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July 20, 2011
Grading embryos
IVF involves the creation of embryos which are then put into a woman’s uterus. Embryos start as one cell, divide and become two cells, four cells, etc. We grade embryos prior to putting them into the uterus to give us a sense of the chance a pregnancy will result.
So a high grade embryo is more likely to result in a pregnancy than a low grade, but it does not tell us about the health of the child who results. We have hundreds of healthy children from low grade embryos!