waitingforscarlett
June 2nd, 2011, 07:17 PM
Hi Carole
I am so pleased I found this site and in particular your part of it. You are a great source of knowledge to have on here.
I have just completed my first donor egg cycle involving a frozen single embryo transfer of a blastocyst that had been biopsied on day 5 or day 6 (I need to check with my clinic whether this particular embryo was day 5 or day 6). I was not successful on this transfer. My donor is young - 24 and a proven donor. My husband has no known sperm issues. My lining was great prior to transfer and I have had two children prior to falling foul of the family history of early menoapuse.
I am now looking back over the cycle and thinking about things that might have affected my success (other than just falling on the wrong side of the stats). We got 9 blastocysts that met the clinic's standards for biopsy and freezing. However, when I got my update on day 5 only 3 were ready for biopsy then. The rest were biopsied on day 6. I guess my first question is why were so many of my embryos slow growing? Was it the sperm or the egg? Was it the protocol? Because we did GSN we know that there were no chromosomal abnormalities with these embryos but I suppose I am more asking about the metabolic health of the embryo.
My second question relates to what to do next and is similar to Jacqueline's earlier post. We have normal 1 girl frozen (my husband made 6 normal boys!) and we have the option of doing a FET with that embryo or doing another fresh cycle with my lovely donor (who is willing to do it all again for us). If it turns out my other girl was biopsied and frozen on day 6 what are my chances of success with such an embryo compared to a day 5 embryo?
Thanks so much in advance.
I am so pleased I found this site and in particular your part of it. You are a great source of knowledge to have on here.
I have just completed my first donor egg cycle involving a frozen single embryo transfer of a blastocyst that had been biopsied on day 5 or day 6 (I need to check with my clinic whether this particular embryo was day 5 or day 6). I was not successful on this transfer. My donor is young - 24 and a proven donor. My husband has no known sperm issues. My lining was great prior to transfer and I have had two children prior to falling foul of the family history of early menoapuse.
I am now looking back over the cycle and thinking about things that might have affected my success (other than just falling on the wrong side of the stats). We got 9 blastocysts that met the clinic's standards for biopsy and freezing. However, when I got my update on day 5 only 3 were ready for biopsy then. The rest were biopsied on day 6. I guess my first question is why were so many of my embryos slow growing? Was it the sperm or the egg? Was it the protocol? Because we did GSN we know that there were no chromosomal abnormalities with these embryos but I suppose I am more asking about the metabolic health of the embryo.
My second question relates to what to do next and is similar to Jacqueline's earlier post. We have normal 1 girl frozen (my husband made 6 normal boys!) and we have the option of doing a FET with that embryo or doing another fresh cycle with my lovely donor (who is willing to do it all again for us). If it turns out my other girl was biopsied and frozen on day 6 what are my chances of success with such an embryo compared to a day 5 embryo?
Thanks so much in advance.