Pgt testing + genetic carrier bloodwork

Having our setup/testing appt next week finally for our first and hopefully only ivf round. Was originally planning on doing the genetic carrier testing pre-retrieval and we’re also doing pgt testing - did others do both or just embryo testing? I’m only hesitant because they say the carrier screening can take up to 3 weeks and could delay the retrieval another month (and we have no known generic deceases in our families) and we’d both have to be carriers to make it a concern..but on the other hand would we regret not doing it for peace of mind 🤷🏻‍♀️ TYIA
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What I’ve learned throughout this journey of IVF is that you will find yourself making these decisions time and time again of do I delay or do I prefer piece of mind… on my end I always opted for piece of mind and once I made the decision it was easier to be ok with waiting a bit longer, this all requires a LOT of patience, good luck!!!

@Carmen thanks that’s what I was leaning toward too especially because that’s my hubby’s main fear about TTC at our age - possibly risking an unhealthy baby with a disorder of some kind - it’s frustrating though since the process has been slow to get started I’m more than ready to get the retrieval done!

I completely understand, if it helps one of my first delays was that I needed to get my chickenpox vaccine because I didn’t have immunity anymore and cried when I learned I had to wait another month or so… so the feeling is very understandable - now I’ve built up more patience but still struggle when there’s something that delays a step in the process

We did both (and extra genetic testing for a genetic issue that I have). You won’t regret waiting an extra month if it could potentially tell you about an issue you didn’t know about!

@IRD thanks the waiting is hard but I think you’re right

My husband and I did genetic testing and though it delayed us, we found we do have a recessive gene match. I’m so happy we did the testing, it was worth the delay 🩷 It’s so difficult to have to make all these heavy decisions that can hold so much weight. But asl always, do what feels right to you. Best of luck

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