Has anyone had a successful pregnancy after an average quality embryo transfer?

[Acoulson91]

Hey guys! I'm going in for my embryo transfer today on my second cycle, only one embryo fertilised this time around and they said its only average quality again but it's the only one we have, so we're having a day 3 transfer. In our first cycle we only had 2 fertilise, both average quality also, resulted in a BFN. We just don't seem to be able to get good quality embryos even with added luveris this cycle. So I just wondered if anyone has had a a successful pregnancy with average quality embryos transferred? I just want a little bit of hope.

[Jane8412]

Hey, I had a transfer of an average day 3 embryo end of Jan. They only got 2 eggs and only one fertilised normally so our hopes weren’t high. That one average graded embryo is currently still going strong and I am almost 20 weeks pregnant. My first round of IVF I had a fresh transfer of a good quality 4AB embryo on day 5 which didn’t stick. Has made me realise that embryo grading isn’t always an indication of whether it will stick. I also have more faith in a day 3 transfer for me too since that’s the only one that stuck. All the best for your transfer xx

[Acoulson91 in reply to Jane8412]

Thank you so much for sharing that! That's exactly what I needed to hear. Its been so difficult as our second cycle has gone worse than our first cycle with poorer results, less eggs collected and even less fertilised so I was really losing hope. Congratulations, I wish you all the luck in the world with your pregnancy!

[Jane8412 in reply to Acoulson91]

I feel your pain! We were exactly the same. First round they told me I had 3 follicles and they ended up getting 4 eggs all which fertilised and were still going on day 3. Had a day 5 fresh transfer and a day 6 frozen. So even though that first round didn’t work we were so hopeful that our second privately funded round would yield similar results. I was devastated and so shocked when we only got 2 eggs. I had to have some counselling in my 2WW as I was in such a tough space mentally. IVF really does take it out of you. Did you go straight into your second round? I wonder if I had left more time between rounds if my body would have recovered and I would have had better results.

I really hope this day 3 transfer is the one for you. It really does only take that one right embryo xxx

[Acoulson91 in reply to Jane8412]

Yes we had our first round in February, which ended in a negative in March, that round we had 8 eggs collected and 2 fertilised. We started again in May so only had one normal cycle in between. They upped my doses and held off on cetritide to try and get more eggs but only got 5, only 3 of those were mature and just the one fertilised. It all seemed to go backwards this time, I understand the need for counselling, when I woke up from surgery and was told they got less eggs I cried until they discharged me. It's so much to go through to end up with things going worse. And no one seems to be able to explain why its happening this way. It really did leave me feeling so hopeless for future rounds. But our one embryo is back in the oven now and your story has given me back my hope. Thank you so much.

[Jane8412 in reply to Acoulson91]

I was exactly the same. I bawled my eyes out when the embryologist told me they only got 2 eggs! The doctor just said things like this happen and it only takes one egg. I didn’t have much faith but I was proved wrong. I’m keeping everything crossed for this embryo! Xx