MAJOR screw up with my PGS results

[Anonymous]

PP above said the protocol affects the quality of the embryos. This is not true. It only affects the number. This is a common misunderstanding so I wanted to point it out. Sorry for those having issues with the lab testing. I had a major lab accident during my IVF cycles - I chose not to pursue either media attention, anonymous complaints here, or legal remedies. I believed it was an accident. Everyone seemed as though they felt badly about it. It's not something I've heard about happening to anyone else.

[Anonymous]

With the Foundation of Embryonic Competence or FEC, it happened mid-late August 2018. If there was a need to rebiopsy, they would have let you know because the initial results would not be readable or valid. Yes it might have been an accident but I was extremely disappointed with the way it was handled at FEC. And the additional thaw/biopsy/refreeze does affect implantation rates and overall clinical pregnancy success rates, as well as number of embryos if they do not survive the thaw(s).

[Anonymous]

Accident or not, that is not something I would want to happen when I am paying so much money for the IVF process and time invested in the medical procedures. This is not like accidentally stepping on someone’s toe. Embryos- potential lives, money, time, and emotions are involved. It wouldn’t be enough to just say sorry if this happened to me. For the poster on 12/14, what was the major lab accident? Did you need to rebiopsy was your embryos? Was your IVF cycle successful? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

There are major lab accidents that happen in IVF. They are not all publicized. I thought it truly was an accident so I just kept going - the only productive option at the time. It's not like they thought was happened was swell either. I will say though I was _extremely_ pissed when I saw the company later advertised they had never had a lab accident when I knew that was not the case. I guess they wanted to define accident as identification errors. But "error" used alone is ALL errors and I knew that what they were saying wasn't true. In any case, I try to focus on more positive things.