
Looking for Resources/Studies on SET
#1
Posted 18 November 2010 - 11:09 AM
We are embarking on our first IVF/ICSI cycle, and are currently grappling with whether to transfer one or two embryos. We're both leaning towards 1, and our RE has recommended this. I'm unsure, though, given the substantial costs -- physical and financial -- of each cycle.
Can you recommend reliable sources of information to help inform this decision? I've done some web searching, but haven't really found what I need to help me make this decision. I'm looking for statistics and perspectives on success rates when transferring one versus two, or anything else you think might help us make this decision.
Thanks in advance!
DH: 40
TTC #2 since March 09
IVF Cycle #1 -- Nov/Dec 2010 -- Cancelled
IFV Cycle #2 -- May/June 2011
May 10 -- Suprefact
May 27 -- stims
June 5 -- 14 follicles at 10mm, estrogen at 4270
June 10 -- ER: 20 harvested, only two fertilized
June 13 -- One transfered
June 29 -- Beta, fingers crossed!
Mom to a busy but happy 3-year-old boy and cuddly, snuggly 6 year old pooch. :-)
#2
Posted 19 November 2010 - 10:15 AM
Good luck with your decision, it is a difficult one!
#3
Posted 21 November 2010 - 11:32 AM
Hi,
We are embarking on our first IVF/ICSI cycle, and are currently grappling with whether to transfer one or two embryos. We're both leaning towards 1, and our RE has recommended this. I'm unsure, though, given the substantial costs -- physical and financial -- of each cycle.
Can you recommend reliable sources of information to help inform this decision? I've done some web searching, but haven't really found what I need to help me make this decision. I'm looking for statistics and perspectives on success rates when transferring one versus two, or anything else you think might help us make this decision.
Your RE has confidence that the lab is producing embryos of the quality required for SET. I would go with SET. There is no link between embryo number and success rate.
Good luck!
Peter
Thanks in advance!
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#4
Posted 30 November 2010 - 01:17 PM
http://www.sogc.org/...241CPG1004E.pdf (a Canadian clinical practice guidelines document, co-authored by one of the doctors at the AART clinic)
http://www.bioethics...yo Transfer.ppt (a discussion of some of the moral implications of eSET, which are well worth thinking about. One of the investigators on this project, Francoise Baylis, is an extremely well-respected bio-ethicist working out of Dalhousie)