mom2lillian
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PGD does not increase risk multiples that I know of but IVF does, you should consider what clinic you go to and what doctors theories are as well and dont just consider his success rate because that is way some clinics get known for success, there are stats out there about what % of multiples clinic runs etc this is very improtant. For instance with me my doc would only place 1 or 2 embryos no more, he left the 1 or 2 from a 2 day emrbyo (most clinics do 3-5 days) up to us and educated us about our odds. Some clinics will go right to placing 3 or even 4 if thye say quality is not good and that can be a 3-5 day embryo (older = better odds implanting) but even class C embros have a good chance.
Anyway this is me going on but you can find IVF cheaper you just have to shop and maybe travel a bit.
As far as quality and number go yes it will reduce it but take for instance me I retrieved 25 eggs, 22 were good, they would do ICSI so that they would all fertilize, say 2 were not successfully fertilized, I would have had 20 left, now they have to grow them out to 5 days to do the PGD, say 8 make it that far leaving the biggest strongest with best chance success with 'the' odds you would have 25% with CF thus you would still now have 6 embryos left that are healthy 5 day or blast stage and CF free. Now this would be a really good result but I am just giving examples. It only takes one <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> I even cycled wiht a woman with exactly that fear, she truly only got one, looked so so quality and she had a baby! The later in the game it is 5 day etc the worse they freeze and then unthaw for a frozen embryo transfer later but it still works so its not as if they 'go to waste' they are just waiting for you later. Now this is another sticky situation ethically because I now have 11 'frozens' and am praying to be able to use them all or find a willing adoptee but who wants CF carrier embryos?
Anyway this is me going on but you can find IVF cheaper you just have to shop and maybe travel a bit.
As far as quality and number go yes it will reduce it but take for instance me I retrieved 25 eggs, 22 were good, they would do ICSI so that they would all fertilize, say 2 were not successfully fertilized, I would have had 20 left, now they have to grow them out to 5 days to do the PGD, say 8 make it that far leaving the biggest strongest with best chance success with 'the' odds you would have 25% with CF thus you would still now have 6 embryos left that are healthy 5 day or blast stage and CF free. Now this would be a really good result but I am just giving examples. It only takes one <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> I even cycled wiht a woman with exactly that fear, she truly only got one, looked so so quality and she had a baby! The later in the game it is 5 day etc the worse they freeze and then unthaw for a frozen embryo transfer later but it still works so its not as if they 'go to waste' they are just waiting for you later. Now this is another sticky situation ethically because I now have 11 'frozens' and am praying to be able to use them all or find a willing adoptee but who wants CF carrier embryos?