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If no one in your family has CF, your chance of being a carrier depends upon your ancestry: European Caucasians, Ashkenazi Jews — 1 in 29 Hispanic Americans — 1 in 46 African Americans — 1 in 61 Asian Americans — 1 in 90 If you have a family history of CF, your risk may be higher regardless of your ancestry. Related clinics. Recommended reading. Testing for many disorders at once expanded carrier screening.
What does this mean for future pregnancies? Carrier screening for CF is offered to all women who are thinking about getting pregnant or who are already pregnant. It is your choice whether to have this screening. Your obstetrician—gynecologist ob-gyn , other obstetric care provider , or a genetic counselor can help you choose the approach that addresses your concerns and also meets current recommendations for carrier screening.
A negative result means that your chance of being a CF carrier is small. But no screening test checks for every known CF mutation. For this reason, if your test result is negative, there still is a very small chance that you could be a carrier of a mutated gene that was not detected by the test. If you have a negative test result but a family history of CF, you also may be tested for the specific mutation in your family if that information is available.
If your test result is positive, it means that you are a CF carrier. The next step is to test your partner. Both partners must be CF carriers for a fetus to have CF. If your partner has a negative test result, the chance that the fetus will have CF is small.
There is a 1-in-2 50 percent chance the baby will be a carrier, like you and your partner. Being a carrier usually will not affect the health of the baby, but he or she could have a child with CF in the future. There is a 1-in-4 25 percent chance that the baby will not have CF and will not pass on the disease to future children. You may want to share this information with family members to help them plan their pregnancies.
They may be at risk of being carriers themselves. But there is no law that states that you have to share information. Testing can be done to learn if a fetus has CF or is a carrier.
This is called prenatal diagnostic testing. This testing can be done as early as 10 weeks of pregnancy. Prenatal diagnostic tests to detect CF and other disorders include amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling CVS. Amniocentesis usually is done between 15 and 20 weeks of pregnancy, but it also can be done up until you give birth.
A very thin needle is used to take a small sample of amniotic fluid for testing. The cells are studied to detect the presence of the CF gene. CVS is done between 10 and 13 weeks of pregnancy. A small sample of tissue is taken from the placenta. The cells are then checked for the presence of the CF gene. For couples using in vitro fertilization IVF to get pregnant, there is another testing option called preimplantation genetic testing.
The only embryos transferred are those that do not test positive for the disorders. The results of these prenatal tests can tell you with a high degree of certainty whether the fetus has CF or is a CF carrier. The results cannot tell you how severe the disease will be if the fetus has the disorder. You may choose to continue the pregnancy and prepare for a child with CF. Couples can use this time to learn as much as possible about the disease, current treatment options, and the experiences of other families who have a child with CF.
Another option is to end the pregnancy. Each state has its own laws on pregnancy termination. Your ob-gyn or other obstetric care provider can answer questions you may have. You also may want to discuss the decision with your partner, counselors, and close friends. If tests show that both partners are carriers, it means that in each pregnancy the fetus will have a 1-in-4 chance of having CF.
If you want to know whether your fetus has CF, you will need to have amniocentesis or CVS in each pregnancy. You can use IVF with your own sperm and eggs, and then use preimplantation genetic testing to see if the fertilized egg has CF or is a CF carrier. Discuss these options with family, friends, your ob-gyn or other obstetric care provider, or genetic counselor when you are considering future pregnancies. The test is painless and is the most reliable way to diagnose CF.
Skip to main content. Carrier Testing for Cystic Fibrosis Carrier or genetic testing not only plays a key role in the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, but testing also allows parents to find out what their chances are of having a child with CF to help inform important family planning decisions. Newborn Screening for CF Newborn screening NBS is a nationwide program to identify babies born with certain health conditions, including cystic fibrosis.
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