Transfer untested embryo or thaw and PGT test? Feeling lost after miscarriage
Hi everyone,
I’ve been on this IVF journey for about 4 years now and have gone through 7 egg retrievals. I have DOR in both ovaries, and over those 7 retrievals we managed to create 6 embryos.
We tested one embryo, which came back as high-level mosaic. It is still frozen, and I haven’t discarded it.
In February 2026, I transferred one of my untested frozen embryos. It implanted, but unfortunately I miscarried at 6 weeks. The loss was incredibly traumatic, and now I’m terrified of going through another transfer and potentially experiencing the same thing again.
I’m considering transferring another one of my frozen untested embryos, but part of me keeps wondering whether I should have the remaining embryos thawed, biopsied for PGT-A, and refrozen before doing another transfer. I brought this up with my doctor, but he is reluctant to test embryos that are already frozen.
Has anyone here been in a similar situation?
Did you choose to:
● transfer your remaining embryos untested, or
● thaw, biopsy/test, and refreeze them?
If you thawed and tested previously frozen embryos, how did it go? Did all of your embryos survive the process?
And for anyone who had a miscarriage after an untested embryo transfer and then went on to transfer another untested embryo, I would really appreciate hearing your experience too.
I feel very lost about what to do next and scared of making the wrong decision. Any experiences or advice would be greatly appreciated. ❤️