Fertility Testing

Preconception Counseling

To maximize the chances of delivering a healthy baby, Carolina Conceptions offers and recommends certain screening tests to assess your risk for passing on various genetic diseases, before you begin trying to conceive.

Based on your family history and ethnicity, we begin by identifying which diseases you are most at risk for being a carrier of, and recommend screening the female partner first for those diseases. If genetic screening identifies that she is a carrier of a particular disease, we then test the male partner. If both partners are carriers of a genetic disease, then there is a significant risk of passing on that disease, and we advise that you consult with a genetic counselor prior to pregnancy. Embryo biopsy may be discussed in these cases.