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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. I want to apologize for the confusing math. I am not a math whiz and had to ask for help on a math forum. I tried to write my posts while on the phone trying to get in with a new clinic. For anyone who is curious, I wanted to clarify below. When a clinic says that 3 euploid embryos of good grade have a 96% chance of a live birth this is the equation they use

1-(.35^3)= 0.957125

The .35 is 1-.65 where .65 is the chance that one good quality euploid embryo will result in a live birth

If I use the same equation using the stats my lab gave me (25-35% chance for each embryo) and I go in the middle selecting 30%

1-(.70^9)= 0.959646393

The .70 is 1-.30 where .30 is the chance that one poor quality euploid embryo will result in a live birth

As you can see it takes only 3 good euploids whereas it would take 9 poor euploids to have approximately the same chance of a live birth. I hope I didn't make any mistakes (again not a math whiz but this is how it was explained to me). I find this information helpful because it shows me that I have to focus on getting better quality embryos not necessarily a higher quantity of embryos. It also informs me that if I do another retrieval with the same results that I need to realize that I'm setting myself up for a lot of retrievals (4-5 in total) for the decent chance of a live birth. It also tells me at what point I might need to consider donor eggs. Again there's always luck and the grace of God (if you believe in that). Anything can happen, but I want to be realistic as this process is so difficult. 
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