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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The trouble is that you might end up having a child with one of those fair to poor embryos. And that child might have significant mental/physical/emotional challenges. If your desire to have a child is greater than your fear of raising a severely disabled one, then go ahead. Because it's not just the idea that it won't take that you have to consider, it's the fact that perhaps the reason they are poor embryos is because they won't make very great persons. The clinic won't tell you this because obviously any baby is a good baby for them - but for you, it's potentially the next sixty years of your life caring for someone who doesn't function well. [/quote]

This is totally not true. First of all the normal genetic testing would be done — there is no correlation between visual ivf “quality” and mentally disabled children. This is complete BS. 
It’s much more likely that the embryos won’t implant or result in MC. [/quote]

+ 1. This is completely incorrect.  OP, your RE should have told you, there is no correlation between the visual appearance of embryo and its being PGS normal. Ask your clinic to confirm this for you. It's based on published studies, and it's absolutely untrue that clinics hide it.

Having said that, transferring untested is riskier than transferring PGD normals.  Since you don't have blasts, you can take your chances, but it's possible that you might have a BFN, a miscarriage, or some fetal abnormalities, or a healthy baby. Then again, these are the 4 outcomes a fertile 39 year old would also be facing each cycle trying to conceive.

If it was me, I would proceed with caution, and in the event of BFP - do full prenatal screenings.[/quote]

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