Genetic Counseling
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Genetic Counseling
I am wondering if anyone out there has any experience with genetic counseling. I would very much like to have a baby after getting married to my boyfriend, but I am afraid of what genes might be passed on! This is what the situation looks like. What do you all think?
My family:
Father-alcoholic, anxiety
Mother-depression, ADD, past adderall abuse
Me-Anxiety but mostly "normal"
Sister 1- depression/anxiety/alcohol abuse
Sister 2- Anxiety but mostly "normal", alcohol abuse
Sister 3- Borderline PD, bulemia, alcoholic, cutter, depression, anxiety
Brother: Mostly "normal"
Grandparents: 1 alcoholic
His family:
Him: Bipolar, alcoholic
Father/Mother: unsure, but not "normal"
The good news is we are mostly smart and physically healthy. No cancer, etc., in the family....Sometimes I feel like it's one or the other!
My family:
Father-alcoholic, anxiety
Mother-depression, ADD, past adderall abuse
Me-Anxiety but mostly "normal"
Sister 1- depression/anxiety/alcohol abuse
Sister 2- Anxiety but mostly "normal", alcohol abuse
Sister 3- Borderline PD, bulemia, alcoholic, cutter, depression, anxiety
Brother: Mostly "normal"
Grandparents: 1 alcoholic
His family:
Him: Bipolar, alcoholic
Father/Mother: unsure, but not "normal"
The good news is we are mostly smart and physically healthy. No cancer, etc., in the family....Sometimes I feel like it's one or the other!
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Location: Rhode Island
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Well, to be honest, I wouldn't want to know.
'Course, I wouldn't want to know the sex of the fetus if I were pregnant either.
It's just not "natural."
And besides that, what are you going to do about the results, anyway?
Also, recall that genetic testing *can* be used against you in an insurance company claim, too! :nono:
Nope, let me be blissfully ignorant.
Shalom!
'Course, I wouldn't want to know the sex of the fetus if I were pregnant either.
It's just not "natural."
And besides that, what are you going to do about the results, anyway?
Also, recall that genetic testing *can* be used against you in an insurance company claim, too! :nono:
Nope, let me be blissfully ignorant.
Shalom!
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