What is the general consensus for PGD/S testing?? How does everyone really feel about this??

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I realize a persons opinion on this may vary depending on the person but I’m 34 and did a fresh 5 day single transfer on Monday and obviously that one wasn’t tested. I currently have 5 frozen embryos left and I’m waiting to hear about 2 additional tomorrow. I fell into the more ambiguous group as I felt nature will correct itself but my sister in law is adamant I do it. The thing that bothers me is that it can eliminate perfectly good embryos because they test for a million different things and that’s scary to think about! Sooo....when I get the call about the remaining two I think I’m going to tell them to have them tested but I’d really like your thoughts and comments before I do because I know you all have done the research and I really value your opinions.

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I e had multiple miscarriages and I’m 100% for anything that will lower my risk of suffering that agony again.

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So we did PGS testing and we had 1 low level mosaic. Now we’re torn whether to us it or not. PGS testing only tests the outter layer of cells, which go on to make up the placenta. The cells that make up the baby do not get tested. Mother Nature is brutal and self-corrects when able or destroys when not able - this theory is that as embryos develop if there’s an abnormal cell the body relegates it to something inconsequential like the placenta or hair or kills off that cell. If Mother Nature cannot self-correct the embryo won’t make it.

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My 1.5 year old son is the result of abnormal PGS tested embryo. They wanted to toss all my embryos and then agreed to let me keep the one mosaic monosomy 16 embryo. 1 year later they agreed to transfer it after I signed a bunch of legal documents removing their liability. And then my son was born healthy. I’m not for or against it I’m against clinics doing it that deny the opportunity to transfer abnormal embryos when that’s all you have. I did 3 cycles and had ALL abnormal. My son was an embryo from my first ivf cycle. I spent another $40k making more embryos for them to toss when all along my son was in the freezer. If you are going to do it always make sure you understand your clinics policies and know what you’re comfortable with. Because let me tell you being pregnant with an “abnormal” embryo is beyond frightening. I wish I never knew.

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For us.. I’m 100% for it! Hubby too.  We are both 34.  Been trying for 3 years. And want to the best chance possible for a healthy pregnancy and baby. I’m 5 days into stims!

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I think I would do it if I had previously had recurrent miscarriages or if I was over 35.  I also might do it for the rest of my frozen blasts before my next transfer to see if I have any healthy female embryos.  I’m currently 26 weeks with a boy and am sort of wondering if we got any girls in the bunch for my second baby.  If we don’t have any girls I will still transfer another boy because I want more than one child.  I would just like to put worrying about if I have any girls in there to rest.

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It completely depends on the indication. My husband and I had to use IVF due to male factor infertility. We’re young (I was 29 at the time or retrieval, he was 32), healthy, and we did genetic screenings to see if we’re carriers for certain genetic diseases (based on our ethnicities and family history). Based on all that and the fact that I had never had a miscarriage, our doctor didn’t recommend it so we didn’t do it. I’m 23 weeks with a healthy baby boy. 
I think it’s hugely helpful if you have any risk factors and we would have opted for it if our doctor recommended it.

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So. My personal opinion.
I think it’s awesome in the sense that you know if there would be an issue. But then we elect to not use the embryos that aren’t considered “normal” at that point. Which I think is wrong because all life is beautiful. However! My husband and I both under went very extensive gene/ chromosomal/ everything possible to pass on to our children test. And we were both clear what the risks were. So to me. I’m against it in that aspect. But to many people it’s a blessing because you can avoid miscarriage, or a baby with some type of mental/physical or developmental issue.

What is the general consensus for PGD/S testing?? How does everyone really feel about this??

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