Singapore couples trying to conceive hope for more financial help
Over 430 have signed petition seeking some govt support for key pre-IVF genetic test
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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.
