Do I need genetic testing?
Genetic counseling and testing is generally considered if:
- You and your partner are over 35
- You have had a previous child with a disorder
- You and your partner are related
- You are of African-American, Jewish or Italian-American descent
- Any of these conditions happened in either of your families:
- Cystic fibrosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Downs Syndrome
- Liver or kidney disease
- Heart defects
- Epilepsy
- Abornalmities of the limbs
Neural tube defects
- You have had repeated miscarriages
