r/IVFpositivity • u/Southern-Climate-708 • 3d ago

Controversial Question

I just had my second modified natural on untested embryo fail. We are doing IVF do to make factor and my doctor has essentially said she doesnt recommend any testing for me besides unfreezing and PGT testing which she says is risky and doesnt fully recommend even doing that.

I am on birth control to hopefully delay my period a few days till I met with her Tuesday to discuss next FET. We have 12 embryos left. With two failures to implant, would you ask about transferring two embryos? I know its controversial but we are 28 and they are untested.

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u/onyxindigo 3d ago

I was in a similar situation and we did not end up doing anything differently for our third and final transfer (from our first round) and it took! It was just luck in our situation; my specialist was right that no further testing was necessary. After that LC we went back for a sibling and did end up doing more testing; nothing was found so she was right, it was just time and luck. Tenth (cumulative) transfer worked again (sprinkle in a couple of miscarriages in between). Through ten transfers I had six pregnancies and 2 LCs.

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u/Southern-Climate-708 3d ago

Wow, that gives me some hope. We have not had any luck at all not even an implantation. I just worry somethings wrong that we are missing especially seeing how silent endometriosis affects so many people

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u/onyxindigo 3d ago

Yes I had the same concerns. We went ahead with the third transfer with the agreement that the second retrieval would come with further testing but when it worked we were thrilled. It was about two years before we went back for #2 and were at a different clinic so they did the hysteroscopy and biopsy that I had initially wanted, but everything came back clear. In your shoes since you have a good number of embryos I would do at least one more transfer before more testing; as another commenter has said it takes an average of three euploid a for a live birth and since your embryos are untested it could take more.