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how to prevent baby from inheriting family health problems

I have pigeon chest(just me) and speech problems(my mom has it too). my husband has skin problems that runs in the family. right now i am 17 weeks. I want to know if there's anything that i can do to prevent the baby from inheriting these problems.
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They can get our lovely and not so lovely bits! What sort of speech issues run in your family? I'm a Speech Pathologist and most conditions benefit greatly by early intervention.
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No. Can't really do much about genetics.
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