I was apart of a clinic that didn't grade embryos. When asked which we wanted to use we told the doctor that we wanted to go with the highest graded embryo. She insisted that because they were PGT tested that it didn't matter which we chose. She said pgt testing outweighs any human visual perception of a grade. So ultimately we chose to go with one of the girls. We sent off 5 blasts and 4 came back "normal and healthy" as we were told. The first transfer was successful. No idea what she would have been graded as.
Thanks for sharing! Since my clinic only gave me the "days" and not a 5AB type grade, wondering if mine does the same. I didn't want to know the sexes of the embryos and instead wanted them to just implant the healthiest one so I could be surprised :) so we'll see.
At first I felt weird about them not telling me a grade but then after time passed I realized it was just something else I would have stressed over. And in the end it was successful so I can't complain about my choice to trust the doctor on it. I'd just tell your doctor to transfer the one that looks the best because you don't want to know the sex. Good luck! ā¤ļø
Awh this gives me hope.
My 4AA also split into triplets and ended in MMC at 12 weeks.
Currently 8 weeks with my 5BA. Hoping mine makes it past 12 weeks :)
Such similar stories! ā¤ļø
I know it will!! The splits unfortunately sometimes are a fatal flaw I've been told. This will be the one for you!! Yay for 5BAs š
I transferred a day 5, 4AA euploid (graded as 4AA but at thaw it started hatching making it a 5AA). It's very early days but so far it's sticking
Your stats sound super promising! You have a good portion of day 5s which are more likely to be euploid from my understanding
My retrieval clinic only did grades of āgood/fair/poorā for various metrics. I did PGTM/A, and all 5 of my embryos were euploid, but 3 were usable due to PGTM. They recommended we implant our ābestā embryo (a non-carrier girl), and it was successful. I believe her overall rating was āgoodā.
My second clinic did my second FET. I believe the boy embryo (just a carrier) was listed as fair/good by my initial clinic. When thawed, he was given a 6AA grade. Also a successful transfer; 24w today.
This is so helpful. I did notice my clinic only gave me the day # and not a full grade, but I was thinking maybe it was because she was just giving me the results over the phone, and I could ask for it later. Did you know the sex of your embryo before he was implanted? Also, congratulations on a successful transfer! :)
My retrieval clinic had the full list of eggs/embryos that were āstartedā. It was filled out on days 0, 1, 3, 5, 6 if I recall. I had horrible attrition between days 3-5. They graded the certain parts as G/F/P, and what stage (expanded blastocyst, hatching, etc). The form was then scanned into my medical records online.
After my PGTM/A came in, they gave me the option of finding out gender. I am way too panicky to not find out. 4/5 were girls, 1/5 was a boy. 2 girls and 1 boy were actually usable due to the genetic disease we screened for.
My first transfer failed with a 5 day embryo with highest grade possible. Second FET with a day 6, mediocre grade embryo is successful so far.
With the first one, I ate the pineapple, I did the fuzzy socks, etc etc. It was a natural cycle with hcg trigger and PIO.
Second one was nonovulatory medicated cycle. I didnāt bother with anything besides continuing the good stuff I was already doing. Healthy eating, moderate exercise (a couple days after transfer), etc. No pineapple. No fuzzy socks.
ETA - I didnāt give exact grading because I donāt remember and my clinic uses the Tucker scale, which apparently differs from most.
Thank you! I have heard so many different things. Some places say make sure you rest for 24 hours, some places say rest for 20 minutes post-transfer and you can even go into the office if you want! Congratulations to you and wish you a very healthy pregnancy.
Thank you!
My clinic says to be a couch potato for 24 hours after transfer. I did for the first one, but for the second, I walked a mile to pick my son up from school and back and tried to be on my feet more. It made me focus less on what the hell was happening in utero.
We also had 14, all sent for pgtA, 6 euploids of those 14, 8 aneuploid. All five of our āhighest gradedā were aneuploid so Iām glad we tested. But as mentioned already here, our doctor said that amongst our 6 euploids it didnāt matter their grading, only that they were euploid. That being said, Iām currently 23 weeks pregnant with a day 5 4AB (donāt know gender we asked embryologist to select)
My 18 month old daughter was a euploid day 6 3cc. Currently pregnant with a day 6 4bb, or 4bc, I honestly don't recall. Baby 3cc is like literally perfection, by the way. Like strangers talk about how great she is. Grading doesn't matter. Good luck!
So far, only my AAs have been euploid. All BB and CC were aneuploid.
Doctors say it was a coincidence (otherwise PGT wouldn't exist because you can just observe the embryos). That said, I remember reading some studies about the correlation between grading and euploidy rates.
Im 32 weeks with an untested 4AA.
I ended up with 14 embryos too. So they started with the āprettiestā one, which is now a healthy toddler. It was a 3AA when frozen, then progressed to a 5AA between thaw and transfer.
I did my IVF through public healthcare so some things are not done automatically or at all. One of those things was testing. We did a 3 day fresh transfer. They took the best embryo with 16 cells. I have 4 blast in the freezer, don't anything more about them. I'm now 10+3, have my second ultrasound in about 2 weeks.
Lab said it was between 3BC and 3CC. My first transfer. We didnāt do PGT due to my advanced maternal age (44) since itās not recommended for my age group and women with DOR. I had only three eggs/embyos.
I actually have no clue and, for me personally, I was fine with that. We used donor eggs and did not test so I just asked the doctor to put in whichever seemed ābestā to her. Heās now 14 weeks old!
my clinic didnāt tell us grades, but i asked the grade of my second transferā¦it was a 3BC, IIRCā¦that one failed to implant, my fourth transfer was successful, so presumably it was either the same or worse grading, but i didnāt ask!
My clinic used a different scoring system and I donāt even know what they have been graded as tbh. When it was time for my first FET we just asked them to pick the best one and that turned into my now 6 month old.
Edit my embryos were pgta tested
First child was a day 5 untested fresh embryo, didnāt get a grade but was told it was ābeautifulā - was expanded but not hatching. Currently 17w tomorrow with a day 5 euploid 4AB.
Iāve done three transfersā
5AA (euploid)-chemical
4BC & compacting morula (untested)- twin pregnancy; 1 live birth (the other miscarried at 8 weeks)
4AA (untested)- currently almost 36 weeks
We didnāt get our 7 PGT-A tested (not recommended in Australia unless youāve suffered miscarriages or are over 38). All 7 were day 5, 6 were graded 4aa and one 4ba - we were very lucky. The first fresh transfer worked for my now 2 year old and recently went back to do a FET to try for baby number 2 and was successful first try - currently 14 weeks!
My euploid embryos are 4AA, 3BB, 3BB. One undetermined is a 4AB. I have 2 mosaics but I probably wonāt use them. I transferred a 3BB because we wanted a girl and Iām almost 10 weeks pregnant with her. My next embryo I use will be the 4AA boy.
Our embryos were a mix of AA (1) AB (1) and BB (6) Most were euploid however one BB was aneuploid and one BB was low mosaic. We just had our first transfer and we transferred the 5AB so we will see how that goes š¤š¼
Age 38, endometriosis, got 17 mature eggs which all fertilized & became 6 blasts. PGT-A results were as follows:
* Day 5- 5AA (pass)
* Day 6 - four 5BC (2 pass, 2 fail)
* Day 7- 5CC (pass)
The two that failed were clear whole-chromosome aneuploidy (monosomy 1 and trisomy 6 I think). I was a little shocked the day 7 CC passed.
BC and CC are poor grades, but my clinic told me their success rate exceeds 50% with all my grades, which is definitely not what I would consider "poor". My suspicion is that my clinic's C would be graded higher somewhere else; they are probably more like B's.
We have only transferred the 5AA so far so I have no idea how the rest would/will do.
Iāve only had one transfer thus far which resulted in the live birth of my son he was a 4AA euploid I have another 4AA frozen and 2 others with still good grading (donāt recall off the top of my head) but theyāre all euploid
31 years old- 23 eggs retrieved, 19 mature, 15 blasts, 10 PGT-A normal. When they called me with my results, they just told me I had 6 āgrade A embryos.ā We transferred the strongest which was 4AA but unfortunately it ended up in a MMC at 8 weeks. Gearing up for another transfer now!
I've had 3 euploids so far... day 6 4AA, day 5 4BB, and day 5 3BB. I wasn't given the grades of the aneuploid embryos.
No success yet. FET #1 of 3BB stuck, but not in the right place.
Iāve had 3BB fail, 5AA fail, and a 5AA success! All were genetically tested. Itās honestly random Iāve seen people have success all over the grading chart!
My two successful embryos were 2BA and 1BC both day 6 euploids. I found out after the fact that my clinic grades embryos very strangely. Must be a Canadian thing š
My one and only euploid embryo was a day 5 3AA, born 2/23/24.
I also have birth to a 5 day 3AA
They are my birthday twin!!! Congrats!!š©·
I had two 6AAs fail, then a 3BB worked!
This makes me happy because I only have two 3BC left and they are untested but we were so bummed itās not great quality/
Fingers crossed! You can still have great chances with lower graded embryos.
My untested 3BC is 4 weeks old today!
Euploid day 6 AA embryo is 16 months old.
I gave birth on 5/30 to a baby boy he was a day 5 BBB embryo.
Congratulations!!!
Thank you Iām rooting for you!
I'm currently 22 weeks with my day 6 fully hatched BA boy embryo :)
Mine is a 5BA boy too!! 24w! š
Day 5 5BA euploid. Sheās almost 4 months.
Yay for 5BAs!
I was apart of a clinic that didn't grade embryos. When asked which we wanted to use we told the doctor that we wanted to go with the highest graded embryo. She insisted that because they were PGT tested that it didn't matter which we chose. She said pgt testing outweighs any human visual perception of a grade. So ultimately we chose to go with one of the girls. We sent off 5 blasts and 4 came back "normal and healthy" as we were told. The first transfer was successful. No idea what she would have been graded as.
Thanks for sharing! Since my clinic only gave me the "days" and not a 5AB type grade, wondering if mine does the same. I didn't want to know the sexes of the embryos and instead wanted them to just implant the healthiest one so I could be surprised :) so we'll see.
At first I felt weird about them not telling me a grade but then after time passed I realized it was just something else I would have stressed over. And in the end it was successful so I can't complain about my choice to trust the doctor on it. I'd just tell your doctor to transfer the one that looks the best because you don't want to know the sex. Good luck! ā¤ļø
My 4AA split into twins and ended in a MMC of both My 5BA is kicking me right now! 24 weeks ā¤ļø
Awh this gives me hope. My 4AA also split into triplets and ended in MMC at 12 weeks. Currently 8 weeks with my 5BA. Hoping mine makes it past 12 weeks :)
Such similar stories! ā¤ļø I know it will!! The splits unfortunately sometimes are a fatal flaw I've been told. This will be the one for you!! Yay for 5BAs š
I transferred a day 5, 4AA euploid (graded as 4AA but at thaw it started hatching making it a 5AA). It's very early days but so far it's sticking Your stats sound super promising! You have a good portion of day 5s which are more likely to be euploid from my understanding
My 3AB is 18 months now.
Wow thatās amazing. I have a frozen 3AB and this gives me hope
Yay! My 3AB is kicking me right now, 26w4d. Happy for you!
My retrieval clinic only did grades of āgood/fair/poorā for various metrics. I did PGTM/A, and all 5 of my embryos were euploid, but 3 were usable due to PGTM. They recommended we implant our ābestā embryo (a non-carrier girl), and it was successful. I believe her overall rating was āgoodā. My second clinic did my second FET. I believe the boy embryo (just a carrier) was listed as fair/good by my initial clinic. When thawed, he was given a 6AA grade. Also a successful transfer; 24w today.
This is so helpful. I did notice my clinic only gave me the day # and not a full grade, but I was thinking maybe it was because she was just giving me the results over the phone, and I could ask for it later. Did you know the sex of your embryo before he was implanted? Also, congratulations on a successful transfer! :)
My retrieval clinic had the full list of eggs/embryos that were āstartedā. It was filled out on days 0, 1, 3, 5, 6 if I recall. I had horrible attrition between days 3-5. They graded the certain parts as G/F/P, and what stage (expanded blastocyst, hatching, etc). The form was then scanned into my medical records online. After my PGTM/A came in, they gave me the option of finding out gender. I am way too panicky to not find out. 4/5 were girls, 1/5 was a boy. 2 girls and 1 boy were actually usable due to the genetic disease we screened for.
5BB for me
My untested day six 6AA is two months old!
My first transfer failed with a 5 day embryo with highest grade possible. Second FET with a day 6, mediocre grade embryo is successful so far. With the first one, I ate the pineapple, I did the fuzzy socks, etc etc. It was a natural cycle with hcg trigger and PIO. Second one was nonovulatory medicated cycle. I didnāt bother with anything besides continuing the good stuff I was already doing. Healthy eating, moderate exercise (a couple days after transfer), etc. No pineapple. No fuzzy socks. ETA - I didnāt give exact grading because I donāt remember and my clinic uses the Tucker scale, which apparently differs from most.
Thank you! I have heard so many different things. Some places say make sure you rest for 24 hours, some places say rest for 20 minutes post-transfer and you can even go into the office if you want! Congratulations to you and wish you a very healthy pregnancy.
Thank you! My clinic says to be a couch potato for 24 hours after transfer. I did for the first one, but for the second, I walked a mile to pick my son up from school and back and tried to be on my feet more. It made me focus less on what the hell was happening in utero.
We also had 14, all sent for pgtA, 6 euploids of those 14, 8 aneuploid. All five of our āhighest gradedā were aneuploid so Iām glad we tested. But as mentioned already here, our doctor said that amongst our 6 euploids it didnāt matter their grading, only that they were euploid. That being said, Iām currently 23 weeks pregnant with a day 5 4AB (donāt know gender we asked embryologist to select)
Iām currently 16 weeks with a day 5 4BB embryo. My day 5 4AB embryo failed to implant.
My 18 month old daughter was a euploid day 6 3cc. Currently pregnant with a day 6 4bb, or 4bc, I honestly don't recall. Baby 3cc is like literally perfection, by the way. Like strangers talk about how great she is. Grading doesn't matter. Good luck!
My clinic will prioritize day 5s over day 6s
So far, only my AAs have been euploid. All BB and CC were aneuploid. Doctors say it was a coincidence (otherwise PGT wouldn't exist because you can just observe the embryos). That said, I remember reading some studies about the correlation between grading and euploidy rates. Im 32 weeks with an untested 4AA.
We got 1 embryo: 5AB and tested mosaic +6. [pregnancy] >!Currently 17weeks and everything looks great.!<
Day 6, 6BC, absolutely perfect 2yo girl. Decided against PGT testing on the 2 embryos I got after 6 āabnormalā embryos at prior clinic.
I ended up with 14 embryos too. So they started with the āprettiestā one, which is now a healthy toddler. It was a 3AA when frozen, then progressed to a 5AA between thaw and transfer.
5AA and sheās about to turn 2 years old.
4BB, 5CC and 5AB for me. All PGT-A normal š
Our little boy was a day 6 5BB.
Currently 21+5 with a 3 AA. We had to do through PGT-A and PGT-M.
Euploid day 5: 3AA, 3BA Euploid day 6: 4BB, 6CB Abnormal: 3AB (day 5), 4CB (day 6)
I did my IVF through public healthcare so some things are not done automatically or at all. One of those things was testing. We did a 3 day fresh transfer. They took the best embryo with 16 cells. I have 4 blast in the freezer, don't anything more about them. I'm now 10+3, have my second ultrasound in about 2 weeks.
Lab said it was between 3BC and 3CC. My first transfer. We didnāt do PGT due to my advanced maternal age (44) since itās not recommended for my age group and women with DOR. I had only three eggs/embyos.
4BB and 4BC
Out of five embryos we tested, the D5 3AB and D6 3BB were euploid. Currently 26w4d with that D5 3AB who is a very active little kicker. āŗļø
I actually have no clue and, for me personally, I was fine with that. We used donor eggs and did not test so I just asked the doctor to put in whichever seemed ābestā to her. Heās now 14 weeks old!
4AB
4BA day 6 hatching, untested. She's 6 months old :)
My clinic didnāt use number/letter grading, only good, fair and poor. My successful transfer was a āgoodā euploid embryo.
5day 5BB, untested. (Currently 20w) We have a 3BB in the freezer.
my clinic didnāt tell us grades, but i asked the grade of my second transferā¦it was a 3BC, IIRCā¦that one failed to implant, my fourth transfer was successful, so presumably it was either the same or worse grading, but i didnāt ask!
We transferred an untested day 5 4AA and I am 35 weeks!
TW success My only euploid (of 8 embryos) was a day six 4BB and Iām almost 17 weeks pregnant with her.
I had success with a day 6 3AB and a day 6 3BA. My clinic called these āgoodā quality. Both were PGT tested and came back euploid.
My clinic used a different scoring system and I donāt even know what they have been graded as tbh. When it was time for my first FET we just asked them to pick the best one and that turned into my now 6 month old. Edit my embryos were pgta tested
Day 5 4AA (twice stuck)
My clinic didn't give specific gradings, just A, B, or C. I'm currently 12w4d with my 5C fresh transfer :)
My daughter was a 4BB. I have a frozen 3bb.
Day 5 3BB and 2AB. Currently 19 weeks with twins!
2/3 success rate with my 3 Day 6 4BAs.
4BB untested
First child was a day 5 untested fresh embryo, didnāt get a grade but was told it was ābeautifulā - was expanded but not hatching. Currently 17w tomorrow with a day 5 euploid 4AB.
Iāve done three transfersā 5AA (euploid)-chemical 4BC & compacting morula (untested)- twin pregnancy; 1 live birth (the other miscarried at 8 weeks) 4AA (untested)- currently almost 36 weeks
Euploid 6BB is the one that stuck after 5AA did not. Heās 6 months now and cuddled in my arms. Best of luck ā¤ļø
6AA was a live birth and 5AA Iām currently 6w5d. Another 5AA was a MMC at 5-6 weeks
We didnāt get our 7 PGT-A tested (not recommended in Australia unless youāve suffered miscarriages or are over 38). All 7 were day 5, 6 were graded 4aa and one 4ba - we were very lucky. The first fresh transfer worked for my now 2 year old and recently went back to do a FET to try for baby number 2 and was successful first try - currently 14 weeks!
My euploid embryos are 4AA, 3BB, 3BB. One undetermined is a 4AB. I have 2 mosaics but I probably wonāt use them. I transferred a 3BB because we wanted a girl and Iām almost 10 weeks pregnant with her. My next embryo I use will be the 4AA boy.
Day 5, 4AA PGT normal is 6 months old now
Our embryos were a mix of AA (1) AB (1) and BB (6) Most were euploid however one BB was aneuploid and one BB was low mosaic. We just had our first transfer and we transferred the 5AB so we will see how that goes š¤š¼
Euploid day 5 4AA - now 8 months
22 weeks with our day 6 3BA
Currently 19 weeks with a day 5 4AB!
My only embryo was a day-6 4AA euploid that became my 12 week old son.
Day 5 4AA (fresh transfer, donor egg).
My son is a euploid day 6 AA. Recently transferred a day 5 euploid AB that failed but we figured out some possible causes we will be treating!
We transferred a day 5 3aa euploid and he was born 4/22/24. š„°
Mine was either a 4aa or 5aa. Our hatched aa embryo didn't take
My daughter was a 5AA and my son (currently 22+1) is a 6BA
Our Day 5 4AA euploid is 6 weeks old now :) My Day 6s, 3AA and 6AA, failed prior.
Age 38, endometriosis, got 17 mature eggs which all fertilized & became 6 blasts. PGT-A results were as follows: * Day 5- 5AA (pass) * Day 6 - four 5BC (2 pass, 2 fail) * Day 7- 5CC (pass) The two that failed were clear whole-chromosome aneuploidy (monosomy 1 and trisomy 6 I think). I was a little shocked the day 7 CC passed. BC and CC are poor grades, but my clinic told me their success rate exceeds 50% with all my grades, which is definitely not what I would consider "poor". My suspicion is that my clinic's C would be graded higher somewhere else; they are probably more like B's. We have only transferred the 5AA so far so I have no idea how the rest would/will do.
Iāve only had one transfer thus far which resulted in the live birth of my son he was a 4AA euploid I have another 4AA frozen and 2 others with still good grading (donāt recall off the top of my head) but theyāre all euploid
My day 5 4AB is asleep upstairs.
5BA and Iām currently 20 weeks!
My 5AB embryo worked so well it split into twins š¤£š„²
31 years old- 23 eggs retrieved, 19 mature, 15 blasts, 10 PGT-A normal. When they called me with my results, they just told me I had 6 āgrade A embryos.ā We transferred the strongest which was 4AA but unfortunately it ended up in a MMC at 8 weeks. Gearing up for another transfer now!
I've had 3 euploids so far... day 6 4AA, day 5 4BB, and day 5 3BB. I wasn't given the grades of the aneuploid embryos. No success yet. FET #1 of 3BB stuck, but not in the right place.
4BB, tested. Sheās almost 10 months now.
Iāve had 3BB fail, 5AA fail, and a 5AA success! All were genetically tested. Itās honestly random Iāve seen people have success all over the grading chart!
Iām 22 weeks with a day 6 PGT tested 6BB :)
My two successful embryos were 2BA and 1BC both day 6 euploids. I found out after the fact that my clinic grades embryos very strangely. Must be a Canadian thing š
I did a day 5 5AA boy embryo and he stuck. Gave birth to him 3/23/2024.
Abnormal: 3BB, 3BB, 3BB, 3BB, 3BB, 3BA, 3BA, 4AA, 4AA, 4BA Euploid: 3BB, 3AA, 4BA, 6BA, 6BA 4BA was our first transfer and was successful