I got DNA tested to see if I would pass on diseases to my kids

Cotton swab in mouth

Testing times

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I couldn’t help trembling slightly as I collected DNA from my mouth to send away for testing. My husband and I want to know our chances of having children with fragile X syndrome, which is passed on by the mother, so I was doing the test to see if I am a carrier.

The test also screens for cystic fibrosis and spinal muscular atrophy – if I am a carrier for either of those, my husband will get tested too. We don’t have any of these conditions ourselves, and we don’t know …