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Hi OP.
I am in the same boat as you are in (poor quality embryos never making blasts, multiple cycles), except I never had miscarriages because I never got pregnant/made to transfer.
I was "discharged" from SGF with recommendations to go to CCRM because they have a different lab and maybe our embryos would reach blast over there.
I have a pending new-patient appointment at CCRM later this month.
What did you decide to do?
I am in the same boat as you are in (poor quality embryos never making blasts, multiple cycles), except I never had miscarriages because I never got pregnant/made to transfer.
I was "discharged" from SGF with recommendations to go to CCRM because they have a different lab and maybe our embryos would reach blast over there.
I have a pending new-patient appointment at CCRM later this month.
What did you decide to do?
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Hello everyone.
Original poster here.
First and foremost this was my first post ever and I am so thankful and appreciative of every one of your responses.
It has given me so much hope and encouragement to move forward. You guys have no idea
Thank you again.
It's been really hard.
Yesterday husband and I had a follow up appointment with our doctor at SGF (Dr. Doyle) and he (very gently and empathetically) recommended that we go to CCRM since they do use different culture media in their labs than SGF does.
He is really rooting for our success, whether it be SGF or elsewhere. I appreciated his recommendation although hubby did not (thinks he wants to sorta get rid of us since we will screw up SGF's success rates).
A lot of people responded that they recommend Cornell. I'm originally a New Yorker who had lived in Manhattan for 15 years and of course back then I wasn't seeking serious fertility treatment.
I was a patient at NYU Fertility for a little bit before husband and I moved here. I guess that's how life goes. Maybe I should go to Cornell for an initial consult as well...
I've made an appt with Dr. Owen at CCRM for now.
According to google reviews, Dr. Payson is rated really highly there. But I look at Dr. Owen's credentials and I'm leaning towards her.
Anyone who is/was a current or past patient at CCRM- Please let me know your thoughts on doctor choice.
Thank you so so much.
Original poster here.
First and foremost this was my first post ever and I am so thankful and appreciative of every one of your responses.
It has given me so much hope and encouragement to move forward. You guys have no idea
Thank you again.
It's been really hard.
Yesterday husband and I had a follow up appointment with our doctor at SGF (Dr. Doyle) and he (very gently and empathetically) recommended that we go to CCRM since they do use different culture media in their labs than SGF does.
He is really rooting for our success, whether it be SGF or elsewhere. I appreciated his recommendation although hubby did not (thinks he wants to sorta get rid of us since we will screw up SGF's success rates).
A lot of people responded that they recommend Cornell. I'm originally a New Yorker who had lived in Manhattan for 15 years and of course back then I wasn't seeking serious fertility treatment.
I was a patient at NYU Fertility for a little bit before husband and I moved here. I guess that's how life goes. Maybe I should go to Cornell for an initial consult as well...
I've made an appt with Dr. Owen at CCRM for now.
According to google reviews, Dr. Payson is rated really highly there. But I look at Dr. Owen's credentials and I'm leaning towards her.
Anyone who is/was a current or past patient at CCRM- Please let me know your thoughts on doctor choice.
Thank you so so much.
Any transfer less than the traditional 5 (or 6-) day transfer is considered a cleaved embryo transfer.
For example, a Day 3 or 4 transfer is always with an embryo that has not made to blast.
For example, a Day 3 or 4 transfer is always with an embryo that has not made to blast.
I am 36 years old, hubby 41. Current patients of SGF.
I have PCOS/egg quality issues and hubby has some motility issues.
Just heard the devastating news this morning... once again our embryo did not make it to blast. Sadly, they never do.
We did 3 rounds of ERs:
2/2018- 14 mature eggs, 8 fertilized, none made to blast.
7/2018- 16 mature eggs, 8 fertilized, none made to blast after waiting 8 days (range of embryo cells were between 6-12 cells)
6/2019- (changed protocol, focusing on quality vs quantity) which yielded 2 mature eggs, 1 fertilized, no blasts (our embryo was only a 9-cell, 15% fragmentation).
We made an appointment with our RE next week but in the meanwhile, just wanted to know of any success stories with low-cell-numbered embryos transfers.
I am in dire need of some success stories.
How many cells did your embryo have (that was not a blast yet) that continued on to give you a BFP?
Thanks in advance.
I have PCOS/egg quality issues and hubby has some motility issues.
Just heard the devastating news this morning... once again our embryo did not make it to blast. Sadly, they never do.
We did 3 rounds of ERs:
2/2018- 14 mature eggs, 8 fertilized, none made to blast.
7/2018- 16 mature eggs, 8 fertilized, none made to blast after waiting 8 days (range of embryo cells were between 6-12 cells)
6/2019- (changed protocol, focusing on quality vs quantity) which yielded 2 mature eggs, 1 fertilized, no blasts (our embryo was only a 9-cell, 15% fragmentation).
We made an appointment with our RE next week but in the meanwhile, just wanted to know of any success stories with low-cell-numbered embryos transfers.
I am in dire need of some success stories.
How many cells did your embryo have (that was not a blast yet) that continued on to give you a BFP?
Thanks in advance.