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[cj123]

Hey Everyone.  I am just curious if anyone has had success with their final embryo.  Our last one didn't take.  It was a day 6 4BC.  This is our last embryo and will be our final chance at having one more baby.  The embryo is a day 6 3BB, I am curious what others experiences were?  Our son came from a day 5 4BB from the same batch, just wondering if because it's the last one if there is even a chance of it taking?

[CrisBelieve]

Hi there, you most definitely have a chance. My last cycle we only had 2 blasts. This was our last attempt for a sibling for our twin girls. One was a 3AA on day 5. We transferred it and it was a bfn. Our last embryo was a day 6 4BB. I am 39 weeks pregnant as we speak with a boy. I wish you all the best with your upcoming transfer! Xoxo

[Cotton]

From memory, from what I've read, for PGS untested going off only the grading, the best best embryos are 50% and the lowest graded ones are 30% chance. They don't like to transfer very very bad looking embryos because they cause blighted ovums. If your clinic thought it was worth freezing, it has a chance.

 

The age of the mother is another huge factor.

[cj123]

Thanks guys.  Our donor was 31 at the time of her IVF, so she was young and out of the batch so far 3 embryos have been used, 2 have become babies and one hasn't worked.  I'm really hoping to have one more baby, but not sure if I'm grasping at straws as 2 babies have already come from this batch.  But thanks for replies!  It gives me a bit of hope that we have a chance with this one!

[From0to3]

Hi CJ ...
I really believe it is quite random which embryos take and some of the most average looking ones can create the live birth babies. My first cycle produced 5 perfect hatching blasts and led to a BFN anf miscarriage. My second cycle produced a paltry 6 eggs and led to 5 decent but not 'perfect' embryos. The first transfer led to my now 6 year old bg twins and my subsequent fet my 3 year old daughter. When defrosted she was a 3 BB and the embryologist mentioned she had degenerated cells even but there was a possibility of regenerating herself. Initial HCG was only 26 10dpt but 2 days later she was off to the races. Long story short ... you can definitely have success with multiple enbryos from the same batch - even those graded poorly. I would hazard a guess that the embryo may even have a higher chance if you found previous success with that batch.

[cj123]

From 0 to 3, thanks.  I am such a pessimist.  I feel I am automatically just jumping to the conclusion that the next one will fail.  I would love to have one more baby, so we will see.  Our original batch of embryos had 4 embryos.  The first worked for our donors, the next worked for us and the third one just failed for us.  So far we have had a high take home baby rate, just crossing my fingers that the next one also will work.  I agree that it is all such pure luck and I sometimes feel luck is not on our side.  

[yaenaSK]

CJ - I second what others have said! I really believe if the clinic felt it was worth freezing, you're in with a chance. I won't speak to my first batch of embryos, but this one has gotten better (sort of?) with each one thawed. Our "best" embryo resulted in a chemical. Our next "best" resulted in a miscarriage at 9 weeks. And our mid-range embryo (#3 of 6) has me currently pregnant, at just about 19 weeks. I can't speak for the others because we didn't test any, but I think there is only so much they can really tell from grading - the rest is up to luck.