When I first became pregnant, I couldn’t get enough information about my expanding bump. Books, online advice, chats with other moms–I did it all. I also discovered 23andme, an online personal genomics company. For $399, and a 2.5-milliliter vile of spit, the company decodes a part of your DNA and lets you know if you are more or less likely than the general population to get a host of ailments ranging from breast cancer to Parkinson’s disease. It also traces your lineage further back than any family tree ever could, and offers lots of relevant information for moms-to-be–such as whether breastfeeding will increase your child’s IQ (yes, this is genetically determined). Now, 23andme has launched an online pregnancy community.

The founding members include 14 of the top online mommy bloggers. 23andme’s pregnancy community provides the ideal forum to chat with moms about information learned through 23andme, as well as more general pregnancy chatter. You never know what you might find out.

“In my third pregnancy I had the genetic marker for down’s syndrome,” says 23andme pregnancy community founding member and author of Motherhood Uncensored Kristen Chase. “Through a blog community I was alerted to the fact that one in three Asian Women have that genetic marker [and it means nothing].” Chase’s ancestory on 23andme was strongly Asian. “If I’d have known this fact before, it may have saved me a lot of stress and extra tests,” says Chase.

If you can’t afford the $399 to take the test, Chase encourages you to join up for the 23andme pregnancy community and take their pregnancy surveys–which you can do for free. “It’s such a unique way of gathering information and a way to help others in the future.”