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aquarianangel · #5 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 06:35 AM

Lynn, I could have written your post myself! Well except that I do not have ANY little ones yet, and our ages are different.

I have the same questions and frustrations. Cycling is emotionally and physically exhausting. We too have ONE frozen emby left. I stim very well and retrieve a good number. They fertilize well too. But my RE has done only 5 day trnasfer and many peter out ( according ot RE's standards) by day 5. Then they wait one or two more days to make a decision on freezing. This led to just one embryo left to be frozen. Sad.
I have seen here time and again how REs do a 3 day transfer even with fragmented embies that do not look like they might make it to day 5 or 6 or 7 even. Inspite of such supposedly not perfect embies, ladies here have had BFPs and a perfect baby in their arms at the end of 9 months.
That really makes me question my RE's methods. Are their standards too rigorous? Anyone have an opinion on this?

We also do not know wether to go ahead and do a FET with just one embie or do a fresh cycle. I found my FET to be very relaxing and not at all taxing on my body. But I am also not sure if it is worth to go thru all that for one embie that may or may not thaw successfully. But then it is only a question of taking lupron for a few days...no biggie.

Another alternative is to do a fresh cycle and also transfer the embie along with fresh ones.

I would love to hear what others have to say.
Sorry for hijacking your thread Lynn.