{"id":94,"date":"2026-09-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopeivfcare.com\/genetic-testing-and-pgt-a-plain-language-guide\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T12:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T12:45:44","slug":"genetic-testing-and-pgt-a-plain-language-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopeivfcare.com\/en\/genetic-testing-and-pgt-a-plain-language-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Genetic Testing and PGT: A Plain-Language Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Genetic testing can play a valuable role in fertility care. It can help some people understand inherited risks and make informed decisions about treatment. Here is a plain-language overview of the most common options.<\/p>\n<h2>Carrier screening<\/h2>\n<p>Carrier screening is a blood or saliva test that checks whether you carry a gene change linked to certain inherited conditions. Carriers are usually healthy, but if both partners carry a change in the same gene, there may be a chance of passing the condition to a child.<\/p>\n<h2>Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT)<\/h2>\n<p>PGT is used during IVF. A few cells are taken from each embryo and tested before transfer. There are different types:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PGT-M<\/strong> tests for a specific inherited condition known to be present in the family.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PGT-SR<\/strong> looks for structural changes in chromosomes, such as translocations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PGT-A<\/strong> screens embryos for an abnormal number of chromosomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Genetic counselling<\/h2>\n<p>Genetic counselling helps you understand what a test can and cannot tell you, what the results might mean, and the choices available to you. We recommend counselling before and after any genetic test.<\/p>\n<h2>Is genetic testing right for me?<\/h2>\n<p>Not everyone needs genetic testing. It may be worth discussing if you have a family history of an inherited condition, have experienced recurrent pregnancy loss, or have had several unsuccessful IVF cycles.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Genetic testing gives information, not certainty. Good counselling makes sure that information is useful to you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This article is for general information only and does not replace individual medical advice. Please speak with your specialist about your own circumstances.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carrier screening, preimplantation genetic testing and genetic counselling \u2014 what they are and who might consider them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeivfcare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeivfcare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeivfcare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeivfcare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeivfcare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hopeivfcare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"https:\/\/hopeivfcare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeivfcare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeivfcare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeivfcare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeivfcare.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}