Hi my name is Sarah. I'm 23 w/cf and have a 2 yr daughter and she doesn't have cf. I was very lucky because my x-husband was a carrier. I was wanting to know if you have cf and have children were your childs planned or unplanned? And if planned was it hard for you to get pregant? and do you childern have cf? Now me and my new husband are tring to get pregant and it's harded than it was with my daughter. We tried 1 time with her.
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Anyone w/cf have children?
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vickysmommy
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Hello, as you can probably tell by my name I have a beautiful little girl. She's 6 months old now. Anyway, She was planned. I had wanted a baby for years and still want more, but I dont think I'll be having any more any time soon, this one was so hard on me throughout the pregnancy, I gotta really get prepared if Im gonna have another. I had to go into the hospital twice, and towards the end, I really had a hard time breathing. It wasnt hard for me at all to get pregnant. It was the second pregnancy. The first one, I felt I needed to terminate because of the situation I was in and also, everyone was telling me I was going to die if I had it. Mostly because of the situation I was in though because I wasnt in a stable relationship, and I wasnt financially secure either.
Luckily Vicky wasnt born with CF, her father wasnt a carrier either.
Wow, you are lucky, by the way. I wish you lots of luck in your future children, your braver then I would be in knowing the father is a carrier and still wanting children, but if you want my opinion, I dont think it would matter if it did have CF because they have so many new meds and are coming so close to finding a cure, that a child born now would probably have a better chance of thriving then we did when we were born, and who better to take care of a CF baby then someone that has it right? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Luckily Vicky wasnt born with CF, her father wasnt a carrier either.
Wow, you are lucky, by the way. I wish you lots of luck in your future children, your braver then I would be in knowing the father is a carrier and still wanting children, but if you want my opinion, I dont think it would matter if it did have CF because they have so many new meds and are coming so close to finding a cure, that a child born now would probably have a better chance of thriving then we did when we were born, and who better to take care of a CF baby then someone that has it right? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Hi,
My sister is 50 years old and has CF.
She had her first baby when she was 24. She now has 4 kids and the last one born when she was 33. None of the kids have CF. She did not have any problem conceiving, in fact the last baby was a "surprise". She did well through her pregnancies, the third baby she did need to do some antiobiotics.
Also, my sister did not have her first IV until she was 40 and she had her lung tx when she was 46. She is doing great now.
Joanne M. Schum
Cystic Fibrosis
Bi-lateral Lung Transplant Recipient
September 12, 1997
University of North Carolina Hospitals Chapel Hill
Residence: Upstate New York
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My sister is 50 years old and has CF.
She had her first baby when she was 24. She now has 4 kids and the last one born when she was 33. None of the kids have CF. She did not have any problem conceiving, in fact the last baby was a "surprise". She did well through her pregnancies, the third baby she did need to do some antiobiotics.
Also, my sister did not have her first IV until she was 40 and she had her lung tx when she was 46. She is doing great now.
Joanne M. Schum
Cystic Fibrosis
Bi-lateral Lung Transplant Recipient
September 12, 1997
University of North Carolina Hospitals Chapel Hill
Residence: Upstate New York
email: luckylungsforjo@aol.com
Manager of: Transplant Support - Lung, Heart/Lung, Heart
http://groups.msn.com/TransplantSupportLungHeartLungHeart
"Taking Flight - Inspirational Stories of Lung Transplantation"
Compiled by Joanne Schum
Authored by lung recipients around the world
http://www.trafford.com/robots/02-0497.html
http://www.trafford.com/
Lungs for Life Foundation
http://www.lungsforlife.org
Joanne's Bracelet, Transplant Awareness Bracelet, CF Awareness Bracelet
http://www.lungsforlife.org/other_ways/lfl_store.htm
ClashPunk82
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I am 22 and have a boyfriend of 4 years but don't have a child. And I finally made my decision that I am not going to have any. I am already at the point of a transplant and afterwards I don't think it would be a good idea and honestly I don't know how long I would have so I don't want to have a child and then leave them, and I love kids yet I just want to enjoy my time with my family and boyfriend.