Egg quality and grading

[Drew1978]

Please help, I am not sure how relevant the grading system is with egg quality. We currently have 3 frozen blasto embryos graded:

2BB
3BB
3CC
(3AB) was a failed FET

Is it worth continuing using the 3 we have or perhaps opt for another egg retrieval? Although at my age, 42 I am not sure that is even possible. Would love to hear from those that had similar embryo grades.

Hi,
I would ask for this to be moved to infertility?

Personally, those look like fab grades!
We were told (when we had no frozen embies) that the criteria is really high to freeze so they must be good. Also, the grading is just one factor. I know of top quality blasts that haven’t implanted and morulas transferred on day 5 which have made it…
However although people here can give you anecdotes, I would go with what your clinic say as they are the experts?
Good luck xx

4AA - failed fresh
3AB - 1 tri MC
No. 1 2BB has just been coaxed to bed (2.5 yo) and No. 2 2BB is 6 weeks old feeding in my arms. Was 34 at time of egg retrieval.

IME experience grading is very subjective. Prior to DD transfer embryologist really talked down /set my expectations low on the embryo. On the day of transfer he upgraded her as the ‘defrosted, the cell mast was better than he expected’.

I was horrified to her family friends of ours in early 40’s was being encouraged to do another egg retrieval when they had frozens ‘better’ graded than the embryos that became DC. Maybe I’m missing something.

I appreciate your honesty, I think we will go again. We are going with Create St Pauls - fingers crossed.

But I do wonder can a woman my age go for another egg collection or is it too risky?

What do you mean move to infertility? I am so new to this. Thank you!

@Drew1978

What do you mean move to infertility? I am so new to this. Thank you!

You have posted in the mn q and a board, whereas the infertility section/board has a lot more posters who have gone through ivf

Ah ok thank you, can I somehow move this thread there?

One of my twins is a day 6 4bb - if you would be comfortable with twins I'd transfer your two bb blastocysts (I was with Create too x )

We have toyed with the idea of transferring two. May I ask how old you are? Having a 2 year old and twins does scare me.

I'm 38 I also have an older child who was 4 when they were born x

Grading isn't the be all and end all, try not to get too hung up on it and see what your clinic advise. I'm 38 weeks now from an embryo that hadn't reached blast stage at 5 days and was therefore ungradeable - on paper rather rubbish but worked! There are plenty of stories where people have had high grade embryos transferred unsuccessfully and conversely those with poor grade embryos that have resulted in babies. Wishing you luck 🤞