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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I was able to choose sex at GW.  I have posted this experience before.  I had multiple miscarriages and did PGS testing to attempt to have a second child.  As a side benefit, I was given the opportunity to choose the sex when I had normal embryos of both sexes.  No one acted like it was a big deal and I didn't think it was a big deal at the time.  I have zero regret or guilt over doing this and I have not wasted one second worrying about the ethics of the matter.  I went through hell and back to have my kids and this was one very small cherry on top of a massive shit pie.  I don't feel bad about it in the least given my circumstances.

Good luck OP.[/quote]

I should have been clear that GW did not do this just so that I could choose sex.  They just did not withhold the information once the testing was completed.  I don't know their position on doing PGS just to know the sex.[/quote]

That's great to hear. Thank you. Of course, this wouldn't be just for the sex. This would be for a full karyotype, including gender. Did you test fresh or frozen? If frozen, did they all survive the defrost/biopsy/refreeze/defrost?[/quote]

GW poster again here.  I know you would test for everything and not just sex, but I think the issue may be whether this testing is viewed as medically necessary in your particular case.  I genuinely don't know if GW (or other places) will do PGS just because you want to do it or if they apply some sort of standard to when they do the testing.[/quote]
SG did PGS at our request. We had concerns due to our age. However it is a service you pay(handsomely) for. If you have the embryos and you are willing to pay I don't see why anyone would refuse to do this.[/quote]

I guess that's the whole point of this thread, right?  If they think you are asking to do PGS only because of wanting to select the sex and there are no other medical indications, it sounds like some clinics do say no to this.  A separate, but related, issue is whether IF you do PGS for a true medical reason, will the clinic divulge sex of the embryos and let you choose.[/quote]

OP has a medical reason for doing the testing.  She is 40 (or over 40?) so presumably all 9 are not genetically normal.  Transferring each embryo and hoping it will be normal would be expensive and time-consuming (not to mention emotionally draining should there be multiple miscarriages).  I would think the reason to do this is to choose a genetically normal embryo at the outset.  But, yes, you'd have to ask the clinic beforehand if they will disclose the sex.  I would think that would be as simple as a phone call or setting up a consult with the RE. [/quote]

I've been out of the IVF game for a bit now, but way back in 2013, PGS was not considered standard protocol (by my RE at least) just because you were AMA.  That may have changed though.  When I was in the thick of it, they did not recommend it unless you had some known genetic issues or multiple unexplained miscarriages.[/quote]

I was actually annoyed at SG for not recommending this back in 2013 when doing a fresh IVF cycle at AMA ... only found out about it after the fact.  Took 5 embryos before I got a BFP... with 4 frozen ones remaining, when I went back in to discuss options recently, they actually suggested PGS!   And posters are correct, SG will NOT divulge sex, you can find out only after you get a positive test result.  It is expensive (cost was essentially equivalent to a FET cycle), but I would have preferred to pay at outset and only transferred the ones that were chromosomally normal to begin with.  Woudl have been a net savings in the end. [/quote]

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