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Old 08-07-2008, 06:21 PM
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Fragmentation

When we did our transfer the embryologist and Dr said they were transferring 3 perfectly beautiful 8 cell embryos. Today I came upon fragmentation of embryos and hadnt heard of this before. They showed pictures of fragmented embryos and stated they are of lower quality and grading scale. MY RE doesnt use a grading scale, so I dont know mine, but I was comparing my pictures of my embryos to the ones online and I think they have some fragmentation, do you think the Dr or embryologist would have mentioned if they were fragmented or uneven celled? I wish I could upload my embryo pics but I cant figure out how. Did anyone else have fragmented embryos and get a bfp
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June made the decision IVF is worth a try

8-2 ER 18 follies retrieved
8-5 ET (the day my baby(ies)will be conceived) also my 3 yr wedding anniversary
Transfered 3-8 cell embies(4 to freeze)
8-13 7dp3dt faint positive
8-15 officially s beta=74(tested two days early)
8-19 2nd beta= 471(officially 4 weeks)
8-23 3rd beta=2,985
8-25 Experienced bleeding u/s showed one bean with Beta at 7,434-put on bed rest


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Old 08-07-2008, 06:27 PM
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Yes I had frag. and I just got my BFP. I hope that eases your mind a little.
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Old 08-07-2008, 06:33 PM
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Did they tell you you had frag? How can I tell if my embies have fragmentation. Thanks for the reply
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Me-28 unexplained infertility/4 polyps removed
Hubby 27-perfect
Bella 5yrs old
Tanner 3yrs old
April 08-adoption process finalized on waiting list
June made the decision IVF is worth a try

8-2 ER 18 follies retrieved
8-5 ET (the day my baby(ies)will be conceived) also my 3 yr wedding anniversary
Transfered 3-8 cell embies(4 to freeze)
8-13 7dp3dt faint positive
8-15 officially s beta=74(tested two days early)
8-19 2nd beta= 471(officially 4 weeks)
8-23 3rd beta=2,985
8-25 Experienced bleeding u/s showed one bean with Beta at 7,434-put on bed rest


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Old 08-08-2008, 02:12 PM
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it is ok if they are a little fragmented. If they were a lot they would of told you at transfer so I wouldn't worry about it. Good Luck to you and a bfp!
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Old 08-09-2008, 07:27 AM
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the two that i had transfered were fragmented, and i got my bfp! i didn't think that it would work because of that, but it did!!!!
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Old 08-09-2008, 01:11 PM
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All seven of my embryos were fragmented. Though it didn't work for us with the two we transferred this time, we still had one make it to blast to freeze.

I also asked about the fragmentation, my doc mentioned it prior to transfer, and he said he wasn't worried at all. I still was and did some research online. I found one RE's site that said about 80% of embryos have some fragmentation, it's only a problem if there's a significant percentage of it.

I would expect your RE to have mentioned something to you if he/she was concerned.
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9/23 Beta #2 = 86
9/26 Beta #3 = 362
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10/15 f/u u/s same results
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