IVF or ICSI! Any one got any opinions of which is best?

[TaRhLi.]

We did a combination of IVF and ICSI as I had so many eggs collected (30 in total) so my FS did a 50/50 split as we had no sperm issues- 15 were left to there own devices with IVF and 15 had ICSI. Of the 15 IVF ones we had 13 fertilise and the 15 ICSI we had 5 fertilise of the 18 fertilised we had 15 that matured - I don't know if it was the IVF or ICSI one's that didn't grow.

My FS chose both options just to see which would work better for us and it appears that in our case letting nature "take it's course" so to speak with IVF was a better result for us for fertilisation rates.

[onthefly]

WE did a split too as DH's sperm quality was not good. There wasn't much difference in fertilisation/survival however.
If quality is not good and/or there's an issue with quantity then you might want to consider it. It is an extra expense of course.

[blossom73]

thanks girls we have decided to do half/half i have 11 follies in there for pickup on monday!
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