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What Can Blastocyst Do For You? by Dr. Fred Licciardi Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 28 Apr 2009 1:41pm The advantage of a day 5 blastocyst transfer has to do with selection. These days most reputable programs are putting 2 embryos back in youngish women (I know what you’re... in the uterus anyway. The advantage here is that the embryos that do survive are probably stronger, and these can give you a better chance of pregnancy. It’s like a stress test, those Read on »

Happy Early Blastocyst Day! by Pairofmoms Posted Wed 20 Aug 2008 12:00am the original poster was the day they posted. Early Blastocyst. My temps are high, and higher than usual, but who knows what effect the clo.mid could still be having, or the HCG shot. We will wait until 11DPO or 12DPO to test, in order to assure that the trigger doesn't give us any false positives. Tomorrow I go for my progesterone test. Hopefully all Read on »

Blastocyst transfer in in vitro fertilisation (IVF) by Shona D. Posted Sat 18 Dec 2010 4:44pm An embryo would be expected to become a blastocyst on day 5 after egg collection. When an egg gets fertilised by the sperm it starts to divide into two cells, then four cells etc... On day five it will hopefully have become a blastocyst which is a ball of cells, consisting of an outer layer which will become the placenta, and some inner cells Read on »

The Road to Blastocyst: Eggs and Embryos by Dr. Fred Licciardi Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 28 Apr 2009 1:41pm This is the first installment of blastocyst blog; but it's a bit of a pre-requisite. To give you a feel of where we are going, I will start with pictures of eggs and embryos and then blastocysts. This is an egg. I doesn't really look like an egg. Part of the reason for this is that in this picture there are hundreds of cells, but just Read on »

Blastocyst news by flakymn Posted Mon 15 May 2006 12:00am is labeled a "blastocyst", and if it survives, they freeze it. Blastocysts have higher implantation rates as they are "further developed". We had been told in the operating room on Friday that our blastocyst was "not doing cartwheels." I called today to check on it and spoke with the embryologist. He told me that the blastocyst had died over the weekend. He Read on »

Embryos and Blastocysts by Amy Mossoff Patient Expert

Posted Wed 05 Jan 2011 12:00am when, and hopefully if, we come to it. My pregnancy test is scheduled for January 19. Last night I didn’t sleep very well. Today is not the Big Day, but it is a big day. I’ve started reading up on the embryo development process. My clinic prefers to transfer on Day 5, at the blastocyst stage, but certain factors can call for a decision Read on »

Just Before Blastocyst: The Morlula by Dr. Fred Licciardi Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 28 Apr 2009 1:41pm So what happens after day 3? Two days later we would like it to be a blastocyst. The day before it becomes a blastocyst, it should be a morula. A morula forms when the 8... if on day 5 you are told the best embryos are morulas, not blastocysts? Not so good. I have had patients get back 2 morulas and become pregnant with twins. However the chances Read on »

Meet the Blastocyst by Dr. Fred Licciardi Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 28 Apr 2009 1:41pm Hello everyone, this blog will describe the blastocyst. I will show you some pictures and tell you what is good and what is less good. Next time I will tell you a little about our blastocyst experience at NYU. Let’s start with an easy one, a nice one. This is a very nice blasotocyst. This is the type of embryo you may see on doctor’s web Read on »

Is a blastocyst transfer better than a Day 3 transfer by Dr. Aniruddha M. Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 11 Jun 2010 5:12am One of the commonest question patients ask me is whether they should choose a Day 3 transfer or a Day 5 ( blastocyst ) transfer . Blastocyst transfer was first... belong in the fallopian tube and not the uterus ( unlike blastocysts, which is the stage the embryo reaches when it arrives in the uterus and is ready to implant). The initial Read on »

Calling all those who had blastocyst transfers by Wishing4one Posted Mon 26 May 2008 12:00am . Ok, today is 7 days after i had two (2) blastocysts transfered. It is day 13 for these blastocysts. It is cycle day 31 for me. I need some opinions, and yes I will take Read on »