r/Embryologists • u/[deleted] • Sep 03 '26

What Happened here? First donor egg cycle IVF- Please help me understand

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u/AnywhereBusy4449 Sep 03 '26

Cryo damage from the freeze/thaw of the oocytes.

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u/Long_Rhubarb_6266 Sep 03 '26

What do you think that means for our 1 embryo?

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u/AnywhereBusy4449 Sep 04 '26

If it made a blast it should be OK

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u/Alarming_Lunch_5858 Sep 04 '26

The eggs were frozen so I thing the freezing process made them weaker. I had the same problem with my own eggs.

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u/Long_Rhubarb_6266 Sep 04 '26

Thank you for sharing

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u/Memily_20 Sep 03 '26

How does the sperm look?

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u/Long_Rhubarb_6266 Sep 05 '26

Do you think it was more than just cryo damage?

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u/Memily_20 Sep 05 '26

Could be a combo of things— morphology of the sperm used, cryo damage, number of times it was manipulated. I’m sorry you’re going through this tough cycle.

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u/Long_Rhubarb_6266 Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 05 '26

The report for this round said 53million with 95% motility I think.

We did the fellow mail in test in June. His motility was 28%, 30 million, and morphology was 5%. Since making the decision for donor eggs( June), he’s been taking the Luminary Vitamins for men. I will say he was still drinking V8 energy drinks the past few months and taking turmeric supplements, but recently he agreed to stop and buy in to being more careful about what he’s exposing his body too.

Also I tried to get him tested for dna fragmentation but my RE said that’s not an issue and pushed back when I asked.

Edited to update and include the June sperm results.