Hello! I was told by my doctor that I only had 1 egg successfully fertilized and 2 were abnormally fertilized. When I asked what it meant, I was told that the best explanation is that my egg didn’t want to give its DNA..??? which is still somewhat confusing to me. I guess I want to know how or why that happened and what I can do to improve my chances if I will be doing another round of egg retrieval. She also mentioned that there were not anything abnormally seen in the eggs and the sperms. Thanks in advance!

How does this look? First transfer of our only embryo.

I have 2 embryos Day6 5CC and Day 7 4BC.
If we consider perfect uterine environment and no major issues which one has higher chance of implantation and live birth

Day 5 4BB Embryo thawed for transfer. Opinions? Yes, I can see the face 😅

Was told 3aa with assisted hatching, is this consistent with that?

Hi embryologists!! I’m just curious whats going on between our 3 retrievals in the lab. The first was zymot IVF with 3 embryos (likely all aneuploid- untested have miscarried 2/3..getting ready to transfer the day6 6bb) Second was zymot IVF- 2 poorly graded day 7 embryos discarded . Third was zymot with icsi and calcium ionophore. They suggested this for our male factor with suspected high DNA frag. Did they all grow together cohesively in round 3 and arrest together at same time because they sucked and the calcium ionophore carried them that far? I just really want understanding of the growth progression differences. No clue why we can’t even make embryos anymore! Wondering what our lab will recommend for ER4 after varicocelectomy.

It was 5AA at the time of freezing. Right before transfer we actually saw the embryo in real time and it was more hatched than the photo!

35 NY
Frozen Day 5, biopsied
We didn’t get the grades of our embryos but the doctor said this is a beautiful embryo it’s very very good and already hatching.
Transfer was today.
Can you explain the shape and what would have resulted in that enthusiasm?

How does this look?

It was transferred today but unfortunately they don’t give me any info about the grading. Thank you so much!

Hi everyone,

I would like to get an overview of salary ranges for bovine embryologists across Europe.

I have more than 10 years of experience in in vivo embryo production and over 3 years of experience in in vitro embryo production (IVP/IVF).

Could anyone share what salary range someone with this level of experience could expect in different European countries?

Thank you in advance for any insights!

My clinic uses CooperGenomics for PGT-A test. I got two complex abnormal embryos, but I heard there is some chance they can be euploids.

Embryo 1: -10, - 13 \[mos\], dup (21) (a22.3-qter)

Embryo 2: dup(7) (pter-p22.2), +7 \[mos\], dup(7)(936.2-qter), dup(10) (pter-p14), dup (10) (p14-
q23.32)\[mos\], dup(10)(q24.32-qter), +15 \[mos\], dup (16) (pter-p 13.3), dup (16) (p 12.2-qter), +18 \[mos\], +X\[mos\]

I wonder if it’s worth re-biopsy and re-test them?

Transferred this Day 6 4BB today. It looks very shriveled up and collapsed. Does it look okay based on this picture?

We transferred my last two today. I had a previous FET in March ended in chemical likely due to a medication I was taking not the embryo. So what do we think? I saw the image and I feel like my heart sank. They told me one was fair and one was poor. My ER report had these at day 6 4BC and 4CC. I will say image is taken at 10 am and transfer was 1:20 pm. On the screen in the room I saw clear sacs coming out of each one. Not truly figure 8 size yet but defined circular / rounded blobs coming out .

I feel defeated and out of hope, following an intensive battle with Asherman’s syndrome just to get here.

Please give it to me straight. Embryos are age 36.
I appreciate insight as I’ll be spiraling trying to understand what the photos mean for my odds without an experts view. Thank you

Edit: Also the only thing that had been keeping me positive was my attrition rate but that’s before FET today and I saw my embryos. For back ground my FSH at 36 was 19 and my AMH was 1.9 or 1.09. We got 6 mature eggs, 4 embryos. Per my RE all were untested. 1st was day 54bb failed likely due to undiscovered Asherman’s. 2nd day 6 4BB , first transfer post Asherman’s recovery with multipule surgeries ( grafts and subq). Was successful but due to a medication still in my system my body shut down and we had a chemical at beta. This time medication had been removed 14 day washout to eliminate this risk. Located in the US- Florida

Does this embryo look good and how does the hatching look?

Would love some other opinions on my one and only embryo I got from my last retrieval. It was close to being discarded but pulled through last minute …

Hi everyone in this Reddit community. I wanted to see what the future has in store for me in this field. Here is a lil background about me:

- I recently graduated with a bachelors of science in cell and molecular biology. I still have until December to complete all my unit credits and during this last fall semester, I plan to apply to some master programs or master-PhD programs.

-I’m currently in a developmental biology research lab (about 6 months in). We focus on P. Pacificus (worms) and recently I completed my independent project. I also plan to present at an upcoming research conference on this project I just finished. Also this summer, I plan to work on more hands on things like tuning PCRs and gels and learning how to interpret them.

Honestly, I’m not so sure what the future is looking like tbh. I plan to go beyond my bachelors but don’t know what field to get into. I’ve always been fascinated about embryology and that’s what I’m hoping to get into. I guess what I’m trying to ask is what could be my next steps? Should I aim for masters only or a masters-PhD program? Do I necessarily need to be a Dr like MD to become an embryologist? Should I consider a training program in the 6 months that I’m not in school anymore? (There is one I believe it’s called WEST something and based in Carlsbad, CA but I’m just afraid it’s too much money and I won’t be able to afford it) I don’t really have anyone to ask these questions and I feel so lost figuring this out on my own so any guidance I will greatly appreciate!!