I had a discussion with the embryologist this morning - she said they can't really give an answer. They can calculate averages, but they usually have no bearing on what a particular couple will experience in a particular cycle. Fair enough, I suppose.

Early freezing because of the OHSS has never been an option - it's always been straight to blast and then freeze, because apparently I make good blasts - even when I hyperstimulate!

This could be giving things away before I'm ready, but I think I'm ok with it now. Today they had to thaw three to get one. They started with the two embryos that were frozen on day 5 - neither of them made it. The embryos that were frozen on day 6 are apparently a later stage blastocyst and the first of those came through thaw with flying colours. Maybe the more cells the more robust the embryo theory has a lot going for it - it certainly seems to have held true today.

So far I've had 6 day 5 blasts, and only two of them have thawed successfully. My day 6 blasts have a better record - one from one... I guess we'll see how we go from here. Hopefully I'll have a very long wait to find out!

Thanks for the help everyone. Strangely, I'm ok with losing two today. I was absolutely devestated by it last time, but I'm ok with it this time. I'm always a stress-head until we get past that stage - the rest is easy sailing from here, usually.

MissC, nobody's going to mind which section you're in - if you can offer an answer, go for it!

BW