Hey my clinic is the same, they only freeze them if they get to day 5, i also hav one frozen at day 6 which is a good thing, as it means if they defrost the day 5 embryo and it dosnt make it apparently they get day 6 embryo out and thaw that one and because it has developed a day longer it dosn't need much thawing time so it means my cycle isnt cancelled.
For our first cycle we had a 2nd day transfer I think. (EPU on Thursday then transfer on Saturday) On the Saturday we were told that we'd probably only get one embryo to freeze because the other one wasn't growing well.
When they called on Sunday though they said that they'd frozen both embryos even though one was only a 2 cell.
That's why we didn't really expect that embryo to do well for our FEt cycle but after the thaw its growth took off and it was perhaps 8 cells by transfer.
Just goes to show- you never do know. I like to think of it as the little runt of the litter who ends up doing well.
Good luck with your cycle Bea06 and anyone else who's about to transfer.
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Maggie
Maggie, congratulations on getting a positive! I'm always impressed that anyone makes it past the first ivf cycle, it's so horrible. I take my hat off to anyone who can perserve in the face of it AND end up with the desired result! I'd be keen to hear if your pregnancy turns out to be twins.
I agree with you Mandyjane, the repeated disappointment makes it so much more tempting to opt to have 2 put back in.
The scary thing is that i'm absolutely aware of all the stats you noted there dusty and still, I'm so overwhelmed by a desperate desire to have this chapter of my life done and finished with I'm tempted to have 2 put back. It is wearing me down and exhausting me. (Although I can't imagine how worn down and exhausted I might feel with twins)!
The idea of twins also appeals to me on one level as I don't see myself ever going back to do this whole IVF nightmare process again, and I'm greedy and would so love to have more than one!
I can't make up my mind! I suppose I'll see how this cycle goes and no doubt I'll spend the next month worrying about it. It'd be so much simpler to just have sex and get pregnant! I'm sick to death of the whole thing.
Our FS was quite against twins, but nonetheless wanted to t/f two with our more recent FETs. I was keen for one only, but she convinced me and DW to go for two. Ironic as we now have twins on the way, but I can't honestly say I'd change that. That's not to say that twins isn't a big call, expensive and bloody intimidating, especially when you know bugger all about babies like me.
Thanks for your reply Slyder. Can I ask what sort of embroyos you had transferred, were they 2 or 3 day
embroyos or were they blastocysts?
My specialist makes you sign a form if you 2 put back in that says something along the lines of "I understand
that I am doing this against all medical advice". I find it very alarming when it's put like that! And, still, the
thought of having another 50 injections, and internal ultrasounds, medication, of feeling loopy and constantly
coming into work late due to blood tests and the sheer time and energy this whole process takes combined
with the uncertainity of whether it will ever actually work, makes me lean somewhat towards the idea of 2.
What did your specialist say to convince you to put 2 back in if you were feeling reluctant?
That's great that you've made it to 33 weeks, what a relief to be past the danger period for very premie
babies. My other half's cousin had ivf twins which came 3 months early, so the fear of that happening is
lurking about in my head as well.
We always went with blastocysts and were fortunate to be able to achieve good embryo quality and numbers.
We had to sign something similar I think - it's a bum covering exercise because of the medical risks associated with twin pregs. But bear in mind people have been having twins for millenia, so don't get too concerned about that, apart from acknowledging the greater risk of problems.
Realistically, I think if you are going to conceive on a cycle, you'll probably do so regardless of whether you have one or two put back, along the lines of what Dusty said. It probably increases the chance a bit, but won't double it.
When you're starting out I'd be sticking with one for several cycles unless you receive medical advice to the contrary. In our case our FS was more keen to do two as we'd had several goes at one without so much as a bite, and theoretically FETs are supposed to have a little less chance of taking than fresh embryos. In hindsight though I think her advice was a bit silly as we always had nearly 100% cell recovery in the embryos upon thawing, and had had a chemical pregnancy the cycle prior.
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