Live fetus following embryo transfer in a woman with diminished egg reserve whose maximal endometrial thickness was less than 4 mm
Check, J.H.; Cohen, R.
Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology 38(4): 330-332
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0390-6663 PMID: 22268267 Document Number: 649655
To report the thinnest peak endometrial thickness to date resulting in a viable fetus following embryo transfer. Mild ovarian hyperstimulation was given to a 35-year-old woman with not only a family history of premature ovarian failure but she also had diminished egg reserve. She consistently could not attain more than a 4 mm endometrial thickness in graduated estrogen replacement cycles or IVF-ET cycles. She successfully conceived on her second oocyte retrieval but first embryo transfer despite a maximum endometrial thickness of 3.7 mm; we believe this is the thinnest one to date associated with a viable pregnancy following embryo transfer. Anecdotal cases are important to help couples make appropriate choices for their therapy. A physician could simply recommend a very expensive gestational carrier. However precedents might allow a given couple to take a chance with their ideal goal despite slim odds rather than compromise with a distant second choice.