Wessex Fertility - Consultation Booklet

Couple Carrier Screening

For recipients of a donor:

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You will be matched with a different donor.

For couples using their own gametes to conceive:

• Conceive as planned and perform a prenatal test to see whether or not the pregnancy is affected. If it is, termination of pregnancy might be considered. • Consider preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and embryo selection, whereby only unaffected embryos are transferred in treatment. Please note PGD is not available at Wessex Fertility, and a referral would be made to pursue this. • Conceive as planned and accept the increased risk of having a child with a severe inherited condition. • Choose to use a donor. • No further treatment and exploring options of adoption.

Genetic support and implications counselling is available for patients if required.

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