Did your clinic tell you the grading of your embryos?

[IVFwithPGD]

Hi all,

Quick question … did your clinics tell you the grading of your embryos or did you have to ask?

Go my transfer in January after finally getting 1 healthy normal embryo via PGD and I’m just conscious I don’t know the grading.

Praying that this time next year, I have my so wished for little miracle ✨🙏🏼🤞🏼 Sending you all lots of luck and baby dust xx

[sj482]

I also had 1 embryo following PGD I am currently in the TWW - I was not told the grading other than it was good quality and had started to divide after thawing!

[IVFwithPGD in reply to sj482]

Hi sj482 thanks for getting back to me. That’s great, just so as long as I know ☺️ Oh hoping you’re managing to keep distracted in the TWW, I’ve got everything crossed for you 🤞🏼✨ I’m just so nervous, anxious and excited for my first transfer. I’m truly praying for a miracle x

[sj482 in reply to IVFwithPGD]

Thank you! Distractions are very good!

[Fruitandflowers]

My NHS clinic did but when we went private I asked and they said they have a policy of not saying - just 'good' I think was all we got although they did tell us how they were developing, just not a grade. I think they mean good enough to transfer/freeze. I preferred not knowing as the NHS went on about the quality of our blasts and I thought it was a done thing by the way they described - although it implanted it didn't last past six weeks. No idea with the two private transfers - the first one ended around the same time as the NHS one but the one we transfers next on a FET worked. Btw, the two losses were probably a progesterone issue and as soon as we fixed that on the FET we had a completely different outcome so you just need one. Best of luck x

[IVFwithPGD in reply to Fruitandflowers]

Thank you Fruitandflowers for the reply ☺️ I’m hoping that my FET protocol will all be exactly as it should for my transfer. With only have 1 embryo, I’m literally praying and crossing everything that they stick 🙏🏼🤞🏼🙏🏼🤞🏼🙏🏼 x

[JA-fnuk Partner Nurse Fertility Network UK]

Seems all clinics are different - you could ask and I'm sure they would tell you But it must be a good one as your transfer is going ahead in January Good luck

Janet

[IVFwithPGD in reply to JA-fnuk]

Thanks JA-fnuk that’s what I have taken from it, that I need to feel reassured that I’m at a stage for transfer 🙏🏼

[Belangalo]

I did not know the grading of any of my embabies until all of them had been transferred without success. It was then that I insisted on knowing and talking to the embryologist because I wanted answers after everyone had been so positive that we would fall pregnant. They were graded as fully expanded 5AA. So it just goes to show that grading is a beauty pageant that doesn't give you the really important information - like if the embabies have the correct number of chromosomes. Please don't focus too hard on grading since it isn't an exact science. I fell pregnant naturally and who knows what that embryo looked like? Probably all wonky and collapsed...but it worked!

Good luck!

[IVFwithPGD in reply to Belangalo]

Thanks so much Belangalo that’s reassured me a lot! Xx

[GBB87]

At one clinic we were told and in another we had to ask. However, it seems not too much emphasis should be placed on the grading itself because after several conversations with different doctors in different clinics, it’s clear that the grading is entirely subjective to each individual lab. Meaning that what may be an AA in one lab double a AB, or BB or whatever in another. They will always transfer their best rated embryo, unless you say otherwise. I hope that info is useful to you. Good luck!

[IVFwithPGD in reply to GBB87]

That’s really helpful GBB87 thanks so much! X