pregnant after IF would be where women who are still pregnant usually hang out.

Hope that helps! Big Smile

Viasatalyte · July 2013

wither16:
We did 2 on our fresh cycle (due to my young age and the other embryos were all pretty bad) I do not remember the "exact" grades, but by the time we got to day 3- we had one low A range, a B and 2 low Cs.
We lost baby 2 at 6 weeks, now we have a gorgeous little 14 month old. If it helps, most people on this board have already had their kiddos- pregnant after IF would be where women who are still pregnant usually hang out.
Hope that helps!

I posted over there too! Thank you and congrats. I am happy to see someone overcome blocked tubes. Mine are too.

JBDamonM · July 2013

We put back 1 Blast. My clinic does not grade them once they make blast....

I was a little apprehensive about this decision at the time, but looking back I am thrilled with it. Everything worked out perfectly and we have a beautiful 3.5 month baby girl. And I am happy I did not have to deal with the stress on my body from a multiple pregnancy.

For what it's worth - my clinic reccomends putting back two if you are 35 or older. And personally if I had had a BFN I would probably put back two myself... That's just me though.

Good luck to you in whatever you decide. Sending you vibes for a BFP.

phishgirl29 · July 2013

We transfered 2 "perfect" embryos and were pregnant with twins, but lost one baby in between my 9 and 10 week appointment. They both were of the same quality yet one didnt make it. I'm grateful that we transfered two, and plan on doing the same with our FET in a year and a half when we try for a sibling. Good luck!

ccam · July 2013

We had decided that for our first IVF cycle, if we made it to day 5, we would only put back one. We did and now have an 11 month old little boy. If that cycle was a BFN, we might have considered putting back 2.

My Dr pretty much explained that at our age (31 at the time) and diagnosis, transfering more embryos would not continue to increase the chance of pregnancy instead it would increase our chance of multiples.

amandaleigh1 · July 2013

When I was 37, I did a fresh IVF and put in 1 embryo (that is now DS). I had 3 left over make it to blast and freeze (I was never told the grade). I started with 6 embryos. I did not want twins and there is a high chance that if one takes, 2 will, even over 35. But I can totally understand going for 2 after a BFN. I know a couple of people IRL that ended up with twins after a 2 embryo FET after 1+ prior BFN. So, you just never know.

jmorta04 · July 2013

We transferred 2 close to perfect embryos (they never told me the grades) on day 3 during our first IVF and that resulted in our 2.5 month old son.

Ruthie04 · July 2013

With my first cycle, we transferred one highest quality blast. It was unsuccessful. In our second cycle, we transferred two fair quality blasts due to a history of a failed cycle and lesser quality embryos. Those two fighters became my two perfect nine month olds. FWIW, I was 29 at the time of my transfer and I was unexplained.

Mrs.AmyDylan · July 2013

We put back two. I was 33 and we did a day 3 transfer of 1 good quality and one fair. They didn't give us the letter grading. We have one 6mo o.d who is currently eating boobie!

Good luck to you! Even though you didn't ask, I think you are going the right direction with two on the FET (unless you truly aren't open to multiples).

racheyt0227 · July 2013

We transferred (cannot implant) 1. We were not comfortable with twins, so we didn't put back 2.

wordslikeswords · July 2013

We transferred 1 "perfect" embryo on day 6 and got pregnant with a Singleton. I have a kidney problem and can't carry twins so we only put in 1. We did a cycle before that where we put in 1 on day 3 and it failed, but it was a really wonky, weird cycle.

LnR70707 · July 2013

For all 3 (1 fresh = DS, 2 FETs = DD) we transferred one. Don't know exact grade, but the fresh cycle and 2nd FET were excellent quality, failed FET was excellent when frozen, but thawed with enough fragmentation to make it just good.

Viasatalyte · July 2013

You ladies are awesome! Thanks for the advice! Congrats on your lil bundles of joy.

pinkmickey24 · July 2013

IVF 1- none to transfer

IVF 2- day 3 transferred 2, 1 10 cell and 1 6 cell

We transferred two based on RE's recommendation due to quality.

IVF 3 -day 5 transferred 2, AA blastocysts

We transferred two based on previous cycles failures at the recommendation of the RE. We now have two beautiful baby boys that are two months old.

RoseHQ12 · July 2013

My first RE did not have a grading system outside of bad, fair, good, excellent.

IVF #1 transferred two good quality, day 4 embryos, resulting in twins.

IVF#2 transferred two fair quality, day 4 embryos, resulting in a chemical

FET transferred three bad quality blasts, BFN

IVF #3 new RE transferred two blasts 5AA hatching & 5AB both implanted but only one made it.

Good luck with your upcoming FET.

LuvWIfootball · July 2013

We transferred two, grade 4BB and 3BB, embryos on day 5. We now have 4.5 month old triplets.

mnj05 · July 2013

We didn't get grades on ours either but we put two back. One was really good looking and the other slightly behind. We now have our almost 5 month old son. We've been discussing what we would do for our next round and we think we will put two back again.

Our clinic also recommends putting two back if you're over 35. Good luck! I hope it works out for you!

Dragonfly1226 · July 2013

IVF #1 we transferred two, I was pregnant with a singleton and had a m/c. IVF #2 we transferred two, I was pregnant with a singleton and had DS. FET #1 we transferred two, I got pregnant with twins, and I now have twin daughters. Each time we went with our RE's recommendation to transfer two based on my age and embryo quality. GL!

chicagobride_07 · July 2013

IVF 1 we transferred two blasts, this was a BFN. Two months later we did a FET of 2 blasts which resulted in a singleton pregnancy.

PennyLane26 · July 2013

IVF#1 - two embryos, BFN

IVF#2 - one blast, BFP!!

I love my RE, she;s very conservative in regards to transfer. I'm under 35 (28) and if the embie makes it to blast and looks good, she will only transfer one. We have an FET roughly scheduled for this winter and we will probably transfer one again if it looks like a good one. Though we went into this okay with multiples, I am so grateful that we had a singleton, pregnancy is hard (I had GD and pre-e among other issues) and those first 6 weeks with a newborn are even harder! God bless MOMs.

hugmonkey · July 2013

Ivf 1: 2-day transfer of 2 4-celled embies, got pg with singleton and later miscarried

frozen cycle: transferred 2 8-celled embies, did not gt pg

ivf 3: 3-day transfer of 2 8-celled embies, got pg with singleton

kgs0505 · July 2013

We didn't have letter grading, just Good, Fair and Poor

IVF #1 - We transferred 3, 5 day embryos- 1 was good and 2 were poor I think. BFN

IVF #2 - We transferred 2, 5 day embryos - both were good. BFN

FET #1 - transferred 2 (from IVF #2) that were even better than the good ones from IVF 2. BFN

FET #2 - transferred 3 (from IVF #2) - all were fair. We did this one 3 years after the fresh cycle. BFP with ID twins. They were born in April

kbeach82 · July 2013

IVF #1 - We transferred 2 good quality embryos on day 3 and we got pregnant with our singleton.

IVF #2 - We transferred 2 good to excellent quality embryos on day 5 and we got pregnant with our b/g twins.

Good luck

DrRx · July 2013

For our IVF, we transferred 2 grade A or B (don't totally remember) 5-day blasts and had a baby girl. (I actually had a vanishing twin, as they both implanted, but in one of the gestational sacs, no baby every grew).

We've had 2 failed FETs this year, and each time we only put 1 back in. The 5-day blasts were B (I think).

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