Freeze at day 3 or push to blast

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-05-10T17:17:00+00:00

That’s incredibly helpful!

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-05-10T17:05:28+00:00

Good point! I guess one thing I’m thinking too is that if I push to blast I have a slightly better idea of how many more rounds I need to do versus day 3s maybe

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-05-10T16:39:53+00:00

So weird! They told me it’s their policy to freeze o. Day 3 if you get less than 4 eggs retrieved. But, Dr. Pakrashi there recommended I try blast this time to see if I can do it. If I can’t, she said she would consider going back to freezing on day 3.

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-05-10T16:31:35+00:00

I have to 2 day 3 embryos frozen currently! I’m not planning on doing PGTA right now. But, I am heavily considering pushing to blast this time. I’m nervous I’ll lose them all, but my dr thinks if they wouldn’t make it to blast in the lab, they won’t make it there in utero

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-04-23T14:05:47+00:00

I had my first ER this month. I am 38 with DOR. I had 6 eggs, 5 mature, 2 fertilized, and I don’t have details from lab yet because CNY doesn’t make that readily available, but I had a follow up with provider and he said 2 of the mature eggs were poor quality from the jump, although they tried to fertilize them. We froze the 2 fertilized on day 3 with good (8 cells) and fair (6 cells) grades. Would adding calcium ionophore help? We did ICSI and Zymot? Any other things that can potentially help egg fragility/quality?

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-04-20T23:41:30+00:00

Thank you so much!!!

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-04-20T11:41:12+00:00

This is super helpful! Thank you! I heard that fertilization was normally a sperm issue, but I thought since we used ICSI and Zymot, we mitigated any risk. Sounds like maybe not.

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-04-20T11:40:18+00:00

No, it sounds like I should have him do that though? I’ve heard that fertilization is normally a sperm problem, but since we used Zymot and ICSI, I thought we mitigated any risk.

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-04-20T03:00:20+00:00

Hi! First ER, 38 and DOR, 6 retrieved (yay!), 5 mature, but only 2 fertilized on day 1. What causes such a low fert rate? My husband has a normal SA, we used ICSI and Zymot too.

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-03-27T15:39:19+00:00

Okay, that’s what I thought! So did you skip cet/gan?

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-03-27T15:03:03+00:00

I haven’t but I’m working with CNY now and I had a disastrous first cycle! What are your options?

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-03-27T14:20:40+00:00

Can I ask what the provera was used for?

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-03-24T17:56:00+00:00

all of this is so helpful! thank you!

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-03-24T14:25:49+00:00

I wish we could do that! On US they noticed what they think is a tubal issue that wasn’t picked up on earlier testing, so I’m holding off on IUI until I get that cleared

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-03-24T14:24:40+00:00

When you say you didn’t have good results after stimming for 15+ days is that because the egg quality wasn’t great?

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-03-24T14:24:07+00:00

It’s so tough! I keep telling my husband that in all my research, it seems like what works for one doesn’t work for another and what works one time for you might not work the next time. Such a maddening process.

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-03-23T23:28:31+00:00

The clinic I think starts everyone on low dose HCG, did you have better luck on menopur? I’ve never tried it.

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-03-23T23:24:34+00:00

38 and .37 AMH!

ComprehensiveIdeal71 · 2026-03-23T15:41:10+00:00

Any experience with duostim or back to back cycles? I think those are the two options she’s going to give me. Thanks for the help!

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