I am an only child too. My dad recently passed away from M.S. so I
am worried I might have that disease. They now say it can be
herditary. ~Amber
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> Hi Amber
>
> Thankyou for your information. It is lovely to be in touch with
> others sharing in this situation.
>
> They won't do embryonic testing for this particular syndrome. It
is
> only available for a few others in this country (Australia).
>
> However i don't know if I would want to take that path anyway. All
> of us who have had Sticklers without knowing have all had a very
> good quality of life, so hopefully this will make our decision to
> have another child easier. That and the fact that our little girl
> Alannah is the most gorgeous creature on earth (very biased of
> course!!!)
> Very interesting to see how it has travelled in your family.
Myself
> and my mUm are only children, so we can't really see any type of
> pattern.....
>
> Simone
>
> --- In sticklersyndrome@yahoogroups.com, "Amber" <poetmash@y...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi! My husband was diagnosed w/ Sticklers when I was PG w/ my
1st
> > child when seeing a genetics doctor. Thats when we figured out
> lots
> > of his family members have Sticklers. Yes there is a 50/50
chance
> > each child will get it. Both my kids have it. Out of my mother
in
> > laws 3 only one of her kids (my husband) has it. One of my
> > husband's cousins has had 8 or 9 kids & most of her kids have
it.
> > Whether you decide to have another child is a personal decision
> for
> > you & your husband. I have also heard of a procedure (if you can
> > afford it I can't) where you can have embryo selective process
> where
> > your child has no genetic problems you'd have to ask your doctor
> > about that. I hope some of this info has helped. ~Amber
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > i have not visited here since last September as we were told
> > > Sticklers was unlikely for Alannah our little girl. Well heloo
> > hello
> > > she has just been diagnosed at 10 months and has come as a bit
> of
> > a
> > > shock. With her diagnosis comes mine also and my mum and my
> > > grandmother. 4 generations of us so far, and we never knew!!
> > > Is this quite common???
> > >
> > > We are quite aware now of all that Sticklers involves and I
had
> > made
> > > myself look things up in the early days when we weren't sure.
> > >
> > > My husband and I had made a decision to have a third child
> (Damon
> > 3
> > > 1/4 no Sticklers, Alannah 10 months Sticklers Pierre Robin,
> > > mandibular distraction, moderate hearing loss, short sighted,
no
> > > current joint problems) about 2 weeks ago and then last week
> they
> > > gave us this news......
> > >
> > > Before we go ahead and start trying for another, we would like
> to
> > > know what other people have done in our position. It is a big
> > > decision knowing what can happen - a 50/50 chance.... we have
> two
> > > beautiful children now, but I have always wanted three......
> > >
> > >
> > > Help anyone
> > >
> > > Simone Hill