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beta thalassemia??
Is anyone going through this??i hav no idea wht is it just went to ob/gy found out in my blood... Does it effect the baby if me and my husband has it?
Iam really worried and even think of loosing my baby boy m first time mommy and facing it makes it really hard thou...just waiting for my husband's blood test hope everything will go fine with the baby always..:'(
I love my baby and wouldn't give him up for anything! I know he'll be healthy apart from this..but I guess I made his life A little harder. After my Dr explained to my husband that me and the baby would always be anemic, he got really upset.
Because it's just me that has it doesn't make it life threatening.
Because it's just me that has it doesn't make it life threatening.
I have it because of my dad, it a type of blood condition that makes the carrier anemic for the rest of their lives.
If one parent, like myself, carries the trait there is potentially only 25% chance that the baby will have a severe animea problem and will need transfusions for majority of it's life, I know it sound high but it's really not.
Now. If to say, my husband had the trait, (thank god he doesn't!), then we would be giving 25% of the disease each, which would Make the baby a Major carrier.....
With that there's 50% chance of baby being ill.... If both parents are carriers... Then that means that the baby will need blood transfusions for possibly the rest of it's life.
This disease affect a persons ability to make a decent blood supply.
Since I'm only a carrier, I know that my son and Amy future children will have to take iron tablets for the rest of their lives....
Talking about this ha. Suddenly made me feel very selfish about becoming pregnant... I'm 23 weeks and am having to take a higher dose of folic acid so the baby doesn't have as much problem with his blood supply and isn't as anemic as he would have been.
Good luck hun. Sending lots of love.
If one parent, like myself, carries the trait there is potentially only 25% chance that the baby will have a severe animea problem and will need transfusions for majority of it's life, I know it sound high but it's really not.
Now. If to say, my husband had the trait, (thank god he doesn't!), then we would be giving 25% of the disease each, which would Make the baby a Major carrier.....
With that there's 50% chance of baby being ill.... If both parents are carriers... Then that means that the baby will need blood transfusions for possibly the rest of it's life.
This disease affect a persons ability to make a decent blood supply.
Since I'm only a carrier, I know that my son and Amy future children will have to take iron tablets for the rest of their lives....
Talking about this ha. Suddenly made me feel very selfish about becoming pregnant... I'm 23 weeks and am having to take a higher dose of folic acid so the baby doesn't have as much problem with his blood supply and isn't as anemic as he would have been.
Good luck hun. Sending lots of love.
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