Failed Twins via FET, Why?

[ucrbutterfly]

We did a FET of two 5AA embryos, but when I went in for my scan, they only found 1 heartbeat. What happened to the other embryo? Why was there only 1 heartbeat?

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The embryo just didn’t develop and will have been reabsorbed. I wouldn’t think about it as failed twins, I would think about it as a fantastic news BFP. I’ve transferred 16 embryos and don’t have a baby, just because you transfer two it isn’t guaranteed it will work. Congrats on your BFP! x

[KiboXX]

As Daisy said, transferring an embryo doesn’t guarantee a pregnancy. Not every embryo is viable, no matter how good the grade is. IVF doesn’t always end with a baby sadly so you’re incredibly lucky that one of those embryos has taken ♥️

You have one heartbeat which is fantastic. Try and focus on the positive x

[Ell493]

Same thing happened to me. Not sure why the other embryo didn't implant. There could be many reasons.

[Jana483]

They other embryo didn't implant, happened to me more than once. Think about the embryo that implanted and celebrate the fantastic news!

[ucrbutterfly]

Thank you all. I appreciate the positive vibes and while I'm excited about our baby girl that survived, I just don't understand what happened to the other healthy embryo. I'm confused and all my dr. Said is, it happens. What happens and how, why? 🤔

Just looking for some answers, but I guess it didn't implant.

Thanks for your support. 😊😁❤

Good luck to everyone and hope there's a happy ending for you all. 😊

[Megrumpy]

It is now believed that nearly 50% of all pregnancies could start out as twins, but somewhere down the line, generally way before you even get to the first scan, one fails. The way I would look at it is, it is natural selection. Your body in combination with the embryos makes a decision of what is the most viable option for you and your embryos. At the end of the day, biologically, for most women the most likely way to have a healthy baby is to have just one heathly one.

[McQueeny in reply to Megrumpy]

Wow! I had no idea, that’s fascinating

[Megrumpy in reply to McQueeny]

I only found that out lately as I was doing some research. As this is for all pregnancies, this is just a theory (not mine) as it is very difficult to check this. I started to look into this as I am pregnant with twins following a transfer of 2 embryos (but this was my 3rd transfer of 2 embryos and all the others failed) and my consultant who knows my babies were conceived with IVF said straight away that the fact that I am pregnant with twins has less to do with the fact that they put 2 embryos in and more with the fact my mother is a twin (naturally conceived). Basing his theory on the fact that some women are just naturally more inclined to have twins. He is a twin specialist, so I would like think that he has got some idea.