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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes and yes. It was offered by my OB when I went in for preconception counseling. It tested for like 500 recessive genes. I think it was the Counsyl test.

One thing to be aware of - most people are carriers for a couple. That is NBD. Assuming that’s how your test results come back, they just do the same test for your husband, and as long as he isn’t a carrier for the same ones, you’re fine. [/quote]

This is mostly true. There are some conditions that can be passed down with matching with both parents (this is called x-linked recessive inheritance).

I know this because we did genetic testing, didn’t match on anything, and my son has an x-linked inherited condition. I did pop up as a carrier for this in the testing, but his condition is so rare that the genetic counselors didn’t realize that my husband and I didn’t need to match for it to be inherited. There are other x-linked conditions that are more well-known and the counselors will catch if they arise. [/quote]

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