Eryinera
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OK so during my pdregnancy I got diagnosed with a gene disorder.
The treatment is super simple it's just having blood drained off a few times a year and more frequent blood tests to check levels haven't built up enough to cause harm. Most people don't get diagnosed until 50 or 60 years of age when the condition causes irreparable damage to organs but if managed correctly you live a normal life without issue.
There are a few things to avoid. Some supplements some foods (under cooked shellfish has the potential to kill me so it's a good job all sea food make me sick lol) and there is anecdotal evidence to suggest it's been the cause of my multiple recurrent miscarriages although no full scientific investigation has yet been carried out. But ironic I had to get to 30 weeks pregnant to get it diagnosed!
My question is do I get my children (so happy I finally get to say children not child ) tested too. They will get the chance offered to them automatically at 18 so if I opt not only test them they can be tested anyway when they are older. As it's a recessive gene they are both at the very least carriers. My partner would have to be either a carrier or also have the condition for my kids to have it.
Having the knowledge early would allow us to monitor the condition even though most don't have issues until much later in life day way so it probably wouldn't make much difference to them whilst I am responsible for their decisions legally. But it would possibly mean subjecting my kids to multiple blood tests for their entire life.
Im not sure what to do.
The treatment is super simple it's just having blood drained off a few times a year and more frequent blood tests to check levels haven't built up enough to cause harm. Most people don't get diagnosed until 50 or 60 years of age when the condition causes irreparable damage to organs but if managed correctly you live a normal life without issue.
There are a few things to avoid. Some supplements some foods (under cooked shellfish has the potential to kill me so it's a good job all sea food make me sick lol) and there is anecdotal evidence to suggest it's been the cause of my multiple recurrent miscarriages although no full scientific investigation has yet been carried out. But ironic I had to get to 30 weeks pregnant to get it diagnosed!
My question is do I get my children (so happy I finally get to say children not child ) tested too. They will get the chance offered to them automatically at 18 so if I opt not only test them they can be tested anyway when they are older. As it's a recessive gene they are both at the very least carriers. My partner would have to be either a carrier or also have the condition for my kids to have it.
Having the knowledge early would allow us to monitor the condition even though most don't have issues until much later in life day way so it probably wouldn't make much difference to them whilst I am responsible for their decisions legally. But it would possibly mean subjecting my kids to multiple blood tests for their entire life.
Im not sure what to do.