Moving frozen embryos

[Anonymous]

Hi,
Could someone who moved frozen embryos from CCRM to another clinic share their experiences? Was your FET successful at another clinic? I am wanting to move my embryo to another clinic after FET failures but I am reading about different labs using different media/solution and that the embryo might get distressed or compromised in the transit process. I am exploring options at another good clinic which might have alternative FET protocols to try but at the same time wanting to avoid any regrets. Any thoughts you could share will be helpful.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

No experience but do you want to move them from CCRM Colorado or Virginia? If Colorado then I think that would be a mistake as they have one of the best labs in the country

[Anonymous]

A slightly different experience, but related. We recently moved frozen eggs (not embryos) from GW to SGF for insurance reasons. We were warned that it's best to keep eggs on their, "home field advantage" where they were retrieved, but we moved them anyway since it was a difference of several thousand dollars. We were told that the originating clinic sends instructions of exactly what method they used and directions for thawing. We didn't seem to have any issues. We were nervous the day of the move, but got frequent updates from the transporting company. We seemed to have similar survival results of what we would have had if we had stayed at our original clinic (statistically speaking). Happy to report that I'm currently 8 weeks pregnant with an embryo that came from those transferred eggs. Good luck to you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi,
Could someone who moved frozen embryos from CCRM to another clinic share their experiences? Was your FET successful at another clinic? I am wanting to move my embryo to another clinic after FET failures but I am reading about different labs using different media/solution and that the embryo might get distressed or compromised in the transit process. I am exploring options at another good clinic which might have alternative FET protocols to try but at the same time wanting to avoid any regrets. Any thoughts you could share will be helpful.

Thank you!

I don't disbelieve you, but do you have sources for this? I want to fire my IVF clinic.