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LvnEmbryos is
excited for another week of work :c)
About Me:
Female, 25, Chicago - IL, member since Mar 2008
I am an embryologist, and absolutely love the joy of making peoples dreams come true.  I am here to share what information I can, and continue to help people as much as possible.
Interests:
embryology, fertility, embryos, sperm, andrology, infertilty  
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13 eggs retrieved, 12 matured, and 5 fertilized. Does this sound good or bad????
Nov 13, 2008 08:16PM in the Fertility Community
Hey there! I was wondering what your reason for IVF is. When we have a patient with male factor infertility the fert rate is usually low like that so I was curious. It is great to have 5 embryos developing but the fert rate is a little low, we usually see 60-70%. Good luck!!!
4dp3et---- No Symptoms !!!
Nov 13, 2008 08:09PM in the Fertility Community
Hey there! Congrats on having a transfer, that is so exciting!! And 2 8 cells on day 3 is awesome!! We always tell our patients that some if not all of the symptoms they have are due to the medications. Actual pregnancy symptoms would not be happening 3 days "post ovulation" or how we have created it. I would not feel discouraged AT ALL! In fact havin...
Embryo Grading
Nov 12, 2008 01:36PM in the Fertility Community
I agree with Helen. We usually only transfer A and B but in some cases we transfer C with successful pregnancy -- don't lose the faith!!
In Vitro Fertilization and PGD
Jul 09, 2008 09:12PM in the Fertility Community
Ok I have to interject that PGD is not a decision on which baby to abort, that is completely ridiculous. It is embryo selection that is done by doing a biopsy on day 3 where one of eight or so blastomeres is removed and checked for chromosome composition. Then on day 5 when the results are back, the chromosomally normal embryos are transferred back into the...
Post Leep Questions
Jul 06, 2008 09:37PM in the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Community
Thanks for the info! I was just surprised that a "chunk" of orange thatI pulled out was so big, about the size of a piece of gauze - just concerned me since I have been crampy ever since. Thanks for the info!
Post Leep Questions
Jul 06, 2008 04:25PM in the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Community
Hey all! I had a leep biopsy done on Wednesday July 2nd. Since then I have been feeling very itchy but haven't wanted to itch because I know the area needs to heal. Well I just looked down there and there was something orange sticking out so I pulled it out and it was HUGE! I think it was the goop they put on the cervix to help clotting and now I am conce...