SPN Array - hope for recurrent IVF failure and miscarriage

[nothing2lose]

Anyone else see this?

Medical history made with embryo testing - Yahoo!7

[Andie78]

saw it on the news tonight, haven't looked in to it though. i got the impression it was similar to pgd? will have to google but could be one more thing to try...? xx

[myturn]

Just watched it... Interesting.... I'd be scared of losing all the embryos after the biopsy though...

Makes me a bit frustrated as how do you know which clinic is the best one for you... If they all do things differently

bet you it's $3500 on top of the regular fees though... Doesn't make that clear

[nothing2lose]

I wondered what the difference to PGD was...

I can guarantee it would be $3,500 on top Myturn

[minniemouse]

This popped up on my Facebook tonight, it sounded just the same as pgd (& that is $3500 extra) so it would be interesting to know how it differed

[myturn]

From what I read it tests for more than PGD.... And can compare to the parents genes to know where the chromosomal issues have come from....

[LionsandBears]

It's one form of PGD. We looked into it when we were considering IVF PGD. An SPN array looks a lot more possible common issues, such as deletions on chromosome "Z" or whatever. Other forms of PGD test for the basic chromosomes or for single gene issues or for both. There are cost differences between the different PGD's. From memory, I think SPN array testing is about $6500 on top of everything else. They do require blood samples from both parents for comparisons as well.

It means that when embryos are biopsied, they are frozen and the samples sent to the US for testing. Once results are known, the unaffected embryo/s are thawed for FET. Testing takes 2-3 weeks.