Hi everyone, day two I have 4 embryos (3 are developing normal, 1 is developing slowly). My clinic asked me if I want to go with transfer or pgt. I asked them what they do suggest and they just tell me the options but no suggestion. I am confused. I have to decide by tomorrow. I turn 42 soon.
Please let me know if you have been gone through the same situation and what have you decided 🙏.
hello, to have 4 embryos at this stage is brilliant. I was in a similar situation a few weeks ago with 3 embryos. I had planned to do pgta testing but on egg collection day the clinic said as I’d taken all the meds I needed for transfer( intralipids etc) they recommended I transfer 1 and test the others. Their view was they want to achieve a pregnancy and that we should give 1 a chance. I’m currently in early pregnancy 😊🙏 my pgta testing has come back and there wasn’t a normal embryo. So I won’t lie I’m worried I’m going to have a 3rd miscarriage but trying to take every day as it comes until my 7 week scan. Wishing you all the very best with your choice xxx
Hi Poppygarden, congrats and hope everything goes well 🙏. I am thinking to do the same. If I get 4 to test 2 and transfer 2 but I still have to wait to see whether they will make it to blastocyst. Thank you for replying.
Really hope this cycle goes well for you x
what day are you on is this your day 5 or day 3 update? If less than 2 make it to day 5 I would just transfer but if more I would transfer 1 and test the others would be my personal thoughts on it xx
If it was me, at 42 I’d PGTA. In honesty, your clinic should be doing more to advise you of what happens both ways etc. I’m 39, 6 transfers in and was told if we did more collections PGT should be a must (egg age and sperm issues) but they went through everything with us.
You can absolutely achieve a successful transfer without PGT 40+, but I wouldn’t want the heartache of multiple transfers if they were embryos that were not normal. I wish I’d done PGT earlier but that’s my own personal case and I know it’s very personal to everyone.
Heya, it’s a super hard decision to make. We had 6 blasts, 5 top quality and one 5BC. We transferred a 5AA which failed so we tested the remaining 4 top quality - all came back with complex abnormalities. We have one 5BC untested still frozen.
My personal thoughts on it; we have potentially saved ourselves £1,000’s of pounds and heartbreak from transferring 4 abnormal embryos. However, my gut has a heavy ‘what if’ feeling. What if they got it wrong, what if actually one went on to become a healthy pregnancy.
I’ve decided if we do proceed with another round - we probably won’t test and maybe transfer in doubles (if we’re lucky enough to produce blasts). It’s hard, a really hard decision. Lots of luck and love xx
Hi Elsidee11, I have the same gut feeling "what if I am hurting my embryos by testing them"...
Last time I had one embryo I tested it and it came 100% aneploid.
I had most of my collections at around 41/42 and opted for PGT, unfortunately all 12 embryos from 6 rounds came back complex abnormal, except 1, which was abnormal. If the clinic had given me the option to transfer I probably would have taken it, because at the time I kept reading studies about how sometimes embryos can correct themselves in the womb. I do know now that not transferring probably saved us heartache, time and money but there is always a part of me that wonders what if. It’s such a tough and personal decision, I know people who have got a normal embryo at 44 xx.
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