To Tawny

[Guest guest]

The news about Chloe is wonderful!! I am so happy that she does not have

CF. However I can understand the carrier issue. My hubby and I are sickle

cell anemia gene carriers and did not know until our first child was born with

sickle cell anemia. We were devastated...because at the time we had to use

military healthcare which is some of the worst. They forgot to tell me that my

sickle cell test was positive so that hubby could get tested and them we

could have gotten pre-natal genetic testing so we could have at least been

prepared.

When we finally had a good pregnancy and had the testing done we learned

that out second child is a carrier. So all went well. But of course we have

always reminded her of that fact. When she decides to marry and start her own

family she will need to make sure her spouse is not a carrier...if he is a

carrier they will have a 25% chance of producing a child with the disease.

So if your daughter decides to have a second child they need to plan to

genetic counseling and testing done. I have CVS(chorinic villa sampling) done

at

9 weeks of pregnancy and I had the results at 11.5 weeks of pregnancy. I

would strongly recommend this test as you get results in the first trimester

allowing the couple time to make a decision if termination is a consideration.

Aminocentisis is great if you just want to know but plan to carry the

pregnancy to term no matter what the results. Amino is usually done around

14-17

weeks of pregnancy. Though I read some info recently where they are trying at

an earlier stage.

Toni