We are now offering a Blast2 treatment option which is an all inclusive service involving donor eggs that guarantees at least 2 embryo transfer attempts or a clinical pregnancy from 1 embryo transferred.
What is included in the package?
- Online session with donor coordinator
- Online session with biobank manager (Embryologist)
- Egg donor selection, counselling, screening, karyotype and carrier testing
- Egg donor medications and their compensation
- Anonymous donor eggs (fresh or frozen)
- Sperm preparation (and MAR test if necessary)
- Fertilization using IVF or ICSI (at the discretion of the lab)
- Electronic identity tracking (RI witness)
- Embryo culture in time-lapse incubator (EmbryoScope)
- Embryo selection using artificial intelligence scoring program (CHLOE)
- Cycle summary report with videos of the frozen embryos
- Embryo freezing (+ 2months storage included)
- One frozen embryo transfer (FET) in EmbryoGlue
- Cycle coordination
What is different about this package?
In comparison to a cycle with donor eggs, we are focusing more on ensuring the end goal, which is having a good quality blastocyst(s) for transfer and ultimately a live birth of a healthy child. In a donor egg cycle there are many decisions to be made and different invoices to be paid.
However, by bundling the fees together and eliminating the number of decision check points, the ordering process is simpler and more streamlined. More importantly, we are including an assurance policy to make the investment in donor eggs less daunting for patients.
Why are embryos always frozen and transferred in a FET cycle?
Suitable blastocysts are frozen on Day 5 or Day 6 of embryo development. By performing the insemination first and thereafter freezing the embryos, the cycle outcome is clear and known to the patients and Doctors before they begin their treatment regime to prepare the lining of the uterus. This way, patients won’t need to travel to the clinic with open-ended questions about the cycle.
Not having an embryo suitable for transfer comes as a shock, therefore we want to avoid the risk of last minute lab-based cancellations. The success rate of a frozen embryo transfer is statistically on par with a fresh embryo transfer.
How are the blastocysts graded?
The Gardner morphological classification is used to grade embryos on Day 5/Day 6. The numerical value (1-6) corresponds to how expanded the blastocyst is. The alphabetical value corresponds to the quality of the two different cell types (inner cell mass and trophectoderm respectively).
Examples of different quality embryos:
Please note CC quality embryos are not deemed suitable for transfer in our lab.
What are the different scenarios that can occur?
- No suitable blastocysts frozen:
The clinic will begin as soon as possible to create the blastocysts free of charge
- 1 suitable blastocyst frozen:
The patient will begin with preparation for a FET cycle
If a clinical pregnancy arises from the single embryo transfer, the conditions of the package have been fulfilled. If the transfer is not successful, the clinic will begin as soon as possible to create the remaining blastocyst(s) free of charge
- 2 suitable blastocysts frozen:
The patient has 2 attempts at a blastocyst transfer. Whatever the outcome of those, the conditions of the package have been fulfilled
- More than 2 suitable blastocysts frozen:
The additional blastocysts are frozen free of charge and stored in the biobank.
*NB! Any replacement cycles may or may not be performed with the same donor.
*A clinical pregnancy is defined as a fetal gestational sac present on a 6 week ultrasound scan.
Is there an exclusion criteria?
In order to be eligible for the guarantee, semen parameters (on the day of insemination) require >1 million total motile sperm with a morphology of 2% or higher (Kruger strict criteria) and cannot originate from surgical procedures: MESA, TESE, TESA, or PESA.
If would like to put in a request for the package, please fill out this web form: https://next-fertilitynordic.com/en/ordering-donor-gametes/
