During the IVF process how many fertilized eggs do you recomand to transfer?
ByMy Husband and I are starting the IVF process next week and I was just wondering how many eggs do you transfer if you don’t mind having twins. I feel I would be very blessed if I have twins. So do I transfer two or three? I am an Identical twin and me and my sister are insepreable. So it would be nice to have twins.
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5 Comments
January 27th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
No professional who follows the IVF guidelines will implant more than 2 in a woman under 40 who is otherwise healthy. Implanting any more than that would be completely unprofessional and irresponsible.
In response to the answer below mine, you can’t just think in terms of how many babies you are wanting or prepared to care for. Sure, you might be able to handle three healthy kids. What if they aren’t healthy? What if you end up with 3 extreme preemies who all end up with cerebral palsy? Are you prepared to deal with the millions of dollars in medical bills along with the stress of caring for 3 permanently disabled children?
Outcomes of multiples are not as happy overall. Even twins is a risky pregnancy.
January 27th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
in my opinion you should process however many babies you are prepared to have. look at nadia sulaiman!
and you have to ask yourself if you process 3 and you actually have 3 babies will you be happy with that? if you are then it’s probably better to do 3 to be sure
i hope this works out for you
January 27th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
I first have to tell you that the goal of fertility treatment is one baby, not multiples. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine has guidelines to follow to strive for that and a responsible reproductive endocrinologist (RE) will follow those guidelines. A multiple pregnancy is a high risk pregnancy and a RE does not want to put lives at risks…..except for one that I will not mention.
The number transferred (embryos are transferred and one can only hope an embryo implants in the uterine lining) depends on a number of factors including your age, embryo (embryos are transferred not eggs) quality, if you do a 3 or 5 day transfer, and any past pregnancies. If you are under 35 and have some great/good quality embryos, your RE will not want to transfer more than 2. If you are older and your embryo quality is not great more can be transferred. If you have been pregnant less will be transferred. I always go with what my RE advises.
I wish you much luck! I have gone through 4 IVF cycles and know the ride well. If you want to chat or vent feel free to contact me!
January 27th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Hi,
Well Im on my 2nd IVF procedure now and I been where you are and trust me I was terrified. I read an search the world wide web up and down my first cycle which was in December and once again I was scarred and full of question. I can sit here and give you all this facts I read but Im pretty sure you have read them so ill tell you what I went through…
To start of Im young and healthy I am 22 years old I been struggeling with infertility for 2.5 years. I have PCOS. My first round….. ovulated 12 eggs, 8 fertilized, 6 matured, transferred 3 STRONG embryo on the third day transfer and froze 1 embryo on the fifth day transfer. Got pregnant but miscarried. According to my blood work one embryo attached out of three.
My mother in law went throug IVF I dont know all the facts but this is what I do know. She was 35 and had her tubes tide. She transferred 4 embryo. Now she has three year old twins. boy and girl.
My advice to you. You are a twin so keep that in mine and I dont know much about your infertility to tell you how many to transferr but I do hope the best for you and I hope this will help you.
If you have anymore questions let me know.
Good Luck
January 27th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
After 3 yrs of marriage and trying to conceive all of that time. My husband and I sought advice from my OB/GYN who referred me to a fertility specialist I was actually hoping for explained infertility but oh well. After several failed inseminations, we tried IVF. Went through the IVF injections and the whole bit and mid-way through the cycle, I developed some kind of infection and my Dr canceled the cycle. It was devastating to say the least. We forged on and decided to change clinics to a very well known and successful consultant in India called India Med Guru Consultants recommended by a family friend of ours. Be very choosy when you find a doctor, I chose Indian Med Guru Consultants in India because there success rates are quite high. There are so many setbacks along the way, but working with Indian Med Guru Consultants made the process less stressful. We cried and thanked God for this wonderful blessing. By way of hope and encouragement, we got pregnant first time with IVF and ICSI and I’m now 6 months pregnant with a baby boy! I pray every night for people who are trying to conceive because I understand how awful it is. God bless you and know that He is with you through all of this.
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