WTH, good luck with the provera. I remember it turned me into some sort of crazy person that I really hated being around - majorly *****y and just horrid!
When it comes to defrosting rates, I have a defrosting rate of around 30-35% (it all depends on whether you count the one that had to be defrosted on the morning of transfer because the one before it died overnight... but they start with the best ones first and work through to the bad ones, I'm convinced that if the one before and the one after couldn't survive over night, then this one wouldn't have either, but it only had a few hours before transfer - the clinic swears it was fine, but I'm not convinced), which my clinic assures me is not normal and is an indication of other problems. All of these were blastocysts resulting from quite severely hyperstimulated cycles. Defrosting rates are generally a lot better than that. Sadly, you don't know what it's likely to be for you until you are trying it, but we can certainly hope that a frozen cycle isn't necessary.
Just one more thing... my clinic had me convinced that the only way I'd fall pregnant and not miscarry was if we used a blastocyst embryo that had survived freezing and thawing - the processes of growning to blast and freezing/thawing would weed out the dodgy ones that would never work in the first place. We didn't get many usable eggs on our third stim cycle and couldn't afford to wait to day 5 and transferred on day 3. For all that they were certain it needed to be a defrosted blast to be able to work and stick, I'm now over half way through a pregnancy from a fresh day three embryo!
They may act like it's science and they know what's needed, but it really is more of an art form and just sheer blind luck as to what will and won't work.
Thanks Butterfly Warrior. We will need to do a Day 5/6 transfer because we are having the surviving embryos biopsied for PGD and this is the day they do it at SIVF.
I got my NK blood test results back and am worried. I gota normal/borderline blood test result:
number of NK cells 14.8% (normal <18%)
concentration of activated NK cells 9.2 (normal <8)
It is the second result I am worried about. What were your numbers like?
I honestly don't remember being given a number for the second one. My first number was ~13. He would normally have been happy with that, but considering that I was already on prednisone at the time, we decided that I should definitely continue with the prednisone treatment regardless of whether it was required for my arthritis or not. Has Dr S given you any recommendations regarding what to do from here?
Hi WTH
My DH also done his second SCSA (sperm test for DNA fragmentation) yesterday as his first one showed >30 DNA fragmentation which usually means anything above 29 you are usually infertile or have recurrent miscarriages.
I also Have my first u/s after the op which was to remove my sub septum on Friday.
Then we go to the FS to get the results next Wednesday so counting down the days
Good luck with your DH results.
Last edited by Tam83; September 10th, 2008 at 10:17 AM.
Hi WTH, I hope your DH's SCSA test went ok yesterday and fingers crossed for the result.
Sorry to hear your NK cell test result, are you having an appointment with your FS to explain the result as well as advise for next step? I haven't done this test before but I am sure he will have a plan of attact to treat/bypass this and seems your second number very much on the boarder line anyway...
Hi Tam - sorry about the high number for the SCSA for DH. But wow - now you are getting somewhere (and you still have youth on your side). I wonder if PGD will help out? It is a double-edged sword to find out something is wrong - but so good to get some answers. Hope your US goes well and good luck with your FS appointment.
Hi Bei Bei. Both Dr S and my FS ended up being ok with my NK result, even though the second number was borderline. So I guess we won't be doing anything about it. I have to wait two weeks for the SCSA result. I truly do not think there will be a problem. Unfortunately, I believe our issue is related to my age
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