Deep life questions
You have a known disease. It’s genetic. It’s serious. You have a 50% chance of passing it on to a child. It’s a terrible awful way to die and you will die young.
Do you have biological kids? Or not?
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Knowing I would die young would be enough for me to say no. I lost my mom and 12 and my dad at 17. I’m proud of the life I have built without them, but it’s caused way too many mental and emotional struggles for me.
@laniejay, @phoebesmommy, it may just be one of those things you don’t think about unless you’ve gone through it. We moms have just look at our babies and know that we’ll always be there for them, so we don’t think about actually not being there until we’re faced with it for real.
@nap.queen, that’s so very true. I’m sorry for your losses💕
I believe I would. I would struggle with the 50% chance that baby was born healthy and we missed the chance to have children of our own.
Would it be picked up with IVF and Pgd testing? If so, I'd go that route.
@squishymommy1 been there, done that. We priced out the testing, thankfully we didn't need to because our individual genetic screens came back clear. We would have found a way to make it work because that expense would be far cheaper than medical bills of a medically complex child, and the pain of the child.
@laniejay, say it’s not something that affects them in childhood (or at least VERY rarely). Like for example. Huntington’s or something like that.
@squishymommy1 I'd still opt for the testing. 50% is way too high for me
Honestly no because I wouldn't want my child to go through that(possibly). I'm already such a paranoid mom and I can't imagine adding a 50% chance of a genetic disease. That's just me though.
Какие у вас есть советы для других пользователей?
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts… but what are some user notes that you have for others? 🧐
During pregnancy it’s “what are you having and when are you due?” Why not ask how me and baby are? I don’t know maybe I’m just weird. Other than that it’s anything that’s too personal.
OKAY last one until next time 😏
Would you rather
know how you will die or when you will die?
Do you ladies think it’s okay to look in your mans phone sometimes?
I’ve been pondering this because it’s a reality for a lot of my cousins (their mother died of Huntington’s) and there was 10 children. So several will likely also die of Huntington’s. It’s a terrible awful disease. Just horrible. Only 1 of the kids has been tested and she carries the gene and has already started showing symptoms at 32. She has 10 good years. Maybe. Her mama only had 5 years from onset of symptoms to being totally incapacitated. Anywho, she decided to have a baby as a single women, yay single moms but...yeah I’m holding my tongue on that. I have a lot of mixed feelings on the issue. Getting tested for the gene too. But that’s a whole other thing.