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[quote=Anonymous]Skinny on PGS:

PGS testing is an optional, additional process and expense once you have embryos created via IVF. A small sample is removed from each embryo and sent for testing. The turnaround time is typically 2 to 4 weeks at most clinics with good arrangements with labs. It costs about $5,000-$7,000 and there is a (low) risk of damage to the embryos during the sample extraction process.

The testing screens for genetic abnormalities to help determine which embryos have better odds of resulting in pregnancy and live birth. Embryos are then generally graded as normal, abnormal, or mosaic, which means it’s possible there is an issue that can or cannot be self corrected if pregnancy occurred and as the fetus grows or is simply too close a margin to determine whether there’s a genetic issue or not. Some doctors will knowingly implant mosaic embryos (of course with consent), others will not. Just depends on the clinic and doctor. Sometimes, all the embryos are perfectly genetically normal, other times none of them are. The vast majority will have some normal and some abnormal.

Determining sex is part of what the PGS testing accomplishes. Couples or individuals can then decide if they want to select an embryo of a particular sex to implant or not. Many request that the strongest, best looking embryo be implanted, regardless of sex. Some don’t want to know how many male or female embryos there are, others specifically want to use only one sacks of embryos.

PGS testing has become very common in the United States but is still illegal in many European countries and other parts of the world, unless the parents to be have documented genetic disorder(s) they are both carriers for that would need to be screened out.[/quote]

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