67) THE GENETIC TEST RESULT THAT ALMOST ENDED OUR SURROGACY JOURNEY BEFORE IT STARTED

There is a moment in almost every surrogacy journey where something arrives that nobody warned you about. A result. A number. A conversation with a doctor that reframes everything you thought you understood about what comes next.For Julio and Richard, that moment came from genetic testing.Dr. Lauren Garrett joins IVF Daddies to explain what that moment actually means medically, what your options are when it arrives, and why the families who understand genetic testing before they need it are the ones who make clearer decisions when the stakes are highest.What this episode covers:Why preconception genetic testing is one of the most underutilized tools in IVF and surrogacy and what it costs emotionally and financially when families skip it and find out later.What expanded carrier screening actually looks for and why a result that sounds alarming is frequently not the verdict it appears to be without context.How pre-implantation genetic testing works, what it can tell you about an embryo before transfer, and what it genuinely cannot tell you that some clinics imply it can.The truth about mosaic embryos. Why a mosaic result is not automatically a reason to discard an embryo and why the conversation around them inside fertility medicine is more nuanced than most patients are told.Why the same genetic result can mean completely different things depending on which gene is involved, which condition it relates to, and what the actual transmission risk is.What non-invasive genetic testing looks like and why the next five years in this field are going to change how embryo selection decisions are made.The question every IVF patient should ask before transfer that most never think to ask.One result almost stopped everything.Understanding it changed everything instead.CHAPTERS00:00 Introduction to Genetics in Fertility02:55 Understanding Preconception Genetic Testing05:45 Embryo Testing: Techniques and Implications08:45 Pre-implantation Genetic Testing Explained11:26 The Future of Genetic Testing in FertilityListening in a browser? Open this in the Spotify app and hit follow. That is the only way Spotify tells you when new episodes land. No clinic deals. No referral fees. No false hope. IVF Daddies is the independent reference system for IVF, surrogacy and egg donation.