I am a 26 year old CFer whose husband has just recently been tested for mutations. We don't have the answer yet, but we're trying to plan for all possibilities.
We would really like to have our own child if at all possible. My parents have already volunteered to pay any and all costs for IVF, PGD, etc... if necessary, so we should be able to go through with this. My PFTs are all is the 115-120 range and I've been polyp free for five years now, so I'm in excellent health to be thinking about having a baby.
My question from reading the PGD stuff is: have there been any CF patients pregnant wtih twins? Uneducated, I tend to think that having twins might actually be better for me healthwise than two pregnancies, because I'd only have one period where I couldn't take a lot of my drugs. Obviously, I don't plan to set out to TRY to have twins, but from my understanding we can dramatically increase the likelihood of having a successful pregnancy if we are willing to entertain the possibility of twins.
Also, is there some way that we can allow partially for the likelihood of multiples without signing onto the highest risk level? I know that Julie had triplets with only two embryos implanted, but is that normal?
Another question I have is whether the thicker mucus that I have will affect the likelihood of the implanted embryo implanting and being carried to term or if it just affects the likelihood of a natural pregnancy? And if it does, should we have more embryos implanted?
Hopefully he will come back as a non-carrier and we can do this more simply, but I just feel the need to know just in case. And, I'm curious about the twin thing independent of PGD, because it sounds kind of like a good idea to me. . .
We would really like to have our own child if at all possible. My parents have already volunteered to pay any and all costs for IVF, PGD, etc... if necessary, so we should be able to go through with this. My PFTs are all is the 115-120 range and I've been polyp free for five years now, so I'm in excellent health to be thinking about having a baby.
My question from reading the PGD stuff is: have there been any CF patients pregnant wtih twins? Uneducated, I tend to think that having twins might actually be better for me healthwise than two pregnancies, because I'd only have one period where I couldn't take a lot of my drugs. Obviously, I don't plan to set out to TRY to have twins, but from my understanding we can dramatically increase the likelihood of having a successful pregnancy if we are willing to entertain the possibility of twins.
Also, is there some way that we can allow partially for the likelihood of multiples without signing onto the highest risk level? I know that Julie had triplets with only two embryos implanted, but is that normal?
Another question I have is whether the thicker mucus that I have will affect the likelihood of the implanted embryo implanting and being carried to term or if it just affects the likelihood of a natural pregnancy? And if it does, should we have more embryos implanted?
Hopefully he will come back as a non-carrier and we can do this more simply, but I just feel the need to know just in case. And, I'm curious about the twin thing independent of PGD, because it sounds kind of like a good idea to me. . .
. I definitely do not want an only child. I have one brother and I would identify him as one of the best parts of my life. Oddly, his wife was insistent on not having any more children after their first, so he has an only child. Touchingly, this woman who I adore has not only volunteered to serve as a surrogate mother for us if we find it's needed, but has actually seen a doctor about the feasibility of it. This may not seem touching, but she was not a fan of being pregnant with her daughter, so this offer really was amazing to me. However, despite her insisent research and frequent re-offers, I just don't feel comfortable asking anyone to do this for me... Also, missing out on the pregnancy bothers me a little, but mainly it's the imposition on another human.