Ever had genetic testing done?

[Lorelei Lee]

Dh and I are both Jewish. When I was pregnant with our older child he was tested for Tay Sachs. He doesn't have the gene so there was no need to test me

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[Nennie]

My first son was stillborn due to one main condition, but he also had several other minor birth defects. CHOP recommended an autopsy, as well as genetic testing on DH and I.

Insurance covered everything, and fortunately the tests all came back fine. My son's condition was a fluke, and we were not in danger of having it happen again. (I went on to have 2 healthy boys!!!)

 

[keetmommy]

We have done lots of genetic testing on dd#2, she has something genetic...lots of genetic markers and every time something new comes up for testing we try it and hoping for an answer, we have never gotten one, we are seeing a new genetist in September and may look into whole genome test, but we need to discuss that more.
I also had BRAC testing after being diagnosed with breast cancer it was negative!

 

[tazdev3225]

I was years ago after my mother was diagnosed with Hemachromotosis. My test was free thanks to great insurance. I don't have it thankfully.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

Our fertility specialist wanted us to do it, but with our lousy insurance, there was a $700 copay. Sorry, we don't have that kind of money...

My mother has the Factor V Leiden gene for blood clotting (discovered years ago when she had a DVT and PE at age 49 "for no reason"). I tested negative for that particular gene, but "this does not rule out other mutations that promote blood clotting."

 

[EMom]

Not genetic testing related necessarily....but did they check for clotting disorders? If not have them do that. I had 3 miscarriages and it was determined I had clotting disorders, put me in blood thinners (lovenox injections), got pregnant again and carried full term (plus 11 days ! ).

Since our experience, I've heard from many others with same issue. PM me and I'll let you know which disorders I have if it helps. My friends hematologist jokes about his wall of "lovenox" babies...n

I have been tested for clotting disorders most of my life due to EXTREME bruising, and the results are always within normal range. Seriously, nearly every single dr. I've ever seen spots one of my big, bad bruises and instantly orders testing. Anyway, those tests came back normal. Back then, drs. put you on baby aspirin during IVF, but after seeing me black and blue, my dr. stopped it because he was so alarmed by my bruises. So I had some m/c on aspirin and some when I wasn't on it.

After the genetic testing, the drs. basically said I either had the worst luck in the world or there was something wrong that medicine simply could not yet identify. In other words, if I was trying to get pregnant ten years in the future, maybe the testing would have improved and something would be detected.

I mean, really, no one gets pregnant every single time from IVF. But I did. Yet I miscarried every single time. At any rate, after that 4th m/c, I'd had enough. There was no way of knowing if I'd m/c another 4 times or whether the next pregnancy would be successful. I had two people offer to serve as surrogates, but since there could be some unknown problem with the embryos, we passed on that option. We adopted the most amazing baby in the world and never looked back.

As for cost, I have no idea what it was. I am sure it was expensive, but we paid a lab copay and that usually is not that bad. Twenty percent at most and that was 20% of the repriced amount.