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How many embryos on day 5?

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TumbleBingQuack · 06/08/2020 10:26

Hi all,

Feeling a little deflated and want to know if anyone's been in the same boat.

I had egg collection yesterday. On Monday they counted 18 follicles in total (some v small that they hoped would mature in time). Yesterday at egg collection there were 10 follicles and 10 eggs collected.

Had the call this morning and only 7 were mature, and 3 fertilised.

I'm worried none will make it to blastocyst for transfer on Monday, and the clinic have said there's no point doing an earlier transfer as if they stop dividing, they'll stop dividing regardless of whether they're in the lab or my uterus. We had kind of prepared ourselves for this cycle not working, but were hoping to have some to freeze. We can't afford another whole fresh cycle.

Did anyone have any day 5 blastocysts left to transfer after such a low number of eggs fertilised?

OP posts:
Youngatheart00 · 11/08/2020 18:19

Wonderful news again @TumbleBingQuack!!! What a rollercoaster IVF is!!

GirlCalledJames · 12/08/2020 12:57

On our four cycles we never had more than five collected each time, let alone fertilised. Two cycles failed, two cycles led to healthy births.

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