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Will Having Sickle Cell Disease Cause Any Hindrance In Conceiving?
I am a 27 year old African American female and I live with sickle cell disease. I have a sickle cell crisis between 2 to 5 times a year. I have a three year old son and I had a lot of complications with him but I am ready to have another child. Will me having sickle cell disease and so many crisis can this hinder my chances of conceiving?
Mon, 10 Mar 2014
HI,
Sickle cell crisis is not known to hinder conception, it may affect maternal health, which may not be ideal for child bearing.
Another thing is, sickle cell being a genetically transmitted condition-it's likely to pass same sufferings that you have to your offspring-thus making it's life miserable.
from this point of view, I would advice to adopt a child insted,if you must have second child.
Thanks.
Sickle cell crisis is not known to hinder conception, it may affect maternal health, which may not be ideal for child bearing.
Another thing is, sickle cell being a genetically transmitted condition-it's likely to pass same sufferings that you have to your offspring-thus making it's life miserable.
from this point of view, I would advice to adopt a child insted,if you must have second child.
Thanks.
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Not conceiving. That is the short answer. The disease can cause problems with the 72053284pregnancy (increased stress on joints, increase the risk for urinary infections involving kidneys, iron deficiency anemia, etc); some of which you know from previously. Bur conception is unaffected. it can take a normally fertile couple 6-8 months to conceive. Most specialists don't begin to look for a problem until over a year has passed. I hope conception, pregnancy, and child are all easy and trouble free.
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