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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have gotten some good advice...the only thing I have to add is if you want genetic testing done for cystic fibrosis or any other specific disease, DONT just draw blood for cystic fibrosis by itself. Counsyl is MUCH cheaper and tests for 100 other genetically inherited diseases as well. This was an expensive mistake for me. Cystic fibrosis test alone cost me $400 AFTER arguing with the company while counsyl ended up being a $25 lab copay. [/quote]

Thanks - I will look into Counsyl. Is this kind of testing pretty typical? I've seen it recommended for older or high-risk moms, but I wasn't sure if younger first-time moms were having it done as well. Do you think it's recommended for a 31-32 year old first time mother, or could it just do more harm than good by making us worry unnecessarily? [/quote]

It's really your call. Counsyl will test for genetically inherited things like CF, Tay Sachs and a bunch of other things you've never heard of. These diseases can happen independent of mom's age, and they usually require both mom and dad to be carriers. Totally different than Down's Syndrome and other chromosomal problems. We ended up with infertility. Since I already knew my CF status (a common cause of infertility) from the labs my OB had run, we initially declined the Counsyl when it was offered to us at the RE because we didn't want the added stress of knowing if something else was wrong. But then I didn't respond as well to IVF as someone my age should have and RE wanted to rule out Fragile X premutation, which is part of the Counsyl test. At this point, I figured the news couldn't get any worse and I was curious about what diseases I was a carrier for so I did it. Two things ended up coming back but even with my carrier status, the odds of having an affected child with the disease were SO low (0.2% and 0.1%) that we chose not to test DH. So now that I'm actually pregnant it's nice knowing that if our baby is able to escape any of the major chromosomal problems that he/she will most likely escape the weird genetic syndromes too. Good luck![/quote]

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