PGT testing frozen embryos - help please

[DevonDancer]

Hello! I’d love some help as struggling to make a decision on my frozen embryos. I am 40 (nearly 41) and I have four frozen embryos. All good grades. I’ve had two transfers which both failed.

I am considering getting my four frozen embryos PGT tested but slightly concerned one of them might get damaged. The doctor also said that there is a less chance of implantation with a PGT tested frozen embryo than a PGT tested fresh embryo but it was still about 40% which is better then non PGT tested.

I am considering another egg collection so we can do PGT testing on fresh embryos but my partner is away for a few months so I can’t do that until September.

Has anyone got their frozen embryos PGT tested? Also, any success stories from a 40 plus year old getting pregnant without PGT testing? How many transfers did it take?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Personally i wouldn’t re test and would look at more testing on you for implantation issues? Freeze thaw feeeze isn’t good for embryos and the science around PGTA is flawed. Getting 4 good graded embryos from 1 egg collection is a great achievement and I wouldn’t risk them

2 failed transfers when you are in your 40s isn’t unusual …..IVF success rates in your early 30s is only 30% so you can expect to do 3 transfers to get one successful pregnancy so over age 40 the odds are going to be lower (sorry I hope your clinic has been open and honest about that) - age 37 it took 5 transfers for me to have success. I did do a round of PGTA and didn’t get any euploids at age 36 - they all had to be destroyed. I decided not to test again and had healthy twins on the next transfer.

I’d personally do the transfers between now and September and then go again for a fresh egg collection in September

how old were the eggs at collection?

@usererror99Thank you for your helpful response. I have had two natural chemical pregnancies but that was two years ago so have had a lot of implantation tests. I do have mild Adenomyosis and high prolactin so on medication for those.

@loloblueI was 39 and 11 months.

Ok, I suppose it's about weighing up cost and endurance if you do multiple transfers without testing vs testing and hopefully eliminating any non-euploids. I personally would opt to test as I think the benefits (both financial and emotional) outweigh the potential downsides. But that's me.