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[quote=Anonymous]I think you should definitely to the Counsyl test, before TTC. I did it and found out I'm a carrier for an incredibly rare, but very serious disease (frequently fatal to the child and a very high maternal death rate) . Once I got this test result, my OB suggested my husband also be tested. Turns out he's also a carrier. That means any child of ours has a 25% of being born [u]with [/u]the disease (not just a carrier). No one in our families has had this, as far as we know. We'd never heard of it and had no reason to suspect. I would have had no idea this was a possibility without this knowledge.  And now we are armed with the information so that we can make decisions--and have plenty of time to make them and not be surprised at the last minute. There are genetic tests in utero that can detect the illness and we can make the decision to abort. Or we can go forward with the pregnancy but my doctors are armed with information that can help keep me alive while I try to carry full-term and help treat and care for the baby should it survive. Or we can think about going through IVF with PGS to create an embryo free of this disease. Why on earth wouldn't you want to have that information? It's a spit test. Most people probably don't get the news we did, but you never who whether it will be you.

In addition to the other things people have mentioned, you really should also do some investigating into all medicines you currently take and all products you are using. For example, it might surprise you to learn that the allergy pill or over-the-counter headache medicine or face cream you are using is something you should stop taking now, while you TTC. This forum has a lot of good info--run searches and read past posts. [/quote]

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