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Gene for cystic fibrosis

ErinBella879ErinBella879
in December 2011 Moms
Last week I had my ob appt and had a 8 viles of blood drawn for various tests. Today they called to discuss some of the results. Apparently I am a carrier for deltaf503 which is the gene for cystic fibrosis. No one in my family has ever had CF but apparently I still carry it. Now they are sending DH for a blood test to see if he is also a carrier. If we both are the baby only have a 1 in 4 chance of having CF. Anyone have experience with this?
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Re: Gene for cystic fibrosis

  • Mrs. MetMrs. Met

    I haven't but I remember a girl on a nest board talking about it. Her husband was a carrier, too, but the baby was fine. 

    did you doctor tell you this on the phone or did you have to go in today?

    Good luck and let us know how it turns out!  

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  • domesticatedhumandomesticatedhuman

    There are a couple posts about this on this board, one I did myself.  If you scroll the archives, back to maybe two weeks, you will definitely see at least two threads with full info, as well as input from other helpful ladies on this board.  I will tell you right now though not to worry.  Stats break down like:

    1 in 25 is a carrier

    Out of those, there are 97 common variants.  60-70% carry the 508 variant.

    You and your SO both need to carry the SAME variant.

    If all that applies, then there is a 25% chance your baby will have CF.

    HTH!

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  • NoodleMNoodleM member

    Hey!

    My family carries the deltaf508 gene. My aunt had two children with CF before they even realised they had CF. My aunt has the deltaf508 gene and my uncle has a undiscovered gene.

    My husband does not carry the gene so we will be fine. It takes two carries to make a baby with CF and even then it's not 100% your child will have CF.

    It's a heartbreaking thing, best of luck!

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  • lnrrygby77lnrrygby77 member

    Out of six of us siblings, my youngest brothers (twins) both have CF so naturally I got tested to see if I'm a carrier. Of course, I am a carrier of the delta f508 but the test result for my husband are still in process.  

    My parents didn't even realize my brothers had CF until at 9 months they were diagnosed as failure to thrive.  But the great news is that when they were born, they were only suppose to live to 12 years of age.  They are 29 now and it is projected that they have a good 40 years or so left. There are 30 more trials of different CF research related drugs out there right now.  Medicine has come a long way from when the boys were born and had to take 30 of the same pills after every meal to digest their food.  Now there's only one.

    While I am waiting on my DH's results, it really doesn't matter if he's a carrier or not- it will be fine. I hope you aren't worrying about this too much!

    Take care! 

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