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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the downside of testing? I am starting my first cycle next week (39 secondary infertility) and just assumed that testing was a necessary part of the process. Is there something I am missing?[/quote]

New research indicates that mosaic embryos can lead to live births of healthy babies so by testing you may be excluding embryos that could result in a healthy baby (since most but not all clinics won’t transfer mosaics or abnormals).  Transferring a known mosaic or abnormal would also likely increase anxiety even if it worked out, so it might be better not to know.  Additionally some clinics are studying the transfer of abnormals and early results indicate it’s possible for an abnormal to be healthy too.  Basically the testing isn’t perfect, but we aren’t quite sure how not perfect it is. If you get a lot of blasts, testing is still helpful to prioritize embryos to transfer.  But if you don’t get many blasts, you could be eliminating one of your few chances for a baby. [/quote]

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