Mediocre grade embryos...

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Registered: 11-09-2007
Mediocre grade embryos...
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Sun, 11-18-2007 - 6:00pm

Hello there...


I just wanted to introduce myself.  I'm new to this message board but it seems like a nice support group for women dealing with infertility.  I just went through my first cycle of IVF.  Did follistim and menopur for 10days and had 9 follicles retrieved.  Only 4 fertilized normally of which only 1 was graded A  (4 cells) and the others were graded B and 2 were graded C.  I think the grades have something to do with the morphology of the cells with B and C grades being less superior to A.  There was some degree of fragmentation on the B and C embryos.  I was pretty disappointed that I didn't have more higher quality embryos.  I'd be so devastated if this doesn't work.....the whole process has been so costly and straining on my marriage.  I've only bee married about 1 year and after 6 months of being infertile and trying unsuccessfully, we were referred to IVF.  I suppose it had do with multiple factors....my age (37), my FSH was boderline high at 10.6 and my husband's semen showed poor motility...


Anyone out there have any experience with mediocre grade embryos...Is there any hope of implantation with less than perfect embryos???  I'm very worried....I had such high hopes for IVF as my RE kept encouraging me that I should be a very candidate and would probably have a successful round.


Any advice would be so very greatfully appreciated.


Polytimy


 


 


 

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Registered: 11-09-2007
Wed, 11-21-2007 - 10:38am

Thanks, Kim..


How have you been?

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Registered: 10-19-2004
Wed, 11-21-2007 - 7:01pm
We had 2 grade a's on day 3, but by day 5 1 grade a and 2 grade b's were the best we had. Grades can change by the day. on day 6 one of our grade 3's turned into a fully hatched blast, grade b, good enough to freeze. That was probably the other grade b we had earlier, most likely. Grading is a subjective process, as well.
- Jenna
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Registered: 11-09-2007
Wed, 11-21-2007 - 7:06pm
Do you know anything about the success rate of implanting a grade C embryo?
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Registered: 11-17-2007
Wed, 11-21-2007 - 11:17pm

Hi

It was nice to come home to a message from you...my fellow tortured 2WWaiter:)

I am hanging in there. Although, ever since I realized that I have a HPT hidden in my trunk from my last crazy go around, I have been obsessing about taking it. God help me. The part of me that doesn't think I can bear to be disappointed yet again has convinced me that I am having severe PMS and that AF is on the way. I seem to be having the exact symptoms that I have had every other month with a BFN. The positive side of me keeps hoping!

I hope you have a great Thanksgiving. Amongst other things, I am grateful to have people to share all these feeling with! Thank-you:)

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