Genetic Counseling (Maternal Fetal Medicine)
Our certified genetic counselors – who are licensed and certified master’s level providers – meet with individuals and couples through a secure video teleconferencing system in a caring and supportive environment.
The trained counselor can help prenatal individuals and couples:
- Assess potential risk in a pregnancy
- Help families make informed decisions regarding genetic screening and testing
- Empower families in the decision making process
What are some common indications or reasons for prenatal genetic counseling?
- Family history or previous child born with a genetic condition, birth defect, autism or intellectual disability
- Previous pregnancy or child born with a chromosome abnormality
- Women who are 35 or older at the time of delivery
- Prenatal screening and diagnostic testing – such as sequential screen, cell-free DNA, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), amniocentesis
- Positive screening results
- Abnormal ultrasound finding
- Prenatal or preconception maternal exposures (medications, drugs, radiation)
- Recurrent pregnancy loss
- Carrier screening
- Consanguinity (couple who share one or more common ancestor; have blood relationship to each other)
- Preconception counseling for potential risks