I just submitted our paperwork for PGS testing: Preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) for aneuploidy is a powerful genetic test that may be performed on embryos during IVF treatment to screen for numerical chromosomal abnormalities. PGS is performed on a small embryo biopsy prior to transfer and identifies which embryos are chromosomally normal. (Thanks random website)
Because our first cycle ended in a chemical pregnancy and our other 7 embryos didn't make it to freeze our RE has suggested PGS testing, which we are going to move forward with. Typically embryos are biopsied, frozen, and then a frozen embryo transfer (FET) is scheduled for after the testing is complete.
In our case it would be two cycles after the retrieval, so retrieval in December, transfer in February. Our RE did give us the option of also doing a fresh transfer IF we have a good number of embryos. While the logical side of me know the benefits of PGS and doing an FET, my heart wants a fresh transfer so bad. I hate all the waiting and waiting and waiting and feeling like everyone else in the world is miles ahead of us and we're left behind in the dust. My hope is that we get a good number of embryos, can do a fresh transfer, send the rest for testing and freezing, get pregnant from the fresh transfer, and can then use the little frozen embryos a few years down the line for a second pregnancy. But I'm afraid of getting my hopes up! Of being crushed if we don't have many embryos and send them all for testing. Of being crushed if a fresh transfer ends in no pregnancy or chemical pregnancy.
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