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Day 5 blastocyst pictures from IVF
High quality and low quality blastocyst embryos
Day 5 (or day 6) transfer after in vitro fertilization - blastocyst stage culture and transfer
can maintain high pregnancy rates with very low risk for triplets
Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago
Gurnee & Crystal Lake, Illinois
Our Overall IVF Success Rates
Our Blastocyst Transfer IVF Success Rates
4 blastocysts that were "left over" after the embryo transfer
These 5 day old embryos
were cryopreserved (frozen) for future use
Hatching mouse blastocyst stained with fluorescent dye
Embryo was cultured
on human tubal cells (coculture)
Red-stained cells (trophectoderm) - would
become placenta
Blue-stained cells are inner cell mass - fetal cells
Low quality blastocysts |
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Blastocyst showing poor morphology in cells of both components - the inner cell mass (at 6 to 9 o'clock) and the trophectoderm |
Poor quality day 6 blastocyst Most cells are necrotic (dead and disintegrating) |
These low quality blastocysts show that blastocyst culture is not a magic bullet for infertility. Most human embryos do not have the genetic potential to develop normally to the blastocyst stage, hatch from their shells, implant and continue normal development - in order to result in a live birth.
More blastocyst embryo photos and details about blastocyst grading
More Embryo Pictures
Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago
Gurnee, IL
(847) 662-1818
Crystal Lake, IL
(815) 356-1818
