Genetic counseling provides information about how genetic conditions might affect one’s family. A genetic counselor will collect your personal and family health history and use this information to determine how likely it is for someone in the family to have a genetic condition. Based on this information, the genetic counselor can help you decide whether a genetic test might be right for you or your immediate family before you plan a pregnancy.

The genetic counselling team at Fernandez Hospital offers the following services.

Pre-pregnancy counseling

- Previous child with chromosomal/metabolic /single gene disorder.

- Family history of genetic disorder.

-Consanguineous marriage.

-Advanced maternal and paternal age.

-Recurrent pregnancy losses.

-Previous neonatal and infantile deaths.

Antenatal counseling is offered for women

-Whose serum screening tests (First trimester screening/ Quadruple screening) are suggestive of high risk for Trisomy 21, 18 and 13.

-Fetal anomalies detected in ultrasound.

-Early onset fetal growth restriction.

Index child workup

-Multiple congenital anomalies.

-Arthrogryposis/Congenital contractures.

-Suspected Inborn errors of metabolism.

-Suspected neuromuscular disorder/Floppy infant.

-Seizures with encephalopathy.

-Disorders of sex development.

-Developmental delay and intellectual disability.

-Regression of attained milestones.

-Autistic spectrum disorder.

-Short stature/ Suspected skeletal dysplasia.