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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ad the daughter of a schizophrenic mother, most definitely NO...that said, I fell pregnant in my early 20s and have 2 daughters...one seems depressed and the other anxious...it kills me that I brought this upon them... I have since neutered myself so there will be  no more.
i wish I could just make the 3 of us not alive...not suicidal, but more hoping that we were never born.[/quote]

I disagree. Genetic screening technology is getting better everyday there are company’s that offer polygenic embryo screening to reduce the risk that your children will have mental illnesses now. Assuming one of the parent has schizophrenia, you can reduce your kids risk of getting schizophrenia by 40% (on average) if you pick the best out of 5 embryos. The average risk reduction is 52% for best out of 10 embryos and 60% for best out of 20 embryos. As long as you can afford to do IVF and genetic screening, a family history of mental illnesses should not be a a deterrent. My spouse has a hereditary genetic disease and we are very fortunate to have beautiful children that don’t have this disease thanks to IVF and PGD. We were fortunate to be able to afford this procedure out of pocket. However, many people cannot and insurance often refuses to pay for IVF if people are requesting due to the risk of passing on a genetic disease to your kids.  [/quote]

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