Ginger,
If the tissue is female I guess they are afraid that they got YOUR tissue instead of the embryo. If the tissue is male then it is definitely an embryo and not yours. Therefore, often times when they do genetic analysis (like cvs) and they ask for mother's genetic material to make sure that two samples are different.
Ok so this is a little off topic from the original question posted but since I do not know hardly anything about what the meanings of the genetic testing results I read a little. My understanding is that with most of the outcomes are an isolated occurance, is this correct?? If I had several MC's they wouldn't all be for the same reasons? And it was mentioned that if it was a female embryo that chromosome analysis is not possible and they recommend genetic testing for the parent (which I have had and it was fine) so why cant they do a chromosome analysis on a female embryo?? And then like mentioned above we may it ever know why this happened.
So if a single persons MC can vary this greatly how the heck do you pin point the issues to correct the problem? I'm so confused!
Oh and Ecologic I didn't mean to skip your post. I live about 3 hours from the Mexico border but no it wouldn't be something my husband would go for. He only trusts this RE, we've been to so many places before we felt comfortable and so far he hasn't done us wrong, he's been successful with us twice, now I've got to stop loosing these precious babies.
I am glad, that stuff can have nasty side-effects.
Yeah we don't do the Lupron protocols. RE likes to do as close to a natural cycle as possible. I wouldn't want to do a Lupron protocol.
I understand how you feel, myfamily is the same way.
Don't let them stop you from achieving your dream though.
By the way, change in ivf protocol can make a difference in terms of quality / quantity you get per cycle. I know that women who switched to protocols w/o Lupron got better results.