Embryoscope?

[jengi]

Me again! Any of you opted to have embryoscope as an additional option. I am aware it costs extra but thinking of using it. Basically, it digitally monitors the embryos while they are in the lab which provides more info on how they are performing and also means they do not need to be removed from the incubator daily for monitoring.

[Orla9298]

I added it, I didn’t want to leave anything to chance so wanted them to be undisturbed

[jengi in reply to Orla9298]

Yes, thats my thinking too!

[Stepharni]

Yes every time! Money well spent if you can x

[jengi in reply to Stepharni]

Thanks Stepharni!

[Mrsgled1982]

We chose not to have it on either fresh round but paid for the embryo glue. 1st time bfn with no frosties 2 time around BFP with 4 frosties. However i miscarried xx

[jengi in reply to Mrsgled1982]

What is embryo glue? Are you now on your 3rd round? Wishing you lots of luck! Xx

[Mrsgled1982 in reply to jengi]

Yeah 3rd time lucky hopefully.

The embryo glue is made up uterine secretions and it's claimed to improve implantation rates. However not enough study has been carried out.

Our clinic said we didn't really need the embryoscope. That's why we opted out xx

[Sarah_S]

Yes I added it. Just gritted teeth and went for all the optional extras. Had a day 2 transfer in the end so they were only in there for a day and a half - pretty expensive for that short a time! Have my BFP now, but even for my last unsuccessful round I've got no regrets about adding any small extra chance of success x

[jengi in reply to Sarah_S]

Thanks Sarah, we will be going ahead with the embryoscope. The research I’ve done tells me it can increase our chances slightly. It’s been a toss up between embryoscope & endometrial scratch. On our first round given the lack of evidence I don’t feel it’s worth paying for the scratch. Will def consider it if we get to round 2! Xx

[Lynnr54]

I used it. Like the others I didn’t want to disturb the embryos and also liked the fact that they could tell how the embryos got from point A to point B. We had 4 embryos get to blastocyst stage and at the time of transfer 1 was far better quality than the rest of them so how they got from A to B was never considered as far as I’m aware. We’ve used 3 of the 4 now. The best quality one was a BFP and we got a usb stick showing how it went from fertilisation to blasto which is quite cool. The other 2 were unsuccessful, 1 chemical and 1 BFN. Our consultant thinks it was due to embryo quality that they failed. So it seems that the embryoscope doesn’t have the ability identify poor quality embryos which won’t make it. But I do still think that leaving them undisturbed has to be beneficial for them and I will use it again if my final frostie isn’t successful and we have another fresh round. Good luck with your cycle.

[jengi in reply to Lynnr54]

Thanks hun, best of luck with this round Xx

[Princes14]

We had embryoscope both times, I’d strongly recommend it. Saves the embryos being disturbed whilst they’re developing. Also, if for any reason the first time you use it equals a negative you’re consultant can use the images to perhaps give you some answers as to why. They can look at chromosomal defects etc. Very interesting x

[jengi in reply to Princes14]

Thanks, it’s amazing what they can do! Xx

[Laura3101]

I had nothing on my first round of ivf and the second round I had the embryo glue and embryscope. I defo feel it helped in seeing how the embryos developed and I now have a 4 month old baby girl from that second round x

[jengi in reply to Laura3101]

Awh wow, always so lovely to a success story Xx