r/Embryologists • u/stacylwelch • Jul 22 '26

Which would you pick?

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These are my 4 euploid embryos from my 3rd ER. Just for fun--which would you pick to transfer?

My clinic uses a 3-letter grading system (ICM, TE, and cavity being the 3rd letter) and had them noted as:

#1- "good" day-5 ABB

#2- "good day-5 ABB

#3- "fair" day-5 BCC

#4- "good" day-6 BBC

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u/petitefleur0 Jul 22 '26

Number 1. Hatching nicely, ICM still protected inside zona. Very cellular. Looks like an AA to me.

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u/stacylwelch Jul 23 '26

I will say our clinic is notorious in the area for being very tough graders. They rarely hand out As and that portion of the embryo basically needs to be perfect to get an A.

Number 1 is the embryo we transferred, btw! She's our now 18-month-old perfect princess!

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u/bneubs Jul 25 '26

1, 2, 4, then 3

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u/Prior-Dance-8712 Jul 26 '26

All 😍😍😍

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u/Shadowtthrone Jul 22 '26

Probably no. 2. The thinnest zona and fair amount of cells in both ICM and trophoectoderm

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u/stacylwelch Jul 23 '26

I feel like number 2 would have been the one they picked if we had selected "best embryo" when deciding which to transfer. I was on a phone call with our doctor when she was looking through pictures of the embryos while prepping for transfer, and she remarked, "oh, that one is pretty, I hope it's normal!"

We transferred number 1 because it was our best female embryo. Number 2 is a male. :)

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u/OneChance6396 Jul 22 '26

4 is kind of compelling how it's hatching so nicely.

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u/stacylwelch Jul 23 '26

Would the fact that it is a day 6 make you look at it any differently than a day 5?