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Went for a scan at 10+5 and consultant immediately recognized 5mm cystic hygroma and 13mm enlarged bladder. Did CVS testing and awaiting results. She mentioned this is often indicative of trisomy but of course wouldn’t be able to diagnose on scan alone.

I am so devastated. We had transferred a PGT normal embryo so I naively assumed we were in the clear for common chromosomal conditions. This is our third transfer: first failed to implant; second never properly developed past 5 weeks; and now this.

I don’t know where to go from here. I live in Ireland where the cut-off for voluntary tfmr is 12 weeks (with a 3-day waiting period), which means I’d have to make a decision in the next 4 days max. After this cut-off, two doctors would need confirm the mother’s health is at risk or the baby wouldn’t live more than 28 days after birth.

I know I don’t have the mental strength to carry a very much-wanted but unviable baby longer than necessary. I’m scared of the options I’ll have available to me, unsure of when I need to make a call, and terrified of what this could mean for our remaining three embryos.

Also when I asked my IVF clinic doctor what he’d recommend considering two euploid embryos have failed, he suggested to just “try again.”

Went for a scan at 10+5 and consultant immediately recognized 5mm cystic hygroma and 13mm enlarged bladder. Booked in follow up CVS testing and awaiting results. She mentioned this is often indicative of trisomy but of course wouldn’t be able to diagnose on scan alone.

I am so devastated. We had transferred a PGT normal embryo so I naively assumed we were in the clear for common chromosomal conditions. This is our third transfer: first failed to implant; second never properly developed past 5 weeks; and now this.

I don’t know where to go from here. We have three more tested embryos left but when I asked my IVF clinic doctor what he’d recommend considering two euploid embryos have failed, he suggested to just “try again.”