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thefrogprincess

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When I first started talking about kids with my docs, one of them (a man) was pretty doom and gloom about it. He had nothing positive to say. It made me pretty mad actually. The other (a woman) pretty much said that she was behind me 100% and that they would just follow me extra close. Then the OB was GREAT! She gave me all the good with all the bad and said flat out that I am healthy enough to carry a child.
 
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thefrogprincess

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When I first started talking about kids with my docs, one of them (a man) was pretty doom and gloom about it. He had nothing positive to say. It made me pretty mad actually. The other (a woman) pretty much said that she was behind me 100% and that they would just follow me extra close. Then the OB was GREAT! She gave me all the good with all the bad and said flat out that I am healthy enough to carry a child.
 
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thefrogprincess

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When I first started talking about kids with my docs, one of them (a man) was pretty doom and gloom about it. He had nothing positive to say. It made me pretty mad actually. The other (a woman) pretty much said that she was behind me 100% and that they would just follow me extra close. Then the OB was GREAT! She gave me all the good with all the bad and said flat out that I am healthy enough to carry a child.
 
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thefrogprincess

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When I first started talking about kids with my docs, one of them (a man) was pretty doom and gloom about it. He had nothing positive to say. It made me pretty mad actually. The other (a woman) pretty much said that she was behind me 100% and that they would just follow me extra close. Then the OB was GREAT! She gave me all the good with all the bad and said flat out that I am healthy enough to carry a child.
 
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thefrogprincess

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When I first started talking about kids with my docs, one of them (a man) was pretty doom and gloom about it. He had nothing positive to say. It made me pretty mad actually. The other (a woman) pretty much said that she was behind me 100% and that they would just follow me extra close. Then the OB was GREAT! She gave me all the good with all the bad and said flat out that I am healthy enough to carry a child.
 
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mom2lillian

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Martha-noone knows what future will hold and I would tell my duaghter if she had CF that she had to take the best care of herself possible so that htere woudl be no limits to what she could do in the future if she put her mind to it and her health was good enough. Telling a child her age she can't might just make her more determined to do just that. It is my opinion that there are many CF'ers having children that should not but there are also a good number that are healthy enough to support not only a pregnancy but rearing a child therafter.

I am a very health 27 year old CF'er and just had my first child in December.
 
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mom2lillian

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Martha-noone knows what future will hold and I would tell my duaghter if she had CF that she had to take the best care of herself possible so that htere woudl be no limits to what she could do in the future if she put her mind to it and her health was good enough. Telling a child her age she can't might just make her more determined to do just that. It is my opinion that there are many CF'ers having children that should not but there are also a good number that are healthy enough to support not only a pregnancy but rearing a child therafter.

I am a very health 27 year old CF'er and just had my first child in December.
 
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mom2lillian

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Martha-noone knows what future will hold and I would tell my duaghter if she had CF that she had to take the best care of herself possible so that htere woudl be no limits to what she could do in the future if she put her mind to it and her health was good enough. Telling a child her age she can't might just make her more determined to do just that. It is my opinion that there are many CF'ers having children that should not but there are also a good number that are healthy enough to support not only a pregnancy but rearing a child therafter.

I am a very health 27 year old CF'er and just had my first child in December.
 
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mom2lillian

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Martha-noone knows what future will hold and I would tell my duaghter if she had CF that she had to take the best care of herself possible so that htere woudl be no limits to what she could do in the future if she put her mind to it and her health was good enough. Telling a child her age she can't might just make her more determined to do just that. It is my opinion that there are many CF'ers having children that should not but there are also a good number that are healthy enough to support not only a pregnancy but rearing a child therafter.

I am a very health 27 year old CF'er and just had my first child in December.
 
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mom2lillian

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Martha-noone knows what future will hold and I would tell my duaghter if she had CF that she had to take the best care of herself possible so that htere woudl be no limits to what she could do in the future if she put her mind to it and her health was good enough. Telling a child her age she can't might just make her more determined to do just that. It is my opinion that there are many CF'ers having children that should not but there are also a good number that are healthy enough to support not only a pregnancy but rearing a child therafter.

I am a very health 27 year old CF'er and just had my first child in December.
 
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wanderlost

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>martha007</b></i>

My daughters are 15 and 17 and have CF, and when my oldest daughter was young I read that pregnancy is very hard on a woman with CF and is not recommended because lung function decreases rapidly. Whatever source I read (and the doctor I asked) made it sound pretty dire. So I have always talked with the girls about adopting, and one especially likes the idea. But the other girl I think is a little saddened by the idea or never having a baby. I am glad to read that it is possible. I have always added when we talk about this, that we never know what might be possible with good health and new treatments. What do other mothers tell their daughters about pregnancy and cf? What have young women with cf been told?



Thank you!</end quote></div>


It's very individual - you'll find on this site women who have had healthy pregnancies, women who have chosen to adopt instead, women who have chosen not to have children at all. But health wise - Cf pregnancy is not only possible, but can have minimal effect if any on overall health (depending, of course, at what point your health is in to begin with).

I was never told anything by my CF docs because I chose not to ask. I find that overall I have treated my Cf individually for myself rather than as comparative to others and I believe that has helped me both physically and emotionally.
 
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wanderlost

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Interesting-CF mentioned in "What to Expect

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>martha007</b></i>

My daughters are 15 and 17 and have CF, and when my oldest daughter was young I read that pregnancy is very hard on a woman with CF and is not recommended because lung function decreases rapidly. Whatever source I read (and the doctor I asked) made it sound pretty dire. So I have always talked with the girls about adopting, and one especially likes the idea. But the other girl I think is a little saddened by the idea or never having a baby. I am glad to read that it is possible. I have always added when we talk about this, that we never know what might be possible with good health and new treatments. What do other mothers tell their daughters about pregnancy and cf? What have young women with cf been told?



Thank you!</end quote></div>


It's very individual - you'll find on this site women who have had healthy pregnancies, women who have chosen to adopt instead, women who have chosen not to have children at all. But health wise - Cf pregnancy is not only possible, but can have minimal effect if any on overall health (depending, of course, at what point your health is in to begin with).

I was never told anything by my CF docs because I chose not to ask. I find that overall I have treated my Cf individually for myself rather than as comparative to others and I believe that has helped me both physically and emotionally.
 
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wanderlost

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Interesting-CF mentioned in "What to Expect

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>martha007</b></i>

My daughters are 15 and 17 and have CF, and when my oldest daughter was young I read that pregnancy is very hard on a woman with CF and is not recommended because lung function decreases rapidly. Whatever source I read (and the doctor I asked) made it sound pretty dire. So I have always talked with the girls about adopting, and one especially likes the idea. But the other girl I think is a little saddened by the idea or never having a baby. I am glad to read that it is possible. I have always added when we talk about this, that we never know what might be possible with good health and new treatments. What do other mothers tell their daughters about pregnancy and cf? What have young women with cf been told?



Thank you!</end quote></div>


It's very individual - you'll find on this site women who have had healthy pregnancies, women who have chosen to adopt instead, women who have chosen not to have children at all. But health wise - Cf pregnancy is not only possible, but can have minimal effect if any on overall health (depending, of course, at what point your health is in to begin with).

I was never told anything by my CF docs because I chose not to ask. I find that overall I have treated my Cf individually for myself rather than as comparative to others and I believe that has helped me both physically and emotionally.
 
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wanderlost

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Interesting-CF mentioned in "What to Expect

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>martha007</b></i>

My daughters are 15 and 17 and have CF, and when my oldest daughter was young I read that pregnancy is very hard on a woman with CF and is not recommended because lung function decreases rapidly. Whatever source I read (and the doctor I asked) made it sound pretty dire. So I have always talked with the girls about adopting, and one especially likes the idea. But the other girl I think is a little saddened by the idea or never having a baby. I am glad to read that it is possible. I have always added when we talk about this, that we never know what might be possible with good health and new treatments. What do other mothers tell their daughters about pregnancy and cf? What have young women with cf been told?



Thank you!</end quote>


It's very individual - you'll find on this site women who have had healthy pregnancies, women who have chosen to adopt instead, women who have chosen not to have children at all. But health wise - Cf pregnancy is not only possible, but can have minimal effect if any on overall health (depending, of course, at what point your health is in to begin with).

I was never told anything by my CF docs because I chose not to ask. I find that overall I have treated my Cf individually for myself rather than as comparative to others and I believe that has helped me both physically and emotionally.
 
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wanderlost

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Interesting-CF mentioned in "What to Expect

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>martha007</b></i>

My daughters are 15 and 17 and have CF, and when my oldest daughter was young I read that pregnancy is very hard on a woman with CF and is not recommended because lung function decreases rapidly. Whatever source I read (and the doctor I asked) made it sound pretty dire. So I have always talked with the girls about adopting, and one especially likes the idea. But the other girl I think is a little saddened by the idea or never having a baby. I am glad to read that it is possible. I have always added when we talk about this, that we never know what might be possible with good health and new treatments. What do other mothers tell their daughters about pregnancy and cf? What have young women with cf been told?



Thank you!</end quote>


It's very individual - you'll find on this site women who have had healthy pregnancies, women who have chosen to adopt instead, women who have chosen not to have children at all. But health wise - Cf pregnancy is not only possible, but can have minimal effect if any on overall health (depending, of course, at what point your health is in to begin with).

I was never told anything by my CF docs because I chose not to ask. I find that overall I have treated my Cf individually for myself rather than as comparative to others and I believe that has helped me both physically and emotionally.
 
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