Category: General Health
Question: Good day please I want to enquire more about PGD I am AS and my partner is AS we got info that PGD helps to prevent having SS children Please I want to know how it works and how true and the cost
Answer: Hello 

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis PGD is a procedure that is performed during in vitro fertilisation IVF a form of assisted reproductive technology 

IVF is the process of fertilisation by extracting eggs from a woman and retrieving a sperm sample from the man and manually combining them to form an embryo babies develop from embryo The embryos is then transferred  implanted into the uterus of the mother 

With PGD the genetic makeup of each embryo can be determined before being transferred into the uterus of the woman during IVF therefore almost completely eliminating the risks of bearing a child with sickle cell Please note that PGD is not 100 accurate 

Other options are prenatal diagnosis which is usually done while the couple is already pregnant it involves selective abortion of affected pregnancies And is significantly cheaper 

Cost of the procedure differs based on location centre and health status of the couple However it is said to be in the millions or Naira 

Speak to your primary physician or gynaecologist if you would like to consider this 

For more information on centres that offer this procedure and appointment bookings kindly fill this form  httpswellvishealthtypeformcomtoWAPmQe

Good luck