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Blastocyst
We use this term for one of the early phases after fertilization, in which the mass of cells produced by the division of the fertilized egg has acquired a central cavity, making it hollow, and one can tell which cells will become embryo and which placenta.
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What is blastocyst collapse?
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A 29-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: blastocyst?
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A 33-year old asked:
Positive test 12 days after blastocyst transfer good sign?
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A female asked:
Could implantation occur 8 or 9 days after a blastocyst transfer ?
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Should home preganancy test is reliable after 14 days of blastocyst transfer?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I ate chili after 7days blastocyst transfer, will chili affect the implantation ?
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A 32-year old male asked:
What are chances if 2 blastocyst one hatching blastocyst and 2nd early hatching blastocyst transfer is done?
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A 47-year old asked:
Can implantation of a blastocyst occur a day or so after an abortion?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Can a day 5 blastocyst be transferred in day 7 of my natural cycle through ivf?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I had 2 5 day blastocysts transferred and 12 days later my hCG was 3829 then 2 days later it was 6079. is this good?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Day 6 blastocyst, not the best quality but good enough to froze, what are the chances of pregnancy if if it survive thraw.
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A 33-year old female asked:
I had day 5 et on 13thoct blastocyst ready to hatch.Today 17th oct I have got some spotting, I am very worried. Please advice?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Had a blastocyst transfer a week ago, but yesterday when i wipe after the loo it had brown discharge and today it turned pink what could this be.?
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A 29-year old female asked about a female:
Hi, i had day 5 embryo at blastocyst stage grid bc transfer and today is 5 days pass the transfer i don't any symptoms does this means negative .
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A 36-year old female asked:
Is p4 level 11 on the transfer day of 6-day blastocyst in FET cycle too low to support successful implantation? What are minimum & optimal p4 levels?
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A 33-year old asked:
What comes first: blastocyst, zygote, or blastula?
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A 32-year old asked:
What is the benefit of the embryo culture and transferral at blastocyst stage?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Could a 5 day frozen blastocyst be divided into identical twins after transfer?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Does collapsed blastocyst have lower chance to implant? Does it take longer than expanded ones?
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A 32-year old male asked:
My wife Getting discharge 2 day of blastocyst transfer is it normal as my wife is on progesterone?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Done blastocyst on 01/19/16. Blood test was negative today, is there a chance that its too early?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I had a 3 day embryo transfer thursday the 14th is there a way to tell if any of my embryos made it to blastocyst?
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A 41-year old female asked:
1st IVF cycle had 5/16 mature eggs. Only 2 blastocysts, both had chromo abnorm. I'm 41. Any way to improve % of mature eggs / increase # of blasts?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I have 18oocytes on eggs retrieval.Can some of them be frozen in case these failed? I had 2 embryos transferred on day 3. None made it to blastocyst.
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A 31-year old female asked:
When will a 5 day blastocyst start to implant after fet?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is 67 a low beta hCG 9 days after a 5 day blastocyst tansfer? Ivf.
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A 34-year old female asked:
Will 300 mg of ferrous fumarate hurt the blastocyst before implantation?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I had a frozen embryo transfer of day 6 blastocyst and at 9 days post transfer have beta of 53. Is that low?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I got negative result on hpt on day 5 post blastocyst frozen transfer. No symptoms at all Did I test too early?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Is the development and stages of zygote, blastocyst, etc. The same whether or not u have had IVF or the natural way?
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