Patient's question:
On January 4th, 18 eggs were retrieved, and today I visited to check the embryos, which were successfully formed into 12. However, only 2 of them are grade A embryos, while the others were cultured for blastocyst formation due to excessive fragmentation. Could you please tell me what might be the reason for the excessive fragmentation?Doctor's answer:
If a woman undergoes a color Doppler ultrasound examination in the early stages of pregnancy and finds fragments or abnormal fluid around the embryo, it is often necessary to consider the possibility of threatened miscarriage. It is generally recommended to rest in bed as much as possible while taking pregnancy preservation medicine and progesterone capsules to improve the condition, promoting the discharge of fragments or fluid. If a color Doppler ultrasound examination is performed after childbirth and reveals fetal fragments in the uterine cavity, this is usually caused by the retention of fetal membrane and placental tissue. If the fragments are large, it should be considered to perform a uterine curettage to remove them.