Hi allpink. Welcome I am also in the UK and swaying blue so we have that in common. I qualify for Pgd in the UK but sadly its for a male dominant condition. What basically this means is after futher investigations the error is on the y genes therfor they will only help me have a girl through this method. Also, of course i have to pay as there currently no free ivf for people with children already. A basic ivf cycle in the uk will cost you £4000/5000 more if pgd is needed i got quoted £7000 all in.
I know this is not probably what you want to hear but I've done alot of reasearch on pgd in UK. Sadly since it was made illegal in 2004/2005 there's not alot you can do here. Some clinics have even refused to do the pre testing as if they know why your doing it they become "uncooperative". Sadly gs in the UK will be impossible to conceive your desired gender as unless its something which only affects girls (of which there are very very few conditions) they will simply screen the embryos and transfer whatever is healthy. Any request you make will be ignored and if anything you risk an opposite just for mentioning it. Not what you want to hear but I have a friend who works on assisted fertility and they can be pretty miffed with people requesting specific genders. What she told me alone made me realise that I'm better going abroad! I won't say more than that but I guess it depend who you get on the day.
The only other thing I can suggest is going through Dr Rainsbury in london. He acts as a middle man for Cyprus or Crete. He can do all your prenatal testing and prescribe drugs etc in the UK but obviously you stop have to go abroad for the egg retrieval and implantation. The cost is about £9000 through it could have changed.
Sorry I've not got better news but I'd rather you stay realistic. I have explored every avenue as I also did not want to be away from home with 3 kids and all the added expense. In the end after weighing things up we are doing a natural sway but i agree with the others if you can afford the usa would be your best bet and some clinics offers a shared risk package where you get some money back if it doesn't work etc
Good luck whatever you deceide to do xxxx