bummed

Message edited 10/16/2015 10:57:53 PM.

Re: bummed

I'm sorry that you found this out but I hope you got some information that can help you deal with this. It's probably just fine. Fragile X is one of the 1000 things they test for and it's unlikely to affect your fertility or your future children, depending on what the number was. How bad is it? What was your # of repeats?

I was told I carry Fragile X as well, but my # of repeats was low enough that they were 100% certain that my children would not have the syndrome. As for their children... it'll probably be ok but will depend on their gender and their number of repeats.

I was told to go for genetic counseling for more information, but since I'm not affected and my kids 100% certainly won't be affected, I decided to wait until I'm done having kids to go. I figure, why stress myself out more during pregnancy over what *might* happen to my future grandchildren? Especially considering that PGD will probably be so good by then and they can just weed it out, if need be. I'll just go get all of us tested/counseled once when we can do it together, and deal with the information then.

Re: bummed

Re: bummed

Re: bummed

Posted by jodi714

Posted by MemorialDayBride12

Posted by SummerMom

I'm sorry that you found this out but I hope you got some information that can help you deal with this. It's probably just fine. Fragile X is one of the 1000 things they test for and it's unlikely to affect your fertility or your future children, depending on what the number was. How bad is it? What was your # of repeats?

I was told I carry Fragile X as well, but my # of repeats was low enough that they were 100% certain that my children would not have the syndrome. As for their children... it'll probably be ok but will depend on their gender and their number of repeats.

I was told to go for genetic counseling for more information, but since I'm not affected and my kids 100% certainly won't be affected, I decided to wait until I'm done having kids to go. I figure, why stress myself out more during pregnancy over what *might* happen to my future grandchildren? Especially considering that PGD will probably be so good by then and they can just weed it out, if need be. I'll just go get all of us tested/counseled once when we can do it together, and deal with the information then.

Thank you for your response and kind words. They did tell me to go for genetic testing and I don't want to stress myself out but I want to hear if my children will have it or not. My husband doesn't have it, and i carry it. But I don't know what you mean by number or repeats?

Go to the genetic counselor and they will explain it all. It's too complicated for me to attempt to explain but I also has an elevated number of repeats so was sent to genetic counseling. I got the same info as pp. the repeats were elevated but there was 0 chance in the one generation that they would raise to a point of significant risk. My grandchildren may be at higher risk but that's not definite either. Now I know that my daughters will need to do genetic testing before getting pregnant. Get the information, it's the only way to make an informed decision and there may not be any immediate risk. Good luck!