How many Embies for FET success????

[barney]

wow what s tory about the TRIPPLETS omg
any way hun were having 2 put back this time but like sushee said it doesnt mean it going to double our chances BUT it is ivf # 3 for us so they are letting us do 2 as we are only trying for 1 bub but if 2 can help well why not.
hope this helped a bit
good luk hunny

[farmgirl77]

I think that this is a really hard decision, but one DH and I have just gone through. We have done one stim cycle - 5 x embies, 3 x BFN, 2x did not thaw. For a number of reasons, for our seconde stim cycle we decided to put two fresh back - partly because we lost 50% in thaw so we wanted to minimise the number frozed, but I think we will also put 2 frozen back as well. While it wont double the chance, it will give you an increased chance of falling pg - but also of having twins - which does have down sides. Be prepared though for how you will feel if you put two back and get a BFN - as I think we are about to, as it is really hard to deal with esp if you only have low numbers of embies in reserve!

Good luck
FG

[kps]

Hi,
I am doing FET tomorrow as long as we have survivors. My first stim cycle did result in a BFP but also a missed miscarrage. - we had 8 frozen 2 day old embryos and the plan this time was to defrost and develop to blast stage. We were told we could transfer 2, and decided to defrost 4, as any excess that made it could always be refrozen. They phoned Monday to say we had lost 3 of the 4 and did we want to defrost more which we said yes. They spoke to DH who did not ask about actual numbers so I find out this afternoon if we have two or one to go ahead. I am hoping the 1 in 4 is a real fighter - but it still has so many hurdles to overcome.

While I often cling to statistics to make me feel better we all have different issues that cannot be expressed in the general figures. We decided to do a double transfer as my major issue is the quality of my eggs due to my age. I hope there is one good one there and I think I will find it sooner if we transfer two, the risk of health issues associated with twins scares me (though having two babies would be welcomed). I am a twin so my mother should be a great help! I think I will only have time for 1 more stim cycle so I am feeling the pressure of time.

My advice is to take the scientific advice and relate it to your situation rather than take statistics as gospel.

[TaRhLi.]

Hi Kittycat

We have just commenced our new cycle in preparation for having 2 FET's transferred in approx 2 weeks time.

Having 2 transferred doesn't double your chances (as the other girls have said), but in our case we had 1 transferred from our IVF cycle and luckily have 14 in the freezer. We elected to have 2 put back in per FET mainly so that we would know sooner rather than later if any of our frosties is a good one, ie: possible 7 future FET's instead of 14.

We looked at a few options, 1 being if I have to undergo 7 FET's to get a possible BFP, this will take us about 2 years, where if we did 14 individual FET's this would be about 3 1/2 - 4 yrs and based on my age (36) and we didn't get our BFP at all, we would prefer to do another stim cycle while I'm still in my 30's rather than 40 to hopefully get better egg quality.

Also we have taken into consideration the cost factor of doing 7 double FET's compared to 14 individual FET's (ie: double the cost).

If we are fortunate to get twins from our FET, then we take that as meant to be and if just one then that was our plan all along.

You have to really assess the best thing for you and DH, but no matter what you chose then that decision is the best one for you.

Good luck and hopefully we will see you in the TWW thread sometime soon.