Individual screening
Understand your carrier status when planning a pregnancy, including before IVF.
Discuss this pathwayFamily planning · IVF · Donor programmes
Carrier screening.
For the family you’re planning.
Understand the inherited variants you could pass on to a child. Start with your own result, then bring the relevant results together.
A new beginning starts with a conversation.
Screening pathways
Start with
your circumstances.
Couples’ screening
Review both partners’ results together to understand the reproductive risk in context.
Discuss this pathwayDonor screening
Carrier screening for egg or sperm donors, coordinated with the fertility team.
Discuss this pathwayDonor–partner review
Assess the egg and sperm sources together, including a review of existing reports and their coverage.
Discuss this pathwayUnderstanding the results together
The connection
between two results.
For many recessive conditions, the key question is whether both genetic contributors carry a relevant variant in the same gene. The variants do not have to be identical. X-linked findings need a separate interpretation.
In donor-assisted conception, this means reviewing the people providing the egg and sperm. If reports come from different laboratories, the conditions and variants covered must also be compared.
Egg source
Sperm source
Joint report review
Carrier status · Gene coverage · Family context
Your next step
A clear plan.
Before you test.
Tell us whether you are planning a pregnancy, preparing for IVF or using a donor programme. If you already have a carrier report, mention it when you contact the team.
We will help arrange the screening, sample instructions and review of the results.
Discuss carrier screeningReading your report
What a result
can tell you.
If a carrier finding is identified
A carrier finding can be relevant to reproductive planning. Its meaning depends on the condition, inheritance pattern and, where appropriate, the other genetic parent’s result.
If no relevant variant is found
A negative result reduces the risk for the conditions screened, but does not remove it. Every panel has limits to the genes and variant types it can assess.
If you already have a report
Tell our team which laboratory performed the test and whether both partners have results. A review of the original reports helps determine whether the coverage is comparable.