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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My advice is not to do shared risk.  By way of background, I actually did shared risk at SGT and got pregnant the first cycle and have no regrets having gone that route in my late 40s.  (Due to my age I had donor eggs and SGF requires you to do Shared Risk if you use donor eggs.). Here is why I would advise against shared risk for you. Shared risk gives you up to 6 cycles but a “cycle” is not what you think. A “cycle” is tied to your use of all viable embryos, so, if you get 15 viable eggs, that become 5 viable embryos, and you implant 1 at a time, it is one cycle.  It is unlikely that you will go thru more than one cycle between now and the end of 2021. And it would be physically impossible to go thru 6.  So, financially, you’re better off doing it one at a time.  [/quote]

It's not necessarily a financial wash if she only has one retrieval through Shared Risk.  If she transfers each of the embryos, and they each fail, she can choose to withdraw from the program and will get a full refund.  If she buys one cycle outside of the program, and it fails, no money back.

The only way you "lose" money in Shared Risk is if you have 1 retrieval and the 1st or 2nd transfer leads to a child.  If you know 100% that you will succeed with 1 retrieval and 1 or 2 transfers then Shared Risk is not a good option.  Unfortunately, however, there is no 100% guaranteed outcome, and that's why people choose Shared Risk.  If you're comfortable with the gamble, though, then buying a single cycle could be the best option for you.[/quote]

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