How many cell Embryo on ET Day???

***Nikki*** · May 15th, 2009, 03:49 PM

Im just curious as to how many cells your Embryo was on ET day??? and did it result in a BFP or BFN

Mine was 5 Cells ... day 2 transfer.... i always thought cells were meant to be divided evenly (i could be very wrong as this is all new to me) so just curious of the results

***Nikki*** · May 16th, 2009, 11:11 AM

anyone ???? (i hope my post made sense lol)

**Loula** · May 16th, 2009, 11:17 AM

Firstly after 13 cycles of IVF it may be a little hard for me to remember them all, when i was doing day 2/3 TF i recall them saying 4 call, 5 cell and even an 8 cell.

since then i have been doing blasties and dont think they tell you the cells with them, they just tell me if it is hatching?

Hope someone else is able to give you a better indication but i am sure 5 cell is possible GL

**butterfly_warrior** · May 16th, 2009, 04:50 PM

The cell divisions won't all happen at the same time, particularly after the first few.

If you consider what happens - the first cell splits into two cells.

Then each of those two cells splits to form a 4 cell embryo. If one of those 4 cells splits earlier than the rest, you will end up with 5 cells and it's still perfectly ok.

I've only ever transferred blastocysts (too many cells to count) and one day three embryo (8+ cells) so I can't really comment for sure on whether that's good or not for a day 2, but it's certainly along the way to becoming an 8 cell on day 3 so I'd imagine that it's ok.

BW

**Bengal** · May 16th, 2009, 05:10 PM

Hi Nicki

My last were a 4 & 3 cell at Day 2 and I got a bfn. Though I did get to freeze an embryo at 5 cell, I think...... I have now started to ask more about the grade of the embryo, rather than the cells, as you can have a lot of cells, but not the best quality

Hope that helps (a little)

**Kaydee78** · May 16th, 2009, 06:49 PM

Hi Nikki,

My last FET was a 3 day transfer - 2 embryos. One was 4 cell, one was 5 cell. Ended in a BFP - twins.

GL with your transfer.

Hoping it brings you a BFP.

barney · May 17th, 2009, 02:43 PM

HEY NIKKI HOW YOU GOING HUN ??LOL THIS TWW IS A BUGGER HEY

well as you know were through the same clinic so my transfer was the same day as yours but i dont know how many cells my embies were but i got a BFP but ended in an ectopic,so hang in there hun i rekon your little embie has every chance in the world .
STICKY VIBES TO YOU

**juniper76** · May 18th, 2009, 10:25 AM

I don't know what they transferred for IVF#1, but FET#1 we had a 3-cell 3dt (lost a cell in the thaw) and for IVF#2 we transferred 2x 4-cell (2dt) embies. All transfers were BFN.
Should have our next transfer in 2 weeks...

**MissMagpie** · May 18th, 2009, 04:09 PM

Hi Nikki,

My 2nd transfer which was a 2 day 2 cell embryo resulted in a BFP

They told me at the clinic that on day 2 it should be 4 cells so 5 is even better.

Good luck and hope the TWW flies by for you.

Cheers,

Tania

**Kurby** · May 19th, 2009, 05:26 AM

Hey Nikki, i dont normaly post too much but i stumbled across yours and had to tell you ours. We just recently went through our cycle with a terrifick outcome!
We had an 8 cell embryo that was moving onto the next stage on day three, day three is when they decided to transfer. they where going to do a day 5 blasty but as i said, they where very happy with the outcome. And we also have a nice one put away in the freezer.
Kaz (Trinity) is now 5weeks and 1 day pregnant!

So yes, BFP for us.
Best of luck to you and everyone else!

***Nikki*** · May 19th, 2009, 08:22 AM

Thanks everyone for your replies.... its interesting huh..... some embies look like they wont make it and results in a BFP and other perfect ones end in a BFN