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Unlike IVF which is subsidised for Singaporeans, the cost of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis procedures is entirely borne by the couple.
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SINGAPORE - Over the last three years, Vanessa and Jerome (not their real names) have been trying to have a baby but a genetic condition has made it near impossible.
The Singaporean couple, who were married in 2015, found out three years later that Jerome, 33, is a carrier of balanced translocation, a condition which results in an unusual rearrangement of chromosomes. While someone with this condition usually has no health problems, it increases the risk of a miscarriage.
