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I am 41, poor egg quality. IVF we did PGD/PGS (I'm not clear on which). Five of nine fertilized embryos made it through. Unfortunately all five showed "severe genetic abnormalities" so we did not have a Transfer. (That sucked big time.) Before we started our 2nd cycle, my RE recommended that we do NOT do PGS (it requires a 5 day transfer) and instead transfer whatever embryos I may have on day 3. My husband and I decided against that. This is probably our last chance at at IVF (out of money) and we want the best chance for a healthy pregnancy. There are huge negatives, however. 1. It costs us $3250 no matter if we have one embryo or ten. 2. Not all embryos thrive outside of the uterus, so waiting 5 days might kill off some that might have otherwise survived inside my uterus. 3. Sometimes the removing of a cell for testing can damage the embryo, rendering it useless. 4. The test has a 5 - 10% failure rate, which means that it's possible you'll get an abnormal reading when really the embryo is fine. It's a huge double-edged sword. I think if we had more TIME we wouldn't do the testing. But we don't. I don't have enough months left to go through 3 months of pregnancy only to have it fail, then have a D&C, then recover, and by the end of all that, it's six months later. I am simply out of time. So, our decision is based on that. Good luck with your decision.
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