Success with poor quality Embryos?

Hollowvic · November 2014

Had ET today for my first IVF cycle. Of the 10 eggs retrieved, 6 fertilized, by today only 3 made it. My RE said they are poor quality and put all remaining 3 in. I'm beyond upset, this was most likely our only shot. Anybody have success with poor quality embryos? Looking for hope.

Ruthie04 · November 2014

Mine were not graded as poor, but close...In addition to the typical letter/ number system, my clinic had four general categories for embryo grades (excellent, good, fair, and poor). I had a previous cycle with a textbook perfect embryo. At ET, I sobbed when the doctor told me. Sixteen embryos from that cycle and the two they wanted to transfer were fair. The doctor gave me that cliche saying, "Sometimes the ugliest embryos make the most beautiful babies." And, mine did. I have two perfect and wild little boys.

Fingers crossed for you.

itsmevkb · November 2014

If you start reading up on embryo quality and success rates you'll find that embryo grading doesn't really translate into success rates. Science has come a long way but it's still not to the point of even beginning to understand why one embryo implants/grows/creates a baby and another doesn't.

I had four embryos going into my IVF. We transferred the best looking two and I got pregnant with a singleton, so one of those great looking ones didn't take. Then, one expired and we froze the other, poorer quality embryo. Six years later, I'm pregnant with that poor quality embryo from a FET.

You just never know.

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