Pre Genetic Diagnosis: Can we have a genetically healthy baby? Pre genetic diagnosis( PGD ) is an advanced technique in IVF /ICSI treatment. It basically involves taking biopsy from the embryo generated by IVF and testing it for a specific genetic disease. It is done in those couples where the husband or wife is suffering from a genetic disease that can be transmitted to their newborn child. PGD involves IVF OR ICSI procedure. To prepare the patient for IVF or ICSI injections are given to the mother to produce multiple eggs in the ovary. The eggs are taken out in the OT by a procedure called Ovum Pick up, done under General Anaesthesia and ultrasound guidance. It is a painless, Daycare procedure which involves no cut or stitch. Each egg is then injected with sperm ( known as ICSI procedure ). The embryos are then made inside the laboratory and biopsy is done on the embryos to obtain a cell which is then sent for genetic analysis. This is known as PGD ( pre genetic diagnosis). Bio