Case Report: Two Successful Pregnancies Following the Transfer of Re-vitrified Human Day 7 Blastocysts Developed from Vitrified Cleaved Embryos

Overview

Journal J Assist Reprod Genet

Publisher Springer

Specialties Genetics
Reproductive Medicine

Date 2008 Oct 15

PMID 18853246

Citations 5

Authors

Kenichiro Hiraoka

Yumi Fujimoto

Yuko Tateaki

Kaori Hiraoka

Toshitaka Horiuchi

Shinichiro Okano

Masayuki Kinutani

Kazuo Kinutani

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Abstract

Purpose: To report successful pregnancies after the transfer of re-vitrified human day 7 blastocysts developed from vitrified cleaved embryos.

Methods And Results: A total of five day 7 blastocysts developed from vitrified cleaved embryos were re-vitrified and re-warmed. All of five re-vitrified day 7 blastocysts (100%) survived after warming and were transferred to three patients. Two of the women became clinically pregnant. Of these women, one woman delivered a healthy baby and the other pregnancy is ongoing at 26 weeks of gestation.

Conclusions: This is the first report of successful pregnancies after the transfer of re-vitrified human day 7 blastocysts developed from vitrified cleaved embryos.

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