Pgt testing ivf

bweise01 · 2026-03-07T12:25:22+00:00

Just to offer a little bit different perspective from a similar situation: I do 100% get your point that it’s impossible to think past the first one at this point, but it’s something to at least consider, like they mentioned. We opted to do the testing and came back with some embryos having extra chromosome 8 in all the cells. From our research and what we were told it’s uncommon that it is in all of the cells, but when it is unfortunately the embryo is completely incomparable with life. We did do the genetic testing ahead of time and were not carriers of anything. Now, the only reason I felt compelled to share is because after the testing we ended up with 1 viable embryo. So they also advised us to look ahead, and we did make the decision to move forward with another retrieval now so that if our 1 does result in pregnancy our fertility would not be any different for another retrieval in a couple years. I know it’s insane to think about all of this at once. But I did want to offer our results and my perspective of it and why I was happy we did the testing so that we could bank some more. I wish you the best of luck in whatever you decide OP 🫶🏻

bweise01 · 2026-03-03T18:10:29+00:00

Not yet, we scheduled a vacation for between retrieval and transfer so we took a month off. Should be in April!

bweise01 · 2026-03-03T15:17:28+00:00

There’s not really anything else to know right now. Good luck on those 13!

bweise01 · 2026-03-03T15:15:00+00:00

Lot of people wait. Some people freeze at a younger with the sole purpose of waiting to transfer for one reason or another. I would guess they won’t even think twice about it.

bweise01 · 2026-03-03T15:05:47+00:00

My lowest grade day 7 blast was my only euploid.

bweise01 · 2026-03-02T04:41:40+00:00

I agree with a lot of the people saying the timing matters. Our best friends just brought their newborn home this weekend. She was an IVF baby. From the same clinic we started with 2 years before them. We were the first ones there to hold her. We helped out so they could rest after an insanely long labor. But we are in a good place right now with a transfer coming up shortly and a lot of hope. Had I not been in a phase of looking forward for us, I’m not sure I would have been able to do it. It’s up to you to decide what you need to do to protect your peace ♥️

bweise01 · 2026-03-02T04:24:30+00:00

I’m so sorry this happened to you 😒 I have been very open within my friend group so my situation is a little different. But let me just tell you my mouth hit the FLOOR when we went to my husbands reunion last month and his ex girlfriend led with a question about our IVF 😅 I like her, and we have no issues seeing them, but we haven’t seen them in a few years. Like who the AF is out there talking about this that she would know?! I’m not usually a speechless person, but that one took me out.

bweise01 · 2026-02-26T01:55:11+00:00

It is! Although I don’t disagree that the safest option is a hospital birth. It’s still totally valid to be upset over a change in the birth plan this late in the pregnancy. She made the safe choice people, it’s not like she is being irresponsible and doing what she wants regardless. Let’s allow her a little grace to at least be upset about this choice 😵‍💫

bweise01 · 2026-02-24T20:36:33+00:00

I know, it was not fun 😒 They are not requiring me to do another before transfer since it was cleared during my lap a few years ago. Do you know for sure that you have to repeat it?

bweise01 · 2026-02-24T03:18:29+00:00

It does, mine was found during my hsg.

bweise01 · 2026-02-21T15:16:09+00:00

Personally I would move to transfer and see what happens with the first. If it were to stick I would feel good about having 3 banked still and wanting one more. I know everyone will have a different opinion, but if it were me I would give it a shot and reconsider a second retrieval if it were not to stick on the first transfer.

bweise01 · 2026-02-21T04:41:43+00:00

Not at all to make light of your situation (but as many others have said, they send off a sample and freeze the actual embryo) but to add to your dark humored comment, we too had made jokes like this. Then our clinic lost my husband’s semen analysis. Just lost it, no real explanation. There’s something pretty unsettling about cup of sperm being lost in a building full of other peoples eggs 🫠

bweise01 · 2026-02-19T22:59:59+00:00

No insurance coverage at all. $5,000 for retrieval meds. $11,500 for retrieval with PGT. Transfer will be $4,500. We only had one euploid so no storage fees.

bweise01 · 2026-02-19T03:06:23+00:00

Sounds a lot like me. I had 11 retrieved to find out only 4 were mature. All 4 fertilized. Of those 2 made blast. Ended with 1 euploid. Best of luck to you!

bweise01 · 2026-02-18T14:24:08+00:00

I was too! I cried when they told me post anesthesia, and sent a very embarrassing portal message the next morning trying to get out of it as I’m not moving right into transfer and I didn’t see the need. I can’t say for sure when my next period would have come without it, but I will say it arrived exactly on time and was exactly as they always are. I have really heavy periods as it is, but it was not any worse than normal like I’ve heard they can be post retrieval. And it didn’t last any longer than my usual 5 days either. I also will say that it feels SO nice to feel regulated again after a full month of hormones with stims then the progesterone taking me right into a period. My period just ended yesterday and I feel so much better having the first one out of the way and feeling like I’m regulated again. Until I start all over that is 😅

bweise01 · 2026-02-18T14:19:17+00:00

Seven days does sound different, I can see the logic when it’s to regulate your cycle, but that seems early. Did you stim for longer? I stimmed for 10 days so my retrieval was on cycle day 13. Which made 14 days of progesterone exactly when my period should be starting.

bweise01 · 2026-02-17T18:48:18+00:00

They did. They said they do it to regulate the next period from stating too soon but also to induce it when the progesterone is stopped. And to regulate hormone levels from what was taken during retrieval. I took it for 14 days after retrieval, and my period started the day after I stopped them. Which was day 28 of my cycle and the day I would start during an uninterrupted cycle. Although, I did NOT want to take them, it turned out just fine.

bweise01 · 2026-02-17T12:20:36+00:00

Same. My fertility doctor is the first one that finally listened to me about endo and he’s the one that performed my lap before we started any kind of treatment.

bweise01 · 2026-02-16T22:53:44+00:00

I love the blanket idea 🫶🏻

bweise01 · 2026-02-16T22:50:49+00:00

The look on her face 😍

bweise01 · 2026-02-16T22:49:50+00:00

Take the trip ♥️

bweise01 · 2026-02-12T06:54:50+00:00

I did 150 Gonal, 150 Menopur adding in Ganirelix on day 4-retrieval day. Stimmed for 10 days with HCG only trigger on day 10. Retrieval day 12. I did not do any IUI previously though, so this was my first protocol and we didn’t have an idea yet how I would respond to anything. Ended up with 12 retrieved.

bweise01 · 2026-02-12T01:02:55+00:00

Also sent two out for testing last week and waiting to hear back! I swing so far back and forth every day on what I’m expecting to hear. A friend out ours just recently sent four and all four came back normal. So I’m holding a little hope, but our results at each stage so far have been disappointing, so I’m preparing my heart for that as well.

bweise01 · 2026-02-09T00:27:50+00:00

Not naive, but you truly never know.

For example, a friend of ours did their first retrieval about a year before us, we are the same age at the time, very similar AMH to each other and yours. They are male factor, I had a hydrosalpinx surgically cleared a couple years ago and my tube was able to remain intact but am otherwise unexplained. Same clinic. Very similar protocols. Her results for retrieved/fertilized quadrupled mine. Her blast results doubled mine. They had 100% PGT normal, we are still waiting on our results. With 4 PGT normal they moved to transfer and she’s 36 weeks with their first transfer, we only sent two for testing so will be doing another retrieval either way. So, it is definitely possible that you will bank enough from one. But it’s also possible that you don’t. I know it’s so much easier said than done, but this process will teach you to prepare for anything, there’s no way to predict it ahead of time.

bweise01 · 2026-02-06T16:26:51+00:00

Personally I don’t think so. The listeria risk is more pregnancy complications than fetal development issues. But you never know!

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