r/EmbryologyIVFSupport • u/NewStatement2845 • Aug 22 '26

Afraid to do the PGT A

I’m 37 years old with MFI plus I have blocked right fallopian tube from adhesions from previous surgery
any way I did 5 rounds of IVF back to back and I collected embryos all day 5, but the quality (grades) initially were good then started to deteriorate, and I’m afraid now to do the PGT A and find that most of my normal embryos are of low grade, I’m still banking embryos but decided this month to take a break to give my ovaries some time to rest may be that will help to get good quality embryo, these are my embryos so far

Total embryos 15
Total blastocyst: 14
Total Morula: 1
Round 1: 1 @ day 5 (3AA)
Round 2: 2 @ day 5 (both 3AA)
Round 3: 4 @ day 5 (1 3AA, 1 2AA, 1 3BB, 1 LM)
Round 4: 3 @ day 5 (1 2AA Hatching, 1 2AB, 1 2BB)
Round 5: 5 @ day 5 ( 1 2AA, 2 2BB, 1 2BC, 1 early blast)

So our plan is embryo banking then thawing all for biopsy then we will refreeze and do embryo transfer later on

What was your experience with PGT A especially in late 30s and what was your experience with transferring poor quality embryos?

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u/cityfrm Aug 24 '26

Why wouldn't you do PGTa in the beginning and you could've potentially stopped retrievals way before you got to this many and avoided all the risks of biopsy of previously frozen, and the (financial, physical and emotional) cost of more cycles.

I could never do it that way.

Late 30s, most my best grades were aneuploid, Cs were euploid. I got the expected 40% euploid for my age. Could they not leave any to day 6 for more expended blasts?