MS INV without PGD

Any opinions on this? We really want a girl and I would hope as healthy as possible. Should we do PGD with the MS even though this will void any guarantee of pregnancy/birth. I cannot decide what to do!!

Thanks so much!!!

MS opposites have happened on this site. I would skip PGD only if I were okay with an opposite.

You are already forking out $$$, why not pay some more and get the gender guarantee?

(Now, the fact that your clinic offers birth guarantee with MS, but without PGD, does make the decision more difficult. I am not sure what the details of this policy are, so cannot comment, sorry.)

Why won't they offer the guarantee with PGD?  Are they not good at it?  Do they outsource it so cannot control what is done?  What are their reasons for not including PGD in the guarantee.

 I'm confused.  How will PGD void the guarantee of pregnancy/birth?  Per your clinics refund plan?  

 If you really want a girl and could absolutely not handle an MS opposite (it has happened) I would do PGD.  Statistically you should be fine with just MS, but there are people with opposites.

 

 

The only thing worse than an opposite is a $20,000 opposite...

 

oh honey...do PGD...I would want the guarantee!  Then you don't have to wonder about the "ifs".....

Thanks all! I have been in steady contact with GIVF/MS. THEY are the ones who are REALLY not into the PGD with Pregnancy guarantee! See here: http://www.givf.com/sharedrisk/faqssharedrisk.cfm

My area clinic offers Pregnancy/delivery + 30 days (very nice to have) but not with PGD

Soooo, unfortunately I REALLY don't want the $25,000  opposite as someone said ;) I guess no guarantee then :(

G&IVF institute themselves are the ones that really won't do it, after many calls and no good reason.

http://www.givf.com/sharedrisk/faqssharedrisk.cfm

What local clinic are you looking at?

We could not decide either, but after ER they got 9 eggs and only 2 fertilized.. so there was no point to PGD. Research it, PGD has a TON of cons, including lower pg rates, be sure you know what you want

molerwntpnk:

Soooo, unfortunately I REALLY don't want the $25,000  opposite as someone said ;) I guess no guarantee then :(

I think you are confused as to what a shared risk plan means.  It means that both of you are assuming the risk that you will get pregnant.  So lets say you get pregnant on the 2nd try but paid for 3 cycles.  You will not get your money back but that is the risk that you took by going with the 3 cycle package.  Now if you didn't get pregnant at all and paid for 3 cycles then you would get the majority of that money back and that is the risk that the RE's clinic took.  When you add in PGD for gender selection you are taking away half of the embryos (without MS) from the start so they are not going to guarantee anything because you may or may not be using the best embryos because you are chosing them based on gender not quality.  You may have great quality embryos of both gender but you are only using one of them.  

The guarantee for gender is still the same if you use PGD with or without a shared risk plan.  There are many clinics that will allow you to purchase a 2 cycle package but it is not shared risk, which is the means you will not get your money back if you don't get pregnant but it still saves you money in the end.  

Right now the success rate for a girl is 90% with MS alone, if you add PGD then you will get a 99.9% guarantee that you are getting a girl it has nothing to do with a shared risk plan or a multicycle plan.  If you don't want a $20k opposite then for sure do the PGD.

Michaela:

When you add in PGD for gender selection you are taking away half of the embryos (without MS) from the start so they are not going to guarantee anything because you may or may not be using the best embryos because you are chosing them based on gender not quality. 

Yeah, I can see what you are saying for the majority of fertility clinics... but here's the thing...with Microsorted sperm "supposedly" (according to Microsort) 90% or more of the embryos would be female...so not using up all of the embryos is not a valid reason for GIVF not to allow PGD for the pregnancy guarantee.

It makes no sense for them not to give a shared risk plan for MS/IVF/PGD... (unless they darn well know that MS is not all its cracked up to be...too many abnormal embryos, opposites and poor fertilization rates with their sorted sperm...)

[The only thing worse than an opposite is a $20,000 opposite...]

 

That is funny.

Even with MS you still lose embryos during the PGD process. That is a reality.

That's exactly my point, and all 3 clinics in my area are tha same way, no shared risk at all for MS/INV/PGD!

I just don't know what to do. We cannot afford to NOT have it work...