if you test for normal blasts, do you transfer any on fresh, or biopsy/freeze all and only do FET?
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Anonymous
| Our REs philosophy is "it is what it is" and ultimately it's better to spend your money getting as many tries as possible rather than PGS testing. Also avoiding potential damage to embryos. If I had a recurrent miscarriage issue I'd probably fight her on it but since I don't, I agree it makes financial sense for us. |
Anonymous
| PGS testing doesn't damage embryo does it? |
Anonymous
Financial sense really depends on a couple of things. If you can get embryos to go to blast, and you are older, it can really save you time. Having had three losses due to chromosomal abnormalities, I can tell you that you can waste a ton of time on bad embryos. I had one go to 11 weeks and another go to 9 weeks. And then your body needs a couple of cycles afterward to recover before you can try again. So you could easily burn up 5 months on one aneuploid embryo. If you are older you don't have time to lose and the chances of embryos being aneupoid is very high. Remember also that each thaw and transfer costs a chunk of change. If you don't know what you're thawing that can be a waste of money as well. And finally, the losses are also very emotionally devastating. I think if you ask most people who've had a loss at 9+ weeks what they would be willing to pay to avoid having to go through it, I think most people would give you a figure somewhere close to what PGS costs. But if you are young, or you don't make embryos that go to blast, then some of those considerations don't apply. |
Anonymous
| Exactly what the above poster said. |