Hi everyone,
We’ve just had our 6th cycle. Out of 14 eggs collected, 11 were mature and 10 fertilised.
On day 3 we had 8 still going strong
Today (day 5) we have 2 blasts only grade 4BC.
I’m not sure how many others are showing potential but they’ll be left until tomorrow.
All embryos will be sent for pgta. Has anyone had a 4BC euploid? This was our last OE round before moving to donor and i’m numb with shock
Thank you xx
hi, from my own experience, the grading didn’t seem to correlate with the genetic normality of the embryos. The embryologist told me that while the grading looks for certain characteristics, the genetic make up of the embryo is what determines their viability and that is not necessarily reflected by the grading which is based on appearance.
My own embryos were graded 5AB 5 AA but three of them were not viable and did not implant, whereas when I used DE, the grading was ‘less’ I think a 4BB , but worked first time and my little girl is perfect.
I didn’t really ever get enough embryos to PGT test so I’m sorry I can’t comment on that but I really think you have good chance of success and try not to worry too much about the grading. Good luck xx 🍀🍀
Thank you so much that’s really helpful xx
Yeahh I am aware that grading is irrelevant and its all about genetic make up xx Just seems unlikely that such a poor looking will be “normal”
Only the strong survive I suppose! xx
I’m rooting for your little fighting embryos! I follow Dr Tim Child on insta, as he does some great live Q&A sessions. I recently asked him a question about whether embryos taking until day 6 (and embryos being a slightly lower quality), mean they are more likely to be abnormal or not. He did say there is a slightly higher chance of them being abnormal, the longer they take to get to blastocyst (ie, day 6 vs day 5) and the lower quality they are, but he didn’t reiterate it’s only a very small percentage difference. So to hold on hope, as there is still a great chance that that’s the one that works!
Wow that’s really interesting x Thank you so much i’ll give him a follow xx
Also meant to say he ‘did reiterate’, not ‘didn’t’ Sorry (typo!) x
ours is - 4BC low mosaic and 4CC euploid x
ahh thank you so much that has made me feel so much better xxxx
You’re very welcome, I know at least three other people at my clinic with euploid c grades. The grading doesn’t tell us so much now x
I had a 4DC (I know, I didn’t even think they bothered with Ds) come back euploid after the embryologist said it was likely none of mine would as they were such bad quality.
So a 4BC sounds pretty great to me 🖤 good luck!
Wow that is amazing! Never heard of a D before! Thank you so much xxx
We recently did PGTA testing. We had 4 embryos to send off, a day 5 grade c, a day 6 grade a and 2 day 6 grade c. The day 5 grade c and day 6 grade a came back normal. The day 5 grade c had a score of 8.7 out of 10, and the day 6 grade a has a score of 5.1.
My clinic have said that once they are PGTA tested, the grading is sort of irrelevant as that's just a beauty contest really.
The other two embryos both had chromosome 22 issues and are unusable. I'm 39 (until next month) and egg collection was in October just past.
Hope this helps. Good luck x
Thank you so much xxx
I’m hoping we may get one or two more today (day 6) to send away xx
We’re just so shocked at the drop off rate to lose 6 in one day! xx
It's a lot. We had 12 eggs, 10 mature, 9 fertilised, all still ok day 3, and 1 on day 5, plus the 3 on day 6. It really is a steep drop off. Hopefully you get a couple of good ones to work with! Xx
We’ve got 7 that are still cells and 1 that’s an early blast so i’m hoping that early blast has developed a bit more overnight xx
It’s frustrating because our clinic is in Greece and we don’t have any direct communication with the embryologist which annoys me. I’ll definitely be arranging some feedback xx Thank you xx
Oh wow that does make it a little harder! But I have heard a lot of success stories with clinics abroad so 🤞🏻xx
we didn’t PGTA test but my little boy was a 4BC so it is very possible for the embryo to be healthy with that grade 🤗🤞🏽 xx
Ahh that’s amazing congratulations xx The furthest we’ve ever got is a with a 4BC actually so I need to give the underdogs a bit more support! I was just shocked yesterday and immediately thought this is game over xx
congrats on your 2 embryos
I got 4 from my last cycle
Transferred in order of how they looked
The first 3 didn’t take but the lowest graded one did and she’s a perfectly healthy little girl still growing inside 🩷
I don’t know the exact grading but I really didn’t hold much hope that it would work but what they look like doesn’t mean anything
Best of luck 🤞 🙌
Ahh I love this! Huge congratulations
I think I was just in shock yesterday. I’ve done this enough times to know grading is subjective and also irrelevant.
I just really wanted a good amount to send for pgta to increase our chances. Fingers crossed our little under dogs make it xx
never give up hope 💫💫
hey there, grading is really subjective and it was rubbish for me personally. My 5AA/AB transfers never worked.
However my frozen 3CC and 2BC embies, thawed really well, and I am now 38 weeks pregnant.. so I really hope that it works out for you guys too..
Best of luck and positive pants on!
Thank you so much xxx
The clinic contacted me earlier we’ve got another 2 day 6 4BC embryos so 4 in total xxx
25% chance of being euploid xx Everyone’s comments have given me so much hope and positivity today xxxx
Good luck!!!! ❤️
Im currently sat here waiting to go in for csection to deliver our 4bc embryo. They are little fighters.All our top graded embryos failed to implant or ended in a chemical.
Best of luck with your transfer hun
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I love this xx Thank you so much and congratulations to you xx
We’re doing pgta so not doing a transfer just yet. Fingers crossed one of them is euploid xx
Miscarriage of euploid embryo
And so the 2ww begins!! Any 2ww buddies??
