PGT at Reproductive Health and Wellness Center
You’ve begun your Infertility journey. You’ve gone to doctors appointments, budgeted infertility costs and found the perfect clinic and fertility specialist doctor for you. You’re ready to start IVF treatment, and are excited to take another step toward building your family and starting your future.
Keeping track of all the different parts of IVF treatment can be mind boggling. From fertility medication, to doctors visits, to sperm and egg collection or donations, it can seem like a lot. But each step is very important to your fertility journey, and helps bring you that much closer to your baby-to-be.
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PGT Overview
Thankfully, detecting these abnormalities with PGT can reduce the risk of an unsuccessful pregnancy by catching them before an embryo is implanted. As a result, doctors can be sure that only embryos that are healthy and free of defects at the time of implantation are used to help you get pregnant.
When working with your doctor to make sure you’re both doing everything you can to have the best chances of success with IVF, you may be recommended PGT as a part of your IVF cycle.
PGT, or Preimplantation Genetic Testing, is used to screen an embryo for possible genetic or chromosomal disorders and defects that could negatively impact pregnancy. If an embryo does have abnormalities, the body could reject it, or a pregnancy could end in miscarriage down the line, a devastating result for parents who have been facing infertility struggles.
PGT Overview
Thankfully, detecting these abnormalities with PGT can reduce the risk of an unsuccessful pregnancy by catching them before an embryo is implanted. As a result, doctors can be sure that only embryos that are healthy and free of defects at the time of implantation are used to help you get pregnant.
When working with your doctor to make sure you’re both doing everything you can to have the best chances of success with IVF, you may be recommended PGT as a part of your IVF cycle.
PGT, or Preimplantation Genetic Testing, is used to screen an embryo for possible genetic or chromosomal disorders and defects that could negatively impact pregnancy. If an embryo does have abnormalities, the body could reject it, or a pregnancy could end in miscarriage down the line, a devastating result for parents who have been facing infertility struggles.
(PGT-A) Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy
These abnormalities in an embryo could be due to genetic diseases passed down from parent to child, or could be random mutations in an egg or sperm. PGT testing is done at the blastocyst stage, about day 5 of an embryo’s development after an egg has been fertilized in the lab.
Your fertility doctor gently takes just a few cells from the embryo (a harmless procedure to the embryo) and then tests their DNA to determine if there are any signs of abnormalities.
There are three types of PGT tests that your doctor may perform. These are PGT-A, PGT-SR, and PGT-M.
This could be passed down from the parents directly or through recessive conditions and may result in diseases like Huntington’s disease or cystic fibrosis.
(PGT-A) Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy
These abnormalities in an embryo could be due to genetic diseases passed down from parent to child, or could be random mutations in an egg or sperm. PGT testing is done at the blastocyst stage, about day 5 of an embryo’s development after an egg has been fertilized in the lab.
Your fertility doctor gently takes just a few cells from the embryo (a harmless procedure to the embryo) and then tests their DNA to determine if there are any signs of abnormalities.
There are three types of PGT tests that your doctor may perform. These are PGT-A, PGT-SR, and PGT-M.
This could be passed down from the parents directly or through recessive conditions and may result in diseases like Huntington’s disease or cystic fibrosis.
PGT-M - Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Monogenic/Single Gene Disorder
PGT-M - Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Monogenic/Single Gene Disorder
PGT-A looks for random abnormalities resulting in sudden mutations or poor egg or sperm quality. These have nothing to do with family history and are typically the abnormalities that result in conditions like Down’s syndrome or could result in the embryo not surviving.
PGT-SR looks for chromosomal abnormalities that are hereditary, meaning that they would be inherited from parents. These two tests can be done at the same time.
PGT-M is a separate test designed to find specific genetic changes that are usually the result of a single genes mutation.
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If a parent or donor is known to have a mutation associated with hereditary cancer syndrome, already has a child with a single gene disorder, carries an X-linked condition, or has an autosomal dominant condition, doctors usually recommend this test to ensure a successful pregnancy.
It has been shown that PGT can help increase the success rate of IVF in infertile couples and women over 35 who have had trouble getting or staying pregnant. At Fertility Finders, we want to help you take advantage of everything the fertility field has to offer so you can get pregnant fast and begin this new chapter in your life.
Those who are struggling with infertility and choose to take advantage of this advancement in fertility technology often have peace of mind that they are utilizing every tool in the scientific arsenal to give them the highest likelihood of successfully getting pregnant and having a healthy pregnancy and baby.
Gender Selection
If a parent or donor is known to have a mutation associated with hereditary cancer syndrome, already has a child with a single gene disorder, carries an X-linked condition, or has an autosomal dominant condition, doctors usually recommend this test to ensure a successful pregnancy.
It has been shown that PGT can help increase the success rate of IVF in infertile couples and women over 35 who have had trouble getting or staying pregnant. At Fertility Finders, we want to help you take advantage of everything the fertility field has to offer so you can get pregnant fast and begin this new chapter in your life.
Those who are struggling with infertility and choose to take advantage of this advancement in fertility technology often have peace of mind that they are utilizing every tool in the scientific arsenal to give them the highest likelihood of successfully getting pregnant and having a healthy pregnancy and baby.
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At Fertility Finders, we want to help you take advantage of everything the fertility field has to offer so you can get pregnant fast and begin this new chapter in your life.
We’re here to help you learn about every procedure, test, and tool that available to those struggling with infertility, and connect you with fertility specialists and clinics so you can start your fertility journey as soon as you’re ready.
Our experts are ready to advise you on infertility costs, payment plans, or IVF grants to ensure nothing holds you up while you work on building your family.
We’re always eager to answer questions you may have about infertility. You can always contact our fantstic team and we’ll waste no time getting you the information and care that you deserve.
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