I have a 3 year old daughter with CF. She was diagnosed at 9 months via sweat test, but we knew all along due to meconium illeus and poor weight gain (mainly from her docs telling us it was CF related).
Her father has one DF508 gene, and my gene cant be found. Also through blood testing my daughter only shows having one gene(same as my husband). She's the first person I ever knew who has CF. Even though this disease has been living with us for 3 years, were still learning.
Ive read some posts on here talking about preg. women having babies with bowel obstructions. Is that normal for babies with CF? I never thought I would have another baby.. so I never thought to ask any questions beforehand. I am now 22 weeks pregnant with a boy. Im just wondering what to expect this time around. Does anyone know of any studies that have been done citing the chances of 2 births being the same? I hope Im making sense. As if being pregnant alone isnt enough to worry about, here we have to worry about our son going through the same things as our daughter did. Any replies would be great. Again, I really hope all this typing has made sense.
Thanks So Much
Angela
Her father has one DF508 gene, and my gene cant be found. Also through blood testing my daughter only shows having one gene(same as my husband). She's the first person I ever knew who has CF. Even though this disease has been living with us for 3 years, were still learning.
Ive read some posts on here talking about preg. women having babies with bowel obstructions. Is that normal for babies with CF? I never thought I would have another baby.. so I never thought to ask any questions beforehand. I am now 22 weeks pregnant with a boy. Im just wondering what to expect this time around. Does anyone know of any studies that have been done citing the chances of 2 births being the same? I hope Im making sense. As if being pregnant alone isnt enough to worry about, here we have to worry about our son going through the same things as our daughter did. Any replies would be great. Again, I really hope all this typing has made sense.
Thanks So Much
Angela