When childbearing is delayed, some couples resort to the ICSI process, and the goal is to achieve their desire to have a child bearing the characteristics of each of them.
On this, the report published on the websiteverywellfamily– “The genetic examination of embryos is one of the good tricks when performing the ICSI process. Its role is to determine if these embryos have abnormal characteristics or bad chromosomes, and in this case they are not transferred to the uterus, because they may suffer from a disability at birth.
The report pointed out that some doctors recommend the process of artificial insemination, because it is one of the good tricks for delaying childbearing due to the selection of good sperm and the exclusion of abnormal, during which the good sperm is placed inside the uterus, and therefore the birth of a child with problems is not widespread in this case.
This also happens in ICSI, but after the egg attaches to the sperm and the formation of an embryo. Therefore, genetic testing of embryos reduces the chances of a handicapped child being born.
The report emphasized that there are some pros and cons of genetic testing of fetuses, which are:
Advantages of genetic testing of fetuses:
Reducing the chances of children getting any genetic diseases, because examining embryos helps to detect them quickly and clearly.
Disadvantages of genetic testing of fetuses:
A lot of money is spent for genetic testing of fetuses, and this is expensive.