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Originally Posted by Jocelyn.

Unless I'm reading it wrong, and they didn't realize he had this disorder until after the baby was conceived [...] This is another one of those articles that has waaay too little information in my opinion.

Originally Posted by TheBabyEater

I'm under the understanding that the doctor did not know that the gene could be passed on, or that the doctor knew the father carried it at all. But I agree, not enough information in the article to make it clear on what happened.

I just want to throw this in for future questions like these: The IVF doctor did know about the gene. He then referred the couple to a genetic counselor. According to the news, the couple never meet the genetic counselor and the IVF doctor never mention that again (probably assumed that the couple have already spoken to the genetic counselor).

News via Australian Yahoo! News and Australian Herald Sun.