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[quote=Anonymous]I think we must have the same genetic counselor!  We are in exactly the same situation (DD w/ genetic disorder that is de novo, and also that can only be picked up on microarray).    Our counselor told us the same thing, but couched it as an extremely rare occurrence and she said she was only telling us b/c she'd thought it never possible until she worked with a family where it actually happened.  I don't know what ART is, but she said if we were so worried about the possibility of recurrence, we could do pre-implantation diagnosis or something like that (where you do IVF and they take one cell from embryo).  Given that our DD's issue is de novo and the chance of recurrence is so rare, I don't think we will take that step.

However, she did tell us that although a typical CVS or amnio is more like a karotype test (looking for whole extra or missing chromosomes), because we know exactly what DD's deletion is, we can get a microarray done through CVS or amnio to look for DD's specific deletion in a second child.  I hope that brings some comfort to you, because it definitely did to us.  We also chose to do the saliva genetic test that screens for common genes to determine if we're carriers for other common genetic disorders like cystic fibrosis.  That brought some degree of comfort.

Even though I know there are many things we can do to control risk (doing the saliva test, doing CVS to test for major issues and for DD's specific issue, eating right during pregnancy), I know that if we decide to have a second, there will be a bit of a leap of faith, b/c as PP said, you can't test for things like autism.  It's scary and I have no idea yet whether we'll jump in the pool or not!  Good luck.[/quote]

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