Re: Re: Trying for a second child

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my 21 year old has sporatic periods, has BLEPS.but the doc said she could have children

From: <smthg2smile4@...>blepharophimosis Sent: Sat, November 7, 2009 3:04:06 PMSubject: blepharophimosis Re: Trying for a second child

There are genetic testing that you can do to see if your baby will have it or not well your pregnant>> Hi my husband has BPES and we have a 3 year old daughter who also has the condition and we are keen to start trying for a brother or sister for her. What are the odds that we may have another child with BPES?>

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When my daughter was diagnosed we were told that the chances were 50/50 for her to have a child with BPES. BPES is a dominant trait which means only one parent needs to carry the gene mutation/deletion to pass it on.

I would not change a thing about my daughter, but we have looked into her having children. Once the location of the defective gene is located she could have her eggs artificially inseminated and then the embryos tested for that defective gene. This would provide an opportunity to screen for BPES and only implant the embryos without the BPES gene mutation/deletion.

I am sure there are those of you that wouldn't agree with this. This will be a personal decision for her to conceive naturally or go for the selective AI. She is the one that lived through the 7 surgeries and the looking different so only she can decide for herself, but she has up to date information and procedures available to her should she decide to go that route. Just know there are options out there.

In a message dated 11/7/2009 4:07:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, smthg2smile4@... writes:

> Hi my husband has BPES and we have a 3 year old daughter who also has the condition and we are keen to start trying for a brother or sister for her. What are the odds that we may have another child with BPES?>