princessjdc
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I hope this all makes sense, bare with me
Okay, my sis and her husband are both carriers and she wants another baby, she already has one cf free, thank goodnees. She doesnt want another one incase the baby gets CF so she is thinking of adopting.
She said that she is getting the test results of both of them to see what their carrier mutation is. She says that if its not a bad mutation then she might go ahead and have another child. Thinking that if their mutations or good mutations then the child wont have bad CF.
I told her that it doesnt matter what kind of mutation it is, because every person is different with the disease, some may have it bad and others may not even if they both had the exact mutations, CF effects people differently no matter what the mutation is. If she was to have a baby with CF that kid will still need to do treatments and etc. even if they are healthy and I dont think she quite understands it completely.
so was I correct in telling her that it doesnt matter what the mutation is, whether its classified as a good mutation or not the kid can still have severe CF?
I remember a chart on here one time talking about the difference in mutations and whats classified under, and mine was something like moderate or like a bad mutation, but Im doing good with my cf right now, infact Im mild I think is what its called. Thats why I told my sis that it doesnt matter, if the mutation is good or not, based on my experience with my mutation and according to that chart.
Thank you so much for your response on this!!!
Okay, my sis and her husband are both carriers and she wants another baby, she already has one cf free, thank goodnees. She doesnt want another one incase the baby gets CF so she is thinking of adopting.
She said that she is getting the test results of both of them to see what their carrier mutation is. She says that if its not a bad mutation then she might go ahead and have another child. Thinking that if their mutations or good mutations then the child wont have bad CF.
I told her that it doesnt matter what kind of mutation it is, because every person is different with the disease, some may have it bad and others may not even if they both had the exact mutations, CF effects people differently no matter what the mutation is. If she was to have a baby with CF that kid will still need to do treatments and etc. even if they are healthy and I dont think she quite understands it completely.
so was I correct in telling her that it doesnt matter what the mutation is, whether its classified as a good mutation or not the kid can still have severe CF?
I remember a chart on here one time talking about the difference in mutations and whats classified under, and mine was something like moderate or like a bad mutation, but Im doing good with my cf right now, infact Im mild I think is what its called. Thats why I told my sis that it doesnt matter, if the mutation is good or not, based on my experience with my mutation and according to that chart.
Thank you so much for your response on this!!!