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I'm new to this site and was woundering has anyone had 1st time success with ivf and icsi? I'm very nervous coz my hubby has low sperm count and I have mild pcos. I'm 27 and he is 28. Dose anyone know success rates? And how many blyocasts can be put in at our age? Very nervous. Thanks cjayne
Hi cjayne and welcome to BellyBelly :hello:
Personally we didn't use ICSI but did use IVF for a long time. Success rates vary from clinic to clinic. Obviously at the end of the day it all just depends on that right little blastocyst. Success rates at clinic A may abysmal but you get a BFP first go, where as I might go to clinic B which has the best success rates in the country and never get a BFP. Some clinics may even base their success rates on a BFP not the take home baby rate ITMS? So their 'success' rate may be higher but not really the outcome you desire. It has been a long time since I was on the IVF rollercoaster but success rates then were around 45% per cycle (I think!) for my age group, under 30's.
Again number of blastocysts transferred depends on your IVF specialist. Our clinic only ever did 1. No more, never.
HTH. Best of luck with it. Fingers crossed for a quick journey :)
thanks heaps x
Hi there
Where are you up to now?
You can check out stages in lamens terms on my blog, at dinkdiaries.blogspot.com
In terms of ICSI, there is lots of research about higher fertilisation success rates for your embys which is great.
There is also research out there around ICSI not really allowing for 'survival of the fittest' in terms of sperm. What that means is that some specialists think that nature can take care of a lot of weaker sperm because the stronger ones 'win the race'.... ICSI messes a little with the natural order and doesn't give as much room to separate good sperm from the 'bad' which is leading to a slightly increased chance of miscarriage or genetic deficiencies.
The increase in my research is less than 1%, but I thought it was worth calling out....
It may help to know that if you are successful to be a teeny tiny bit more cautious (but not panicked) in the first 12 weeks.
Good luck!!!!!!