Hi ladies,
Had my EC and ICSI on Thursday - 18 collected, 15 mature, 14 fertilised. We're delighted! Readying myself for a D5 transfer on Tuesday morn. I'm thinking (hoping?) that it's fairly likely we're going to have some embryos left over to freeze and I'm currently thinking that if we have more than 3 or 4 good quality blasts to freeze, we'd use PGS-A on them. The lab will call with a day 3 update tomorrow and that's when we need to decide. I'm 31yo next week, DH is 35, and we've never managed to get pregnant so we're not obvious candidates for PGS.
I'm scientifically fascinated by the whole process and it makes total sense to check for euploid embryos and transfer these. However, I know it's controversial and some fertility specialists advise against it as there are concerns around mosaicism and throwing good embryos away. Some people think that big clinical trials need to be published before it's widely adopted. Others think it's just a matter of time before those trials are published and it shouldn't stop people doing it now.
When I asked my consultant a month or so ago, he was like "yeah sure, sounds sensible" and didn't say much more. I'm just not sure and will spend this evening trawling through the literature... but am leaning towards testing if we have more than 3 left over to freeze.
We've had only a fraction of the heartbreak that many on here have faced but we're obviously just keen to do what we can to reduce the risk of future CPs, MCs etc especially I've got a unicornuate uterus so any pregnancy will be quite high risk for losses and other complications for anatomical reasons.
Wondering if anyone else has had this dilemma? Or if anyone agrees/disagrees? The testing would be half price (a very welcome work perk) so the money is slightly less relevant than it would ordinarily be!