exp:ifelse and playa conditionals

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Using this code in an embed, passing the father entry_id as {embed:myentryid}
This works natively but as soon as I add ifelse, it breaks
Could stash value of playa conditionals but rather avoid it if possible

Have tried multiple ways of quoting things

{if "{exp:playa:total_children entry_id='{embed:myentryid}' channel='projects|news|pressreleases|documents' status='open'}" != "0"}
{if {exp:playa:total_children entry_id="{embed:myentryid}" channel="projects|news|pressreleases|documents" status="open"}}
etc.

-->

{exp:ifelse parse="inward"}

	{if "{exp:playa:total_children entry_id='{embed:myentryid}' channel='projects|news|pressreleases|documents' status='open'}" != "0"}

		<section class="box_section">
			<h1 class="box_title">More Information</h1>
			<p>Related information has been published.</p>
			<ul class="mediumlist">
				{if "{exp:playa:total_children entry_id='{embed:myentryid}' channel='projects' status='open'}" != "0"}
					<li><a href="{path='projects/related_projects/{embed:myentryid}'}">Related Projects</a></li>
				{/if}
				{if "{exp:playa:total_children entry_id='{embed:myentryid}' channel='news' status='open'}" != "0"}
					<li><a href="{path='news_press/related_news/{embed:myentryid}'}">Related News</a></li>
				{/if}
			</ul>
		</section>

	{if:else}

		{exp:channel:entries disable="categories|category_fields|member_data|pagination|trackbacks" entry_id="{embed:myentryid}" status="open" dynamic="no"}

			{if channel_short_name == "pressreleases"}
				{!-- low variable --}
				{lv_sidebar_pressofficer}
			{if:else}
				{!-- low variable --}
				{lv_sidebar_getintouch}
			{/if}

		{/exp:channel:entries}

	{/if}

{/exp:ifelse}