Cystic Fibrosis

Situation Summary: Include your client's situation, their concerns, what they are interested in learning or worried about.

Jessica and Martin are coming to me for advice about another child. They currently

Have three Males. Both Jessica and Martin are heterozygous and are both carriers of

Genetic Counseling Report Period:B

Counselor Name:Dr. Morse Date: February 9, 2005

Client's Name: Jessica and Martin

cystic fibrosis. They would also like to know what the chance of having a female is

sense they already have three males. Also, what the chance is of having a healthy

baby.

Conclusions: Based on your analysis, what are your conclusions? Review all of your findings for your client. Make sure you address the things they want to know, or should know about their situation.

My conclusion is that they will have a healthy baby that could be either a male or

female. They have a 75% chance of having a healthy child and 25% of not having a

healthy child. Jessica and Martin has a 50% chance of having a boy and a 50%

chance of having a girl. The couple is mostly going to get what they wanted except

the fact about being a girl or boy.

Approach: Here you will describe what you did in your analysis to reach your conclusions, explain why you took the approach you did.

I took both Jessica and Martin's blood sample and sent it to the lab. I also found out

about the family history such as they had three healthy males.

Data / Analysis: Include in this section all data, analysis and calculations you performed. This would include Punnett Squares, Pedigrees, Karyotypes, ratios or other calculations and your analysis. Some of this material