meconium ileus information please

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Hello all. Thanks for the diaper creme information. Ashton's butt

is looking better.

I have a question for anyone with an answer. My 2 1/2 yr old was

born 11 weeks premature due to a complicated meconim ileus blockage

that required major surgery. We are thinking of conceiving naturally

but the thought of CF and meconium ileus scares the heck out of us.

We tried twice using IVF and genetic testing on the embryos but I

didn't get pregnant. So now we are considering just going for it.

I read somewhere that if you have one child with meconium ileus,

there is a 39% chance another child wcf witll have the same problem.

Does anyone have any experience with this? Did any of you have a

child with meconium ileus and if so, how was it detected and

treated? Does anyone know of a way to prevent it? We are just

desperate for hope at this point but we also have to be very

realistic. Our son nearly died from this so we have to be very

cautious.

Thank you!

mom to Ashton 2 1/2 wcf