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Hello everyone. I wanted to let you all know how our In Vitro with

Pre Implantation Genetic Diagnosis is going. Our 2.5yr old son has

CF and my dh and I decided that we didn't want another child to

suffer so we chose to use modern technology. I had 13 eggs retreived

from my HUGE (ie painful) ovaries yesterday. YAY! More than we had

thought. Now the genetic testing team is testing the eggs for my CF

mutation (Delta F508) and if they don't find it, they will then test

the 3 day old embryo for other problems (Down's, trisomy, gender,

etc). If they do find my CF mutation, they will test the 3 day

embryo for my husband's mutation. Either way, we will know for sure

about CF but about half of the them we will know about other

chromosomal problems. We have to wait 5 days for results and to see

how many embryos survive. Statistically, only 20-30% of embryos

survive 5 days in a petri dish. We just hope we have some healthy

ones to put back in me and maybe freeze some others. This technology

is amazing and we hope it helps us have a healthy, CF free baby (or

two!).

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This is very cool. I know there are some people who say this is a bad

thing, but they have never had to take care of a child with a life

threatening illness. This is only one means to start to eradicate this

terrible disease.

Tina W., mother of 17yoa wcf

In Vitro update

Hello everyone. I wanted to let you all know how our In Vitro with

Pre Implantation Genetic Diagnosis is going. Our 2.5yr old son has

CF and my dh and I decided that we didn't want another child to

suffer so we chose to use modern technology. I had 13 eggs retreived

from my HUGE (ie painful) ovaries yesterday. YAY! More than we had

thought. Now the genetic testing team is testing the eggs for my CF

mutation (Delta F508) and if they don't find it, they will then test

the 3 day old embryo for other problems (Down's, trisomy, gender,

etc). If they do find my CF mutation, they will test the 3 day

embryo for my husband's mutation. Either way, we will know for sure

about CF but about half of the them we will know about other

chromosomal problems. We have to wait 5 days for results and to see

how many embryos survive. Statistically, only 20-30% of embryos

survive 5 days in a petri dish. We just hope we have some healthy

ones to put back in me and maybe freeze some others. This technology

is amazing and we hope it helps us have a healthy, CF free baby (or

two!).

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I had only 6 eggs when we did it. Didn't hurt though as I was asleep

when they retrieved them, were you?

(Australia)

In Vitro update

Hello everyone. I wanted to let you all know how our In Vitro with

Pre Implantation Genetic Diagnosis is going. Our 2.5yr old son has

CF and my dh and I decided that we didn't want another child to

suffer so we chose to use modern technology. I had 13 eggs retreived

from my HUGE (ie painful) ovaries yesterday. YAY! More than we had

thought. Now the genetic testing team is testing the eggs for my CF

mutation (Delta F508) and if they don't find it, they will then test

the 3 day old embryo for other problems (Down's, trisomy, gender,

etc). If they do find my CF mutation, they will test the 3 day

embryo for my husband's mutation. Either way, we will know for sure

about CF but about half of the them we will know about other

chromosomal problems. We have to wait 5 days for results and to see

how many embryos survive. Statistically, only 20-30% of embryos

survive 5 days in a petri dish. We just hope we have some healthy

ones to put back in me and maybe freeze some others. This technology

is amazing and we hope it helps us have a healthy, CF free baby (or

two!).

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I was pretty much asleep after they put in the ultrasound wand but I

am in a lot of pain now--hurts to laugh and sneeze. Did the PGD end

up working for you?

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> I had only 6 eggs when we did it. Didn't hurt though as I was

asleep

> when they retrieved them, were you?

>

> (Australia)

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> In Vitro update

>

>

> Hello everyone. I wanted to let you all know how our In Vitro with

> Pre Implantation Genetic Diagnosis is going. Our 2.5yr old son has

> CF and my dh and I decided that we didn't want another child to

> suffer so we chose to use modern technology. I had 13 eggs

retreived

> from my HUGE (ie painful) ovaries yesterday. YAY! More than we

had

> thought. Now the genetic testing team is testing the eggs for my

CF

> mutation (Delta F508) and if they don't find it, they will then

test

> the 3 day old embryo for other problems (Down's, trisomy, gender,

> etc). If they do find my CF mutation, they will test the 3 day

> embryo for my husband's mutation. Either way, we will know for

sure

> about CF but about half of the them we will know about other

> chromosomal problems. We have to wait 5 days for results and to

see

> how many embryos survive. Statistically, only 20-30% of embryos

> survive 5 days in a petri dish. We just hope we have some healthy

> ones to put back in me and maybe freeze some others. This

technology

> is amazing and we hope it helps us have a healthy, CF free baby (or

> two!).

>

>

>

>

>

>

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I am looking forward to hearing how this goes--such unbelievable things

technology can do now! My thoughts and prayers will be with you and your

family.

S., mom to Cody (7, pwcf, nissen for severe reflux, malnutrition,

ADHD), DJ (9, nocf, asthma, ADD), and a (14, nocf, ADHD)

In Vitro update

> Hello everyone. I wanted to let you all know how our In Vitro with

> Pre Implantation Genetic Diagnosis is going. Our 2.5yr old son has

> CF and my dh and I decided that we didn't want another child to

> suffer so we chose to use modern technology. I had 13 eggs retreived

> from my HUGE (ie painful) ovaries yesterday. YAY! More than we had

> thought. Now the genetic testing team is testing the eggs for my CF

> mutation (Delta F508) and if they don't find it, they will then test

> the 3 day old embryo for other problems (Down's, trisomy, gender,

> etc). If they do find my CF mutation, they will test the 3 day

> embryo for my husband's mutation. Either way, we will know for sure

> about CF but about half of the them we will know about other

> chromosomal problems. We have to wait 5 days for results and to see

> how many embryos survive. Statistically, only 20-30% of embryos

> survive 5 days in a petri dish. We just hope we have some healthy

> ones to put back in me and maybe freeze some others. This technology

> is amazing and we hope it helps us have a healthy, CF free baby (or

> two!).

>

>

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Out of the 6 eggs 3 had cf, two were carriers and 1 undetermined. So we

decided to use the carriers. But after they were defrosted they died.

So after all that we ended up with no usable embryos. The PGD

Specialist did say the embryos that had cf were the biggest and juiciest

he'd ever seen, which would have made them great to use except for the

cf of course. I wish you and your embryos the best of luck.

In Vitro update

>

>

> Hello everyone. I wanted to let you all know how our In Vitro with

> Pre Implantation Genetic Diagnosis is going. Our 2.5yr old son has

> CF and my dh and I decided that we didn't want another child to

> suffer so we chose to use modern technology. I had 13 eggs

retreived

> from my HUGE (ie painful) ovaries yesterday. YAY! More than we

had

> thought. Now the genetic testing team is testing the eggs for my

CF

> mutation (Delta F508) and if they don't find it, they will then

test

> the 3 day old embryo for other problems (Down's, trisomy, gender,

> etc). If they do find my CF mutation, they will test the 3 day

> embryo for my husband's mutation. Either way, we will know for

sure

> about CF but about half of the them we will know about other

> chromosomal problems. We have to wait 5 days for results and to

see

> how many embryos survive. Statistically, only 20-30% of embryos

> survive 5 days in a petri dish. We just hope we have some healthy

> ones to put back in me and maybe freeze some others. This

technology

> is amazing and we hope it helps us have a healthy, CF free baby (or

> two!).

>

>

>

>

>

>

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Keeping my fingers crossed and praying that you will get your special bundle

of happiness.

Jasmine, mommy to Jaycen, ivf. baby wcf

-- In Vitro update

Hello everyone. I wanted to let you all know how our In Vitro with

Pre Implantation Genetic Diagnosis is going. Our 2.5yr old son has

CF and my dh and I decided that we didn't want another child to

suffer so we chose to use modern technology. I had 13 eggs retreived

from my HUGE (ie painful) ovaries yesterday. YAY! More than we had

thought. Now the genetic testing team is testing the eggs for my CF

mutation (Delta F508) and if they don't find it, they will then test

the 3 day old embryo for other problems (Down's, trisomy, gender,

etc). If they do find my CF mutation, they will test the 3 day

embryo for my husband's mutation. Either way, we will know for sure

about CF but about half of the them we will know about other

chromosomal problems. We have to wait 5 days for results and to see

how many embryos survive. Statistically, only 20-30% of embryos

survive 5 days in a petri dish. We just hope we have some healthy

ones to put back in me and maybe freeze some others. This technology

is amazing and we hope it helps us have a healthy, CF free baby (or

two!).

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