RE recommended we get these blood tests. They are $1500, but my insurance will cover them at 80%, which means they will be $300 oop.
Did you do them? Do you think it's important? Neither of us have any relatives with issues, so I would think our risk is low.
Re: Fragile X/CF/SMA Tests
TTC #1 - May 2010 - IUI #3: BFP
TTC #2 - May 2012 -IUI #2: BFP
TTC #2, Operative hysteroscopy March 2011; IVF #1 long lupron protocol April 2011-cancelled due to poor response; IVF #2 flare protocol May 2011=hospitalization due to abdominal hemorrhage during ER and no fert due to MFI issues. Moving onto international adoption from Moldova January 2013!
IVF with ICSI #1: BFP
TESE for DH 08/09/09
ER 08/09/09; ET 08/14/09; Beta #1 08/23/09: 150; Beta #2 08/25/09: 267
TTC #2: FET #1: BFP
ET 06/16/11; Beta #1 06/25/11: 282; Beta #2 06/27/11: 777
First u/s: Twins! Baby A stopped growing @ 9 weeks, forever in our hearts
TTC #3: FET #2: c/p lost at 4 weeks
Yes to CF (Dh is a carrier), no to the other 2.
Fragile X would have been interesting, as it's the most common cause of MR, but I don't know if I'd pay for it.
TTC#1 Chart
TTC#2 Chart
IUI #1 - #4 (repronex trigger) = BFN
IUI#5 on 10/28/2008 ** BFP 11/10/08 ** EDD 07/21/09 *** It's a GIRL (07/14/09)
med/treatment free BFP 06/28/10. EDD 03/05/11 *** GIRL #2 (02/23/11)
beta#1 @ 17dpo = 1296 .... beta#2 @ 19dpo = 3034
it's the Bug and Baby Belle!
DD1: allergic to eggs & dairy
c/p 4/1/11
DD2: milk and soy protein intolerant, allergic to eggs, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, bananas
MSPI Moms Check-In Blog
That's correct. We had DH tested for CF before we started TTC for obvious reasons, but our RE never mentioned any of the others.
Chart/Blog
Nothing breeds faster than Crazy
Somehow they got ordered for my DH (we hadn't agreed, long story). Turns out he is a carrier for Fragile X. Well, let me restate that, he is in the "grey area." He has mutations. Significant enough for the RE to send us to a genetic counselor, not significant enough for us to do anything about it. If we have a girl, she could end up with Fragile X. It will be important for us to do CMV testing.
We had not planned on any testing and in some respects I wish we hadn't.
Our Journey to Brenden
IVF #1: 4/11(Follistim/Menopur/Ganirelix) 10 retrieved/8 mature and all 8 fertilized / 2 embies transferred ... nothing to freeze Beta 5/10 = BFN
IVF Take 2 Long Lupron July 2011
ER 7/3/11 (our 6th anniversary) - 8 retrieved/7 mature/fert ....ET 7/6/11 - 2 beautiful grade A 8 cell embryos
Beta 7/18/11 - 149!!! Beta 7/21/11 - 311 Beta 7/28/11 - 2,000 8/5/11 - Empty Sac 8/8/11 - There's a yolk sac and maybe a heartbeat 8/12/11 - Fetal pole, yolk sac, heartbeat 8/18/11 - Baby looks GREAT!
3 babies waiting on ice
Most people aren't tested for these things before they TTC, so I don't think there's anything wrong with passing on the tests. I know, with CF, the odds of you having a baby with CF are like 1 in 2000 (I'm not sure about the others). It's a totally personal choice.
I know on my CF message board there are some people with very strong opinions about those of us (with CF) who don't pay $2-3K to have our children genetically sequenced - there is still a very small chance DD could have CF, even with DH passing the genetic test. But we made the choice to save the $2-3K because we could spend ourselves into oblivion ruling out all the bad things that could happen to DD (and my CF doctor said it was ridiculously unnecessary :P).