7 untested day 5 embryos from age 33

[Anonymous]

Statistically, how many babies can I count in from that batch?

[Anonymous]

Hate to be that person but you can’t count on anything in IVF. It took me five transfers of two untested embryos at a time to have my son.

[Anonymous]

At 34, I had 5 embryos and only one was PGS normal. Obviously we tested before freezing, but the point is it’s impossible to predict how many are viable based on your age and number of embryos retrieved.

[Anonymous]

Have you used any from that age before?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At 34, I had 5 embryos and only one was PGS normal. Obviously we tested before freezing, but the point is it’s impossible to predict how many are viable based on your age and number of embryos retrieved.

Well, it’s impossible to know for sure, so “count on” was not good language. But there is probability around some range, I guess I was hoping to know that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you used any from that age before?

+1

[Anonymous]

I had 5, 5-6 day untested embryosfrom age 34. Used them all-3 kids. 3/5 took.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had 5, 5-6 day untested embryosfrom age 34. Used them all-3 kids. 3/5 took.

Do you remember the grades?

[Anonymous]

it's impossible to know. I made one embryo at 42 after YEARS of DOR and failed transfers. didn't test, have healthy 7 month old girl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it's impossible to know. I made one embryo at 42 after YEARS of DOR and failed transfers. didn't test, have healthy 7 month old girl.

Case in point.
42, no baseline fertility issues, just older.
Miscarried the first two IVF cycle’s worth of fresh blast transfers (2-3 untested at a time), then got zero normal embryos from 2 rounds of testing (I make ridiculously large numbers of blasts). Consulted CCRM CO and was told I needed donor eggs based on the two rounds of no normals (which seems to be the advice they give a lot of women).
Finally worked with an RE who is old school yet evidence-based, a nationally renown lecturer on the limitations of testing and trashing potentially good embryos.
Transferred 5 untested day 3 embryos (which guidelines allow for my age). It’s less elegant this way, but I trust my body more than PGT software and am willing to terminate if need be.
So far have 1 boy whose NIPT and nuchal tests have been normal.

[Anonymous]

I had 4 of those at 36. Got pregnant very time with two kids. But obviously it’s highly individual.

[Anonymous]

I had 7 untested embryos at the age of 35. One baby out of those 7. I did end up with a second pregnancy from that batch, but it was ectopic.
Only issue causing infertility was PCOS.