Family Planning / Prenatal
Thank you for your interest in scheduling a genetic counseling appointment!
Carrier screening is important in family planning as it helps identify genetic conditions that can be passed on to children. While everyone has some genetic changes, carrier screening identifies if both you and your partner carry a DNA change for the same genetic disease. Partners that carry DNA changes for the same genetic disease are called “carrier couples”. Carrier couples have a higher chance of having a child with an inherited genetic disease.