Having a family isn’t an easy task, but it’s a dream that many young couples hope for. When a genetic neurodegenerative disease is part of the picture, though, what does having a family look like? Today in the HOPES Podcast, we meet with a couple who found out their HD status completely by chance - and in a pretty unusual way. HD changed not only their lives, but the lives of the generations of their family to come. HD-specific topics: in-vitro fertilization (IVF), preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), expansion events, post-mortem donation for research Names have been changed to protect privacy. CW: Blood, labor, medical procedures, termination of pregnancy, needles, dissection (in a medical and scientific context). Podcast produced by Cat Gonzales Fergesen. Graphic by Kenneth Ronquillo. To learn more about HOPES or Huntington’s Disease, v ...