To our knowledge, this is the largest GS series published. We have included many details regarding not only the medical protocol but also the counseling and legal considerations, which are an inseparable part of the process. Data from this study can be included in discussions with future intended parents and gestational carriers regarding success rates and complications of GS.

Human oocytes progressively develop the ability for full activation and normal development during the MII arrest stage.

The frequency of multinucleation is high in human embryos cultured in vitro and equally affects euploid and aneuploid human embryos. It appears that most MN embryos have the capacity for self-correction during early cleavage divisions and can develop into euploid blastocysts resulting in healthy babies.