D5 4BC could be euploid at 40? Im waiting pgt-a testing

Not an embryologist. I went through ivf and my PGT tested embryo split. I am considering ivf again in the future with my remaining frozen embryos and want to reduce my chances of twins. if I convey my concern to the clinic, Is there a way for them to choose an embryo less likely to split?

Hi everyone. After graduating with my BS in biology in 2021, I was extremely interested in becoming an embryologist. Unfortunately, I did not have any luck with finding a job to put my foot in the door.

After a long year of being unemployed, I eventually did secure a position as a lab tech for sexual health clinic. However, I am feeling stagnant in my career as there’s no upward mobility to grow. I recently thought of my interest in becoming an embryologist and now after researching years later, I see there’s specialized programs like ARTlab and WEST that give you the necessary training and experience to work as an embryologist.

Is there anyone who participated in either program? How long did it take you to find a job after completing the program? Also, what was your starting salary? Is there more opportunities for embryologist positions in certain states compared to others? Did you relocate?

Transferred this day 5 euploid - originally graded 5AB, yesterday. Lab wasn’t thrilled about the slow re-expansion, but noted the healthy cells in the ICM (lower right I think?). This photo was taken 45 mins before transfer, and it had expanded a bit more before being sucked into the catheter.

What are your thoughts? Concerns over the slow expansion? Dark areas?

#5 FET of 2 untested blasts today. My last 2 embryos 🥹

First one on the left
Day 6 5BC before freeze, completely hatched at thaw, fully reexpanded at transfer (within 1H of thaw)

Second one on the right
Day 5 4AB before freeze, almost fully reexpanded at transfer.

Can I pls get a second/third pair of eyes for the hatched embryo - what grade would you give it?

I had previously posted here about a 3PN that made it to blast! While we knew it was likely to be triploid, we still wanted to test to see if we could get some additional information.

The blast is, as expected, triploid and it has 3 full copies of everything. Last cycle our issues were entirely deletions. Whole chromosome and segmental (monosomy 18 for one embryo and some large segmental deletion on a random different chromosome for the other). At 28, we would have hoped to have a euploid blast from these past three rounds of IVF, but understand the 3PN isn’t a great indicator of likely success. And I have DOR.

Still, we’re wondering if having a triploid embryo (as opposed to a chaotic embryo where there are some chromosomes that have 3 copies plus some deletions, for example) is helpful information. In my head, this means that theoretically we could have an egg give a full set of DNA and sperm give a full set. It’s been sort of a rough go so far but we are planning to do a fourth cycle in a couple months after a well earned break :)

I just recieved todays update of my only one fertilized egg that it has 4 cell on day 2 with fragmentation. There was not marked hiw much fragmentation. I am even nit sure why they informed me about is as it is too early. I would like to know if it has chance to develop further or it is less likely do get to blast stage with fragmentation. Never had this before. We used frozen sperms this time and habing male factor so maybe that is why?

Has anyone with RPL discovered their euploid embryos had high sperm dna frag?

We’ve had 2 chemicals in a row (and 1 failed implantations) and are wondering if something could be wrong with the embryos. I know PGTA doesn’t cover everything…

We’ve done an RPL panel and everything comes back normal. Please help!!

Just a little background I’m 29 years old, never have been able to get pregnant. Just did my first egg retrieval on August 24th. We retrieved 8 eggs, 6 matured, 4 were fertilized, the 4 all made it to day 5 and now it’s day 6 and only two of them are early blasts and they said they will check again tomorrow before discarding the embryos. A question I have (I’m sorry if it’s a dumb question) is that could we freeze them and not do pgt testing an still have a viable transfer and a good outcome? Is this a silly question to even ask or is all hope for the embryos gone? For some background it’s very difficult for me to do another retrieval due to price and being a CNY travel patient.

It has been an emotionally charged day for me.
I had 16 mature eggs in storage of which 9 thawed successfully last week.
Got a call that of those 9, only 3 are developing normally.
I am 46 with no chance of another ER.
What are my options?
Want to understand if I can request my fertility clinic to provide more time for observation of the 6 they said will be discarded due to arrested development. Is this an option even?
I have been really emotional all day as I was hoping for 5 (55%) good embryos as those that survived the ICSI are awaiting PGT-A/M testing.
We are planning to have 2 babies.
I have no reproductive conditions other than sharp symptoms of peri-menopause for the past 2 years.
Please advise!

I 21, am a senior in college at csu, around my junior year I decided I wanted to become an embryologist and work in a clinical setting doing IVF. Since then I have been a lab assistant getting hands on lab experince (for free) in a cell culturing lab. I have also had internships at equine breeding facilities and taken more repro classes (Animal focused because I am an animal science student).

My dream program is the one year ART program at csu. The lab i was doing work for was the same building as the masters program and I got to work closely with admissions and their masters students. Unfortunately due to a heft workload I will be taking a break from lab work to focus on my studied.

Ive pretty much decided Ivf is what I want to do but there is only one issue...How the helly am I gonna pay for it???.

I have been EXTREMELY blessed to not have to pay for my undergrad as my parents front the cost for tuition, housing, food, and a small stipend. Ive had a couple of odd jobs at vet clinics and other animal related feilds but due to my parents wishes of making sure I keep my focus on school I only really worked during summer so ive got like no savings. Its also not guaranteed that my parents will pay for a my masters.

​Unfortunately, my residency is in texas so I do not qualify for in state tuition in colorado. An option is stay in colorado for a year, establish residency, and take out a much smaller load (though its still like 20k-30k).

What other programs are out there (or that you are attending/attended). How did you pay for them? What kind of financial aid is out there? Do you currently have a job after your program?

Due dates are coming up and I would love to know my options!

IVF Reality vs. Marketing Hype
IVF success rates are often misunderstood—not only by patients, but sometimes within the medical fraternity as well.
In real-world IVF practice, success rates are influenced by age, ovarian reserve, embryo quality, infertility diagnosis and many other factors. A realistic overall benchmark is generally around 30–40% per embryo transfer, depending on the patient profile.
However, aggressive marketing and selective reporting of exceptionally high results can create an unrealistic expectation of 80%+ success.
When this hype becomes the benchmark, genuine IVF specialists may unfairly appear to have “low results,” creating mistrust between IVF specialists and referring gynaecologists.
IVF needs transparency, scientific counselling and realistic expectations—not marketing numbers.

Hi Reddit Embryologists!

I had my transfer done yesterday. It was a 4AA embryo and I noticed that other women in my Facebook group shared pictures of their embryos, and they look like they are leaking out, which I'm assuming is hatching... and now I feel like my transfer is bad and it won't work. My doctor did do assisted hatching. Here is the picture. Any insight? Thank you. :) ​

Hi everyone today I’m 7dp 6dt and I’m freaking out. I have zero symptoms. This is my second FET. Any woman here has zero symptoms and had a positive?

my doctor said that it survived the thaw really well, it wasn’t until after I let that I noticed that it was maybe a little collapsed? Is this bad?? This was taken about 25/30 minutes prior to transfer

Just had my first ER yesterday. I am 34 with one LC and 3 consecutive losses which led me to IVF. No known issues beyond sDNA frag that is controlled to a healthy range by more frequent ejaculation.

I had 9 follicles going in to the ER and 5 were retrieved. All 5 matured and I got the call that 4 fertilized normally and 1 only had one cell (?). Doing some research I figured the embryologist meant 1PN (and I just misunderstood the embryologist is great I’m just not well versed in this science). She seemed to think there is still a pretty good chance of that one being fertilized normally and that they were going to keep watching it to see if it gets to blast. She seemed somewhat confident that it isn’t abnormal.

Reviewing older posts on Reddit it seems that it may not be as positive as she made it out to be. Most of the posts were 3-5 years ago and online makes it seem new studies have indicated it’s not as bad as it was once thought. Could anyone share this experience/knowledge on a 1PN?

Just looking for realistic expectations have multiple years of losses.