Recieved some good news today

star21gazer · November 2010

After almost a year of going back and forth with the insurance company we finally found out this morning that they will cover Wes and I getting tested to see which one of us (or if both) of us are carriers for the cystic fibrosis gene. This is such good news because the test costs 1500 dollars and if it turns out we both have to have it that would have been 3000 out of pocket if insurance wasn't going to cover it.

So I am going to be going to get my blood drawn next week for the test...if mine comes back negative then we know Wes is the carrier and we also know we can have one more child. If mine comes back positive then Wes has to be tested as well and we pray that he comes back negative. If we are both positive for it, Aubrey will be an only child. We have come to terms with that possibility, but selfishly I am also a little sad over it. But it's all in in God's plan and what is meant to be will be.

I just wanted to share, and if you don't mind just send a little thought that everything works out how it's supposed to...thanks

lilcrablegs · November 2010

What a relief! I hope everything works out!!!

CCC A · November 2010

with baby 1and 2 nothing was said to me about cystic fibrosis..baby #3 my new dr made a big deal on how i was a carrier and my DH needed to be tested. We opted out as my first 2 were fine. My dr was MAD to say the least and sign a paper sayin i opted out. Then gave me a BIG speech on how it was now to late to abord the baby...I changed drs after this appt as abortion was never an option for us...

I really hope everything comes back good for you! I will keep you in my prayers. As you are right on..God already has his plan for you and your family... xoxo

star21gazer · November 2010

spoiledAsh:
with baby 1and 2 nothing was said to me about cystic fibrosis..baby #3 my new dr made a big deal on how i was a carrier and my DH needed to be tested. We opted out as my first 2 were fine. My dr was MAD to say the least and sign a paper sayin i opted out. Then gave me a BIG speech on how it was now to late to abord the baby...I changed drs after this appt as abortion was never an option for us...

I really hope everything comes back good for you! I will keep you in my prayers. As you are right on..God already has his plan for you and your family... xoxo

Wow, what a jerk of a doctor. He shouldn't have gotten angry over it. Were your first two born before April of 2008? That's when the lady at Children's told me that they started doing the CF testing in newborns.

Me nor my husband even had a clue that one or possibly both of us were a carrier until I had my daughter last year. Her newborn blood panel came back as showing signs for the CF gene and we had to wait two very long weeks to take her down to Children's Hospital in Birmingham to have a sweat test done to see if she actually had cystic fibrosis. Very scary and trying time for us seeing as how we were also adjusting to life with a newborn and me recovering from a c-section.

Luckily she is only a carrier for the gene. We opted to get tested to find out who is the carrier. We mainly want to know if we are both a carrier, because that will be the deciding factor in whether or not we have one more child.

I'm glad they are giving me the option now before I get pregnant again. I had opted out of the NT scan when I was pregnant because whatever they had told me then wouldn't have changed the outcome of the pregnancy. Abortion never would have been an option for us. And I still don't regret not getting any testing done when I was pregnant because then I would have still had to have waited until she was a month old to find out if she was just a carrier or if she had cystic fibrosis. I just want the test now to determine whether we can have a second baby.

It will all be okay If we are both positive then I have one beautiful baby girl and that's more than I can ask for.

karyn83 · November 2010

Glad to hear they finally gave in -- hopefully it'll come back negative!

Erin&Gregg07 · November 2010

That's such good news knowing the tests will be paid for!!! I'll be praying that everything works out how it's supposed to! Like you said it's all in Gods plan!