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@LindsayInNY: Yep, those are pretty much the stats that I found, but nothing was specifically said about French Canadians. So I would trust what you found then. Still though, 1 in 27 is a 3.7% chance. Pretty low! When do you get his results?

@LindsayInNY: I'm good at passing on optimism when I see people needing it

@SweetiePie: Thanks! So far I like my RE office but it's been so basic and preliminary that who knows down the road...

Just wanted to join in a little. I have a balanced translocation between 13/14. This puts us at a less than 30% chance of making a baby with a trisomy which is "incompatible with life"-- but as I age (I'm under 30 still), our chances of creating a fetus with the trisomy go way up. It's an exponential curve. We've felt comfortable rolling the dice in the past and conceived totally healthy DS the old fashioned way. We fully expected/expect to experience miscarriages though going forward. It's because of the increased risks of passing on the gene, that I feel that it's too risky and too emotionally difficult to try to conceive naturally after I'm 30. If we still want to grow our family after that point (and we definitely want more), we'll either adopt or go for PGD + IVF. Probably adoption though. A friend of mine went through PGD + IVF and has had 3 children that way. Watching her go through it-- while very successful, obviously-- kind of convinced me that I'd rather adopt. I think for us, we're happy that we got one healthy bio kid, we don't feel the need to have more bio kids so strongly that we want to go through what our friends did. We haven't shut the door on PGD + IVF, it's still on the table though-- so I do want to hear how things go with everyone!

And-- if anyone plans to go through CVS, I'm happy to share my experience.