Building your family

Genetic counselor helps you be your own advocate


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Amber Gamma is the lead genetic counselor for IVI RMA and the incoming Chair for the Genetics Professional Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. She is the perfect person to tell us how to understand genetics when using donor conception to have a child.

There is so much to know, and so much you can do to increase the odds of having a healthy child.  Amber walks us through many issues to consider when using donor conception to build your family.  Here are a few:

• What to do when your clinic does not have an in-house genetic counselor

• How to understand dominant and recessive carrier screening
• The importance of weighing genetic risk with a known donor
• Information to consider when you are matching your genetics with your donors’ genetics
• Why it is helpful to continue to attempt to get medical information from your donor or related relatives over time

To learn about these subjects, and more, tune into this episode. Whether you are choosing a donor, or have already used donor conception to build your family, you will be glad you did.

Xo

 

 

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