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I think there was a recent post on the blog about genetic counseling. Are you going to do IVF with PGD to get around your carrier status? In our testing leading up to IVF we found out that DH was a carrier for Canavan but it wasn't enough to need PGD (which was fortunate for us in the end because I didn't have a lot of embryos to work with). From what I've heard, with PGD once the embryos reach a multi-cell stage they remove a cell from each embryo and test it for abnormalities and then only consider the normal embryos for transfer. If you have questions about the IVF process there are several ladies on the infertility board who are either currently going or have recently gone through the process and can tell you about it!

I did genetic counseling a few weeks ago, and I'm waiting for my blood work back so I'm not sure if I am a carrier for anything, but I was tested for the Jewish panel. I'm not sure if your appointment will be similar to mine, because you already know you have a condition, but my appointment was basically answering a lot of questions about our family history and then discussing the risks. We also discussed the effect of other medical issues briefly (there are a few auto immune diseases at play) but they were not really relevant to the generic counselor. He will likely only advise you about the genetic condition and not the other medical issues.

It sounds to me like you likely should make a separate appointment with an ob who is experienced in high risk to discuss the other medical issues and any impact they may have, but I would wait and see what happens at the appointment on Monday so the ob can take into account what the genetic counselor says as well. Good luck!!

No IVF experience but my doctor may send us out to a geneticist when it can be arranged (we live in the mide of nowhere and there is a chance I could be a carrier for hemophilia). Thinking of you!

We did genetic counseling and it was extremely informative. We were so glad to have done it and when they calculated our probabilities, we opted not to do further testing on us.