stats- 2 embryo ladies

kjf114 · September 2013

Hi ladies. I wanted to beg the question to how many of you have transferred 2 embryos and have gotten twins. If you have transferred 2 embryos if you please can tell me if you are pregnant with a singleton or twin beans? The internet guru & RE only tells you so much so real life data will be very helpful. Thanks in advance xoxo

htn1763 · September 2013

Fresh cycle- transferred 1, pregnant with 1, lost at 8 weeks.

FET- transferred 2, currently pregnant with 1.

xladybassx · September 2013

I transferred two top grade 8 cell embryos on day 3, and I am pregnant with fraternal twins. We had been leaning towards transferring one and freezing the rest, but we only ended up with two good embryos from our cycle. That was unexpected as our RE said we were perfect candidates for a large number of frosties. We ended up having to make the decision to transfer 2 relatively quickly, and thank goodness the two that survived to day 3 were perfect! I am a bit overwhelmed at the thought of caring for 2 babies at once, but now that they are in me and I have seen them on ultrasound I can't imagine having done it any other way.

jezebel57 · September 2013

i'm piping in even though my stats are different. i transferred 3. A 4,5 &6 cell. One of those stuck but split so i'm having ID twins.

kimberm0511 · September 2013

Fresh IVF cycle - transferred 1 5 day blast and m/c around 8 wks.

FET cycle - transferred 2 5 day blasts and currently 23 wks w/ twins

hootie123 · September 2013

Did you look at the SART data for your clinic?

I am now pregnant with twins from transferring two embryos - but it was our 5th transfer and in the four previous we transferred a total of 9 embryos and got nothing.

ARS0805 · September 2013

We transferred two highest grade Day 5 embryos. RE gave us very high probability of twins. Only one stuck. She is three weeks old now.

PurpleIris30 · September 2013

I only transferred one, but we're still having twins.

I'd really talk with your RE about the quality of your embryos and your specific situation, rather than anecdotal information from us, as we are all going to be different ages, have different diagnoses, have different number of failed cycles, have different lining conditions or RPL disorders, some may have done CGH/PGS, some may have done Day 3 transfers vs. Day 5 transfers, and our embryo qualities are all going to vary. At my clinic, transferring more than 1 does not increase your odds of success, but it does increase your odds of multiples.

golfrgal · September 2013

I have a friend who transferred two and is currently pregnant with twins.

However, in the past she had transferred two frosties and ended up with vanishing twin syndrome...and thus currently has one toddler from that.

She's also transferred 2 and m/c the one that stuck.

So who knows. I'm a big proponent of getting CCS done to make sure you have viable embies to begin with. (I had two viable embies after testing and was persuaded by RE to only transfer one at a time, so hopefully #2 will also stick like this one when it's her time). Good luck!

Roeni · September 2013

Transferred 2 and started with twins, lost one at 8 weeks. It was an FET with 5 day hatching blasts

megs3084 · September 2013

We've transferred 2 with each of our 3 ivfs. This is the only one we got a bfp and am currently 8w4d w twins.

zazu13 · September 2013

I have been through five transfers. On my m/c I was pregnant with a singleton. With this transfer I am 8w with twins. Then I also had two BFN and a chemical. It's a crap shoot

I personally was very OK with having twins.

NBA0703 · September 2013

We transferred 2 good quality 5 day blast and they both took!! Soo we are currently pregnant with twins!

daiseydooda · September 2013

FET #2 Transferred 2 pregnant with singleton

BzeetyD · September 2013

IVF 1 - 5DT of 2 one medium looking, 1 morula - nothing
IVF 2 - 5DT of 1 great looking embryo, 1 morula - BFP but M/C at 8w
IVF 3 - 3DT of 2 good looking embryos - BFP but C/P
IVF 4/FET 1 - transferred 1 "genetically perfect" 4AA blast - BFP - currently 16w2d PG!!!

PhillyJ33 · September 2013

Hi- I transferred 2 AA blasts. I am 6 weeks 3 days with a singleton.
Good luck!

Gr8te · September 2013

FET - Transferred two 5 day blasts (3BA & 4BA) and pregnant with 1 little guy.

thecuddleeffect · September 2013

Ivf 1 transferred 2 - none stuck

Ivf 2 transferred 2 - both stuck, 7cell and 9 cell

Ivf 3 went against medical advisory and transferred 2 - we will see how many a week from tomorrow

CousinVicki · September 2013

fresh cycle, transferred 2, ended up with an ectopic

fresh cycle #2, transferred 2, pregnant with twins, lost one at 8 weeks.

kjf114 · September 2013

@purpleiris

PurpleIris30 said:

I only transferred one, but we're still having twins.

I'd really talk with your RE about the quality of your embryos and your specific situation, rather than anecdotal information from us, as we are all going to be different ages, have different diagnoses, have different number of failed cycles, have different lining conditions or RPL disorders, some may have done CGH/PGS, some may have done Day 3 transfers vs. Day 5 transfers, and our embryo qualities are all going to vary. At my clinic, transferring more than 1 does not increase your odds of success, but it does increase your odds of multiples.

RE at this point is leaving it in our hands. This will be our second FET with last one mc due to beta not doubling. Great looking embryos, I'm 28 DH 30 severe mfi. So I was just trying to pool the ladies, yes looked up their sart. I'm aware different ladies have different dx and transfer days etc real so does sart data.

kjf114 · September 2013

Here is the poll: very very interesting!

	1	2
X2	X
X2		X
X2		X
X2		X
X2		X
X2	X
X1		X
x2		x
x2		x (1 vanshied)
x2		x (1 m/c)
x2		x (1 m/c)
x2		x (2 m/c)
x2		x
x2	x (1 m/c)
x2		x
x2		x
x2	x
x2	x
x2	x
x2		x
x2		x (1 m/c)

*Naea* · September 2013

We transferred 2 5-day blasts (embryologist originally had 3 prepped due to my age, ha!) and are 12 weeks with a singleton.

PurpleIris30 · September 2013

kjf114 said:

@purpleiris

PurpleIris30 said:

I only transferred one, but we're still having twins.

I'd really talk with your RE about the quality of your embryos and your specific situation, rather than anecdotal information from us, as we are all going to be different ages, have different diagnoses, have different number of failed cycles, have different lining conditions or RPL disorders, some may have done CGH/PGS, some may have done Day 3 transfers vs. Day 5 transfers, and our embryo qualities are all going to vary. At my clinic, transferring more than 1 does not increase your odds of success, but it does increase your odds of multiples.

RE at this point is leaving it in our hands. This will be our second FET with last one mc due to beta not doubling. Great looking embryos, I'm 28 DH 30 severe mfi. So I was just trying to pool the ladies, yes looked up their sart. I'm aware different ladies have different dx and transfer days etc real so does sart data.

Good luck with your decision. It's a hard decision to make when you're in the trenches and just want to get a positive beta. You definitely have age and great quality embryos working in your favor.

The point I was trying to make is that SART data can be sorted by clinic and by diagnosis, and that you should pay close attention to all of those factors when polling a random sample of people. I did see your post on IF about what your doctor told you about your clinic's statistics, which seemed very strange and much lower than national averages. You can double check implantation rates, average number of embryos transferred, and percentage of multiple pregnancies for your clinic on SART, if you haven't done so already. If the implantation rates are really low for your clinic or they are transferring more embryos than average for your age group to reach a certain success rate, then it's time to look at other clinics. People pay so much attention to success rates on SART (not saying you specifically, but just people in general), but I think the implantation rate and the number of embryos transferred to reach a certain success rate are far more telling of true clinic quality (as well as paying attention to clinics that aren't cycling the hard cases to artificially raise their success rates). Anyway, hope this helps in thinking about the bigger picture.

Edit - I also wanted to say that sometimes this whole thing is just a crapshoot and a perfectly good embryo doesn't take for reasons that no one understands. It's tough to be on the wrong side of the odds and have a cycle fail, but I also don't mean to imply that means something is wrong with your clinic (it was just the post I read on IF that triggered my comments).

Kaf8278 · September 2013

Transferred 2 and had two implant. One in my uterus and one in my right tube. Had to have my right tube removed and lost that one. But I am currently 23w1d with the uterine baby-a boy!

MrsChopp · September 2013

Transferred 2 on day 5 and my boy/girl twins will be here in 7 weeks!

Khouree77 · September 2013

We did decide to transfer 2 embryos at day 3 and both of them stuck! Currently 12wks! I do understand where you're coming from though. It's a big decision.

DahliaFlower · September 2013

The truth is, you could get pregnant with zero, one, two or more babies. The risk of triplets + is probably pretty minimal.

I had transfer of one in fresh cycle BFN, transfer of two in FET cycle BFP followed by miscarriage. All were PGS normal. I later conceived this pregnancy the old fashioned way.

My good friend transferred two on a fresh cycle and got a set of gorgeous twins out of it (non-PGS). She later tried to conceive again with IVF for number two and had failed FET and fresh cycles.

So, IMHO, the anecdotes don't really tell you much.

A+B2007 · September 2013

We transferred two 5 day blasts and we are now expecting twins:)

ANDOPANO6 · September 2013

We transferred 2 grade A blasts, I'm 21 weeks pregnant with a singleton.

I did learn I had a vanishing twin at 8 weeks though that they never originally saw.

LittleLady77 · September 2013

Transferred 2 perfect 5 day blasts and are 9 weeks with twins. We were okay with twins.

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