Hi. I spend most of my time over on the Colorado board and am relatively new to this thread. I was just wondering if there is anyone at all in their 40s with a balanced translocation who has gotten pregnant or who is still trying to get pregnant.
Quick background: I'm 42 and have a Robertsonian translocation (13;14). I've had 2 m/c (both natural and both due to the transloc) and am in the midst of my 6th IVF cycle. The first 3 cycles were done locally with PGD on 12 chromosomes (bad idea...no normals and in retrospect worried about false positives).
The last 3 cycles were at CCRM -- the first two of which involved PGD on just the two chromosomes...the current one will be CGH via polar body biopsy.
I have never heard of anyone this old getting pregnant with a translocation and actually haven't even come across anyone trying...and I'm starting to wonder if I'm just wasting time, money and emotions. 