About Us

Unlike most couples, our IVF journey began as early as I was a teenager. I was diagnosed with a dominant genetic disorder, meaning that there will be a 50% chance of passing it onto the next generation in each natural pregnancy. Through a blood test, a molecular investigation was performed and the exact point of mutation was detected.  Through genetic councelling, I was told that I have a few options of having children in the future: 

 

1. Try to conceive naturally and perform Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) or amniocentesis whenever appropriate. I can opt for an abortion if the fetus turns out to be affected.​

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2. Go for IVF with pre-implantation genetic testing. 

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3. Adoption. 

 

Just a bit of background information, typically CVS is performed at 11 to 14 weeks of gestation, whereas amniocentesis at 16-20 weeks. It takes around 4 weeks for a full report, and this is what is needed to see if the fetus is affected or not. Depending on the position of the fetus and other clinical situations,  CVS may not always be able to be performed, meaning that I stand a chance of having amniocentesis done at week 20 and aborting just before week 24.  

 

At the beginning, we wanted to try Option 1 to avoid taking a large amount of injections as well as spending a lot of our savings on the treatment. However, the idea of having a 50% chance of abortion so long into the pregnancy was what made us make our first appointment with the IVF Specialist.