Assume that you and your mate carry the genes for a serious disease. If you were to have children, there is a very good chance the child would develop the disease.
Knowing this, would you go ahead and roll the dice and have children?
2006-12-19 07:52:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
no i would not for 3 reasons
1i wouldnt want my child to have to suffer for its whole life or be picked on ect..
2 money i wouldnt be able to afford health care for that child and it wouldnt be rite to have a child that you know your going to have to have assistance with
3. on a more selfish note i dont want to spend my whole life taking care of a sick child being worried sick all the time and the stress of it all and the wondering what will happen to that child if i die... ( i worrie about that now with my 2 healthy kids who are teens)
if i had no choice and i didnt know then i would deff keep my child and try my best to take care of it no matter what but since you said we had the choice and knew ahead this is the way i see it...
2006-12-19 10:01:09 · answer #1 · answered by crazyme 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I would still have the child if me or my husband carried a gene that might result in a serious disease to our unborn child. For one thing, this is a gamble that every single parent takes when they get pregnant. We can pray our children will be born healthy, but there is no guarantee. It is my belief that GOD doesn't give more than we can handle. Children are a true blessing and if you don't take the chance on even getting to know them for a little while, you are missing out on an entire lifetime. Thank you and GOD bless you.
2006-12-19 16:03:40 · answer #2 · answered by cookie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I probably wouldn't. If I knew that there was a good chance any child I was going to have was going to be born with a serious disease then I more than likely wouldn't have any. I wouldn't want to put a child through all of the hardship of having a serious illness if I could prevent it. What I would do though if I still wanted children is adopt. There are numerous children in the world without loving parents and I would gladly step in to fill that role for one of them if I couldn't have a healthy child of my own.
2006-12-19 16:01:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I just know that you are a young person asking the question!! Because only a young person, would leap and then look, at the spot where it's to late to go back too~~ smile. I can sympathies with you to some degree. I have been in the aftermath of a similar situation myself. The only difference was (no serious disease) Your only problem is, are you willing to do what it will take to ensure that, the union will be blessed!!!! If the answer is yes! go on and do it. If the answer is no, it's not just your life you're playing with. Good-luck with that. vhto1
2006-12-19 16:07:13 · answer #4 · answered by vhto1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a sister born 14 years ago with Trisome 13. She died a few months later. Both my parents had genetic testing and tehy both carried the gene. They took a chance and got pregnant and gave birth to a healthy baby girl. I dont think I would have been able to do that knowing that there was a huge chance the next baby would be born with the same genetic disorder.
2006-12-19 16:15:01 · answer #5 · answered by Kristin Pregnant with #4 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the chances are 25% if both parents are carriers for a disorder, so chances are still good the child would not have the syndrome/disorder. it would depend on how severe it was and whether or not I thought it was worth the chance. You can always do in-vetro where they test the embryos ahead of time and only implant the embryos without the disorder, bu this this can be costly.
2006-12-19 16:07:55 · answer #6 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the disease. And what the odds are of you passing it on. Doing some research can really help out. You need to also ask yourself - do you want to care for a child w/ this disease and is it far to the child to have to live w/ it??
2006-12-19 16:01:54 · answer #7 · answered by tinksnana 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would after I felt like I was ready to take on the tasks of caring for my child if anything happened. You can not tell what the future holds. You never know if your child is born perfectly healthy and 10 years down the road gets cancer. Take what is given to you all in stride. God won't give you anything you can't handle.
2006-12-19 19:37:55 · answer #8 · answered by cliffhanger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the chances of the child getting the disease, and it depends what it is.
I would probably consider adoption if it were too risky.
2006-12-19 16:07:38 · answer #9 · answered by *Logan's Mommy* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course I would any child is a gift. I also work in the health care field taking care of children with medical, developmental and physical disabilities as does my husband so maybe we are not the norm. But yes we would.
2006-12-19 16:05:15 · answer #10 · answered by mysticalwaterlily13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋