Who is a candidate for blastocyst culture/transfer?
A – In our program, we are offering blastocyst culture/transfer to patients at highest risk for a multiple pregnancy, including those being treated with IVF/donated eggs, and young patients (under age 35) who are doing IVF with their own eggs. Blastocyst culture/transfer may also be considered for patients of any age who have a large number of embryos. In all cases, we do not culture embryos beyond day 3 unless there are at least three high quality eight-cell embryos when the embryos are evaluated on that day.
