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Hello all,
For those who don't know me, a brief medical history: I got pregnant with IVF on the first attempt last summer and implanted 2 embryos which resulted on two beautiful twins born at 25w1d and too small to live. I was diagnosed with an incompetent cervix and thus, multiple pregnancies are forever banned from my body. We are now in the process of going through our first FET. We have 4 embies in the freezer, stored in packs of 2. When my RE will thaw the first batch, both will be up for implantation. His advice is to implant both of them and in the event of another multiple pregnancy, to reduce it to a singleton. Having fought so hard to save the lives of my twins, this option makes me want to throw up, quite frankly. He seems to think that I won't get pregnant if we implant 1 and destroy the other. So here's my question: who here has done a single transfer, and what are your experiences, successes or failures? I'm trying to make an educated decision but it's very difficult. thanks so much for your replies Posted on 07/03/09, 06:07 am |
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Hey there!! I'm so very sorry about the loss of your twins. I know exactly what you are going through. I'm going to have my second FET on August and my husband and I are strugling with the same thing. It's so hard. The thing is that it can go both ways. On my first IVF I had two transferred and it didn't work, then I had the FET and got pregnant with Ana and Juliana. My mom has a friend that had only one embryo transferred and it took. And last month one of my best friends had two transferred and only one took.
There are days that I say that I will have them both transferred and pray for only one to take and other days I say that I'll have only one. After traying so hard to save my girls the selective reduction seems so wrong but it's still on the back of my mind. But the thing is which one do you choose and as soon as you see those babies on the ultrasound for the first time you just love them both so much. I think it really is a very personal decision and you have to follow your instincts . 
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I am so sorry for your loss. I do not have experience with your situation. I had my first IVF, transfered three and none of then hung on. I think you have to decide what you would be more able to handle, tossing away the less viable embrio then possibably getting a BFN with a single transfer. Having both implant and having to decide who to keep. Or risking your life and the life of two babies. I really feel for your decision and wish that you never have to make it. A lot of RE's will thaw two but only one will survive the thawing process. I pray that God will make the decision for you! Good luck.
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First of all, I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your twins. That must have been devistating! I did a single transfer last summer and got pregnant, but it ended up in a MC. We did IVF one more time last winter and put back 3 embies (1 we knew had no chance of survival, but I wanted to put it in my body and let it die there, rather than throwing it away), so basically it was like we put 2 back. I am currently 33 weeks pregnant with 1 boy. I've heard of many sucess stories with only 1 embryo put back. I couldn't imagine putting back 2 and getting preg with twins and having to discard 1. I don't know that you would be able to live with that... Also, with your condition, it makes sence to only put back 1. Good luck to you!
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