BACKGROUND: Emotional reactions of couples were investigated during @entity52 ( @entity52 ) at a private clinic in Sweden. The purpose was to compare such reactions between couples who obtained supernumerary embryos that could be cryopreserved and couples without such embryos. METHODS: Forty @entity1 and @entity1 undergoing @entity52 treatment monitored individually their emotional reactions daily for one complete treatment cycle from the first day of down-regulation until the outcome of treatment was known. Ratings were extracted and analyzed from two separate days; the very first day of treatment and the day of embryo transfer. RESULTS: The group of @entity1 (n=16; 40%) with supernumerary embryos suitable for cryopreservation reported a greater increase in optimism than the group (n=24; 60%) without such embryos (p=0.024). Correspondingly, @entity1 with supernumerary embryos reported less pessimism than @entity1 without such embryos (p=0.014). Among @entity1 there was no difference in optimism or pessimism between the groups. The @entity1 and @entity1 with supernumerary embryos did not differ in distress reactions compared to those @entity1 and @entity1 without such embryos. There was no correlation between optimism and distress on the day of embryo transfer in @entity1 ; r=-0.167 and @entity1 ; r=-0.135 respectively. CONCLUSION: The presence of frozen embryos increased optimistic and reduced pessimistic feelings about pregnancy among @entity1 undergoing @entity52 treatment. However, the couples' increased optimism on the day of embryo transfer did not seem to reduce their experience of distress.

The impact of frozen embryos on emotional reactions during XXXX .

@entity52 :: ('MESH:C566179', 'Disease') :: ['IVF', 'in vitro fertilization'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'men']
@entity52 :: (MESH:C566179,Disease) :: ['in vitro fertilization']
