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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would like to keep this conversation going. We did two cycles at CCRM - we had very good maturation rates, mediocre fertilization rates (first round about 50%, second round about 65%) and then no blasts both rounds. The first round it was clear on day 3 that none were going to make it. Our second round we got closer to blasts... we had 3 that were looking better on day 5, but did not end up making it. We're trying another round at SGF right now while simultaneously looking into fragmentation and MF issues.[/quote]

Okay we heard back from Shady Grove this weekend. Happy to share that we have 3 blasts. I’ll give our history, in case it helps. I’m 30 and husband is 38. He has some lower numbers, but nothing shocking so on paper we should have had a fairly straightforward case.

Spring 2019: CCRM Round 1- 11 retrieved, 10 matured, 5 fertilized, 0 blasts.
Summer 2019: husband has varicoceles  repaired 
Fall 2019: CCRM round 2- 18 retrieved, 17 matured, 12 fertilized, 0 blast (we had 12 fertilized here...i typed this wrong originally)

We had some concerns w the organization of CCRM with a few instances of mistakes happening (a nurse told me the wrong medicine amount and I questioned it and I was correct, for example). Our doc at CCRM also pushed for donor sperm after the first cycle which we felt was premature. We decided to try shady grove and saw Dr Widra at K St.

Winter 2020 at Shady Grove - 20 retrieved, 13 matured, 8 fertilized, 3 blasts.

Fingers crossed for normal embryos but even making a blastocyst has been the biggest motivator. Some rare good news we’ve heard in our ivf journey. [/quote][/quote]

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