Every embryo has a story. Not every story is written in its appearance.

I’m inviting individuals and families to contribute photographs of embryos created during their fertility treatment.

I’m particularly interested in collecting images that show the diversity of embryo morphology and the relationship between appearance, grading and eventual reproductive outcomes.

As embryologists, we spend so much time assessing embryos through morphology: expansion, inner cell mass, trophectoderm, fragmentation, vacuolation and developmental progression.

But sometimes the embryos we consider exceptional don’t result in a pregnancy, while those that might appear less promising go on to become something extraordinary a healthy baby.

An embryo graded below expectations, one with fragmentation or vacuolation, or one that was considered developmentally behind may still have the potential to progress.

I’d love to explore this through a visual collection of embryo images, alongside their associated grading and, whether the embyro resulted in a live birth.

What I’m looking for:

• Embryoscope or time-lapse embryo images and any iPhone images that you have taken at the time of transfer.

• Photographs provided by your fertility clinic, including printed embryo photographs.

• Images taken around the time of embryo transfer on your iPhone.

• Embryo grading that the clinic provided or any other associated comments (e.g. 3BB, 4AA, or the grading system used by your clinic).

• Any associated morphological observations or developmental information.

You are welcome to submit images regardless of whether the embryo resulted in a pregnancy.

I’m interested in embryos that look exceptional, embryos that were considered poor quality, those with fragmentation or unusual morphology, and those that surprised everyone.

I am not looking for photographs of children or families. I want the embryo itself.

The images will contribute to a visual repertoire exploring embryo morphology, grading and reproductive potential.

Your contribution will help bring another dimension to the conversation about how we assess embryos, what we understand about their potential, and what we might sometimes overlook.

All identifying information will be removed, and contributions will be handled confidentially. Participation is entirely voluntary.

If you have an embryo photograph tucked away on your iPhone, email, a clinic report or a printed photograph, I’d love to see it.