Some super nosey, personal HT questions

[2boysJustOneGirl]

I love reading this thread ladies. I am in the process of deciding what route we will go and I must say this (and many other) discussion helps me decide. Truly I believe that NOTHING we do is a guarantee. On a good day like today I can say that I am just happy to be blessed with the two babies I have as I know many women do not even get a chance, ever.


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[Trike3]

Atomic and NBP: when choosing HT, what are the odds of an opposite? PGD is pretty much 100%?
Those that don't get their DG, are these Successful opposites, or do you mean unsecessful cycles?

[nuthinbutpink]

PGD is just about 100% of a guarantee of gender unless a human makes a mistake at some point. Human error is part of life and always a possibility but nothing to go into this worrying about.

[nuthinbutpink]

If you become a Dream Member, you'll have access to all the past cycle diaries. There's so much info in the private forums.

[atomic sagebrush]

Atomic and NBP: when choosing HT, what are the odds of an opposite? PGD is pretty much 100%?
Those that don't get their DG, are these Successful opposites, or do you mean unsecessful cycles?

Unsuccessful cycles...no eggs, no normals, none of their desired gender - OR in many cases, they are successful and then have a loss or series of them.

PGD is 100% barring any glaring mistakes on the part of the clinic and honestly that really just doesn't happen in reputable places.

[lemonade]

I've always wondered, if a cycle is unsuccessful in that there are no transfers, is it less expensive than if there was a transfer? If so, by how much?

I can imagine the greatest devastation of all would be to have a successful transfer with BFP only to have a miscarriage. All that money, all that hope built up, all for nothing. Having had 3 miscarriages myself I already know how awful they are, but to have one after spending such a huge amount of money would probably wreck me. I would be tempted to transfer 2 for that very reason. I think I'd prefer the risk of twins to losing an HT baby.

[nuthinbutpink]

You pay the majority of the entire fee before ER. Once you are past ER, you are really all in. Transfer is only a few hundred dollars so you are basically out the entire thing with a NT.

I would recommend transferring one at a time because IF you lose one, you will likely lose both and you may waste a perfectly good embryo if a bad one decides not to stick around!

[Trike3]

If you become a Dream Member, you'll have access to all the past cycle diaries. There's so much info in the private forums.

What's a "cycle diary"?

[nuthinbutpink]

What's a "cycle diary"?

It's in the member section. Each cycler starts a sticky(thread) and we do unbent the entire cycle. There are hundreds in there now.

[atomic sagebrush]

lemonade, straight truth is that twins are so much more likely to end unhappily that you are actually better off transferring one. We have had more than a few twins on here and the vast majority did not have a happy ending. eVen those conceived naturally.

Somewhere out there is a study that shows this - does anyone know where that is? Better odds of coming away with a baby when embryos are transferred one at a time.