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QU31 · 08-22-2007, 09:47 AM

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!

historyteach · 08-22-2007, 05:56 PM

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!

barb dwyer · 08-23-2007, 05:30 AM

yeeks. I'm with 'Teach.

08-22-2007, 09:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
QU31 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 112	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!

08-22-2007, 05:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
historyteach To Life! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 9,303	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! __________________ IMAGINE

08-23-2007, 05:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	yeeks. I'm with 'Teach. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.

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