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Q. Who should get prenatal genetic counseling?
A. There are many reasons that women and couples receive prenatal genetic counseling, either before pregnancy to understand any risk of genetic abnormalities, or during pregnancy to understand the health status of the fetus. Pregnant women are referred to genetic counselors if routine screening tests are positive for abnormalities like Down syndrome, but genetic counseling can also be useful for anyone with a higher risk of passing along an inherited disease or experiencing an abnormal outcome in pregnancy. “Anything but routine and average,” says Aubrey Milunsky, founder and co-director of the non-profit Center for Human Genetics, Inc.
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