Genetic counseling and testing is generally considered if:

• You and your partner are over 35
• You have had a previous child with a disorder
• You and your partner are related
• You are of African-American, Jewish or Italian-American descent
• Any of these conditions happened in either of your families:
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Downs Syndrome
  • Liver or kidney disease
  • Heart defects
  • Epilepsy
  • Abornalmities of the limbs Neural tube defects
• You have had repeated miscarriages