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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Probably looking at a 5-day transfer, according to my RE.  He likes the looks of at least 3 of the embryos right now. [/quote]

Sounds like a gamble.[/quote]

+1. I'd do a day 3 transfer, unless you REALLY want to avoid multiples and are hoping to transfer just one and freeze the others. But there is no doubt that the uterus is the most conducive environment for embryo growth.[/quote]

I'm not sure if OP is still reading, but please don't post your personal opinions here and provide baseless criticism of treatment options a poster has worked out with their RE.  You don't know OP's situation (i.e. age, egg quality, history), so you don't know the basis upon which her RE is suggesting a day 5 transfer when she has 3 embryos on day 2. [Aside: I had two embryos that were dividing well on day 2, and waited until day 5 to transfer...both made it, transferred 1/froze 1.]  If she is young and the embryos are dividing well, then it might make sense to wait even if she's planning to transfer two.  [b]It's not a gamble to follow your doctor's advice. [/b] If you think it is, you should find a different doctor.  I'm not saying you shouldn't ask questions and make sure your RE understands your preferences and range of acceptable outcomes, but different clinics (and REs) have different protocols and approaches.  That's part of why you might choose one clinic or RE over another.  If you have explained your comfort level with various outcomes to your RE and you understand (and agree with) the basis for your RE's recommendation, then it is perfectly sensible to follow it.  [b]If we simply assume that RE's are robots following protocols mindlessly, why do we pay them so much money? [/b] They do have expertise that you can't glean from extensive web research...it doesn't help to make people on this forum question whether they should follow their doctor's recommendations.
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I don't think they are robots, but I don't think that pay that much attention to individual cases either. And even if we accept you premise that "following your doctor's advice is not a gamble", finding a doctor is a gamble. So, by implication, sometimes what your doctor tells you is a gamble (as another, equally experienced doctor, would tell you the opposite). It's easy to say "find a different doctor", but realistically one can't interview more than a few doctors, and even then, one can't judge what they are truly like until one is in the midst of a treatment. [/quote]

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