Understanding Genetic Counseling for Egg Donors

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When a person becomes an egg donor, the clinic that they're working with may
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require what is called a family risk assessment.
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Sometimes it's called a genetic assessment
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and what this is is
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just a phone call with a genetic counselor so
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the donor agency that you're working with they of course connect you with the
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genetic counselor that they work with they support you in scheduling the appointment
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and then again it is a a phone call that essentially just goes over your personal
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and family medical history.
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So during this call, you know, our agency, we only connect donors with really
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great, kind genetic counselors that make the process as easy as possible.
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During this time, we advise the donor to have her donor profile with her so
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she can review all of the family health history that she included in her profile.
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And then the genetic counselor is going to ask about the overall health of the
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donor's parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents.
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If the donor has children, the health of the donor's children.
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They might also ask, you know, specific questions such as, you know,
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has anybody in the family ever had a miscarriage or, you know, a.
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Disease such as Huntington's or cystic fibrosis.
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Usually, if that is the case, you would have already provided that information.
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But again, they will ask more specific questions as well.
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And so you provide all of this information. If you have already had your genetic
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carrier screening and you know if you are a carrier for certain gene mutations,
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the genetic counselor can help you understand those results and what it means
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for you and your future children.
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So it can be a really interesting, helpful call for you.
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After the call, the genetic counselor creates a report outlining everything
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you talked about and then outlining if there is any potential risk to future
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children because of the family health history.
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So for example, if your mother and her sister both had breast cancer,
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the genetic counselor then might recommend that you are tested for the breast
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cancer gene, or in some cases,
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they might recommend that a donor not move forward because of certain aspects
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of her family health history,
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which is of course disappointing but that
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sometimes happens so again
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pretty easy straightforward call nothing
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