Is PGS a sham?

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Anonymous wrote:I asked a similar question years ago and was practically crucified.

Anyway we did PGS and glad we did. The question you should ask is, “if money were no object, would I do it?” If the answer is yes, then do it.

Daycare is 24k plus a year in DC. PGS is what, 5-7k? It’s a drop in the bucket.

why are you glad you did?

Because I didn’t waste time and money transferring an abnormal embryo into my uterus.

And when I found out I was pregnant, I was less concerned about miscarrying since I knew it was PGS normal

Were you ultimately successful with a PGS normal embryo on the first try? How many rounds did it take to get one?

Yes. First round retrieved many PGS normal

[Anonymous]

Another interesting Article:

https://www.rbmojournal.com/article/S1472-6483(18)30332-8/fulltext

[Anonymous]

More food for thought (someone earlier mentioned talking to an embryologist who said much the same)

https://www.thecut.com/2017/09/ivf-abnormal-embryos-new-last-chance.html

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Anonymous wrote:More food for thought (someone earlier mentioned talking to an embryologist who said much the same)

https://www.thecut.com/2017/09/ivf-abnormal-embryos-new-last-chance.html

I am the PP who mentioned it earlier. In my case, specifically, the embryologist was referring to the fact that our 26 y.o. donor eggs resulted in only 1 PGS normal out of 5, 2 cycles in a row. It was unusual to have such a high number of PGS abnormals from a donor this young. By no means she was trying to encourage the 44 y.o. me to keep trying with my own eggs.
And then neither of PGS normals took. So there is that.

It's complex and it would be a mistake to think it's all hankey dorey, just because the woman in the article was successful. I have tried with my own eggs for 7 cycles, transferring untested between 2 and 5 embryos each time. Only one took and ended in miscariage due to a (drum roll) trisomy... Take what you will from this.