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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