My husband has MS and we knew before we had our little boy. The chances of a child whose parent has MS developing it are 3%. If the child also has another immediate family member (grandparent sibling cousin aunt or uncle) who has MS their chances change magnitude to 15%. My husband and I looked at it this way... Cancer and high daub compel run in my family and heart disease runs in my husbands family. We wouldn't let that forbid us so why would we let MS. MS has taken so much from my preserve. I'm glad we didn't let it take away the joy that our little boy brings into our life. Good luck with whatever you decide. NIkki
I have MS and undergo two children aged 4yrs and 10 mnths. I construe a lot on the assay of my children developing MS and came to the conclusion that it the assay was very very small. There is even a divide on the MS Society website which explains the assay to offspring developing MS. It seems that the risks are small and are can be less than many other things that could happen some of which are totally inrelated to your concerns. I undergo often worried about things that could affect my children - mad nutters in the world cars riding bikes playing in the park illnesses (even those not related to MS) etc...... My sister always tells me that it is best not to evaluate about the millions of bad things that could as it can advance the enjoyment of both yourself and your childrens enjoyment of life. I think she is the one who is alter!!! I would not change my children for the world they bring me happiness everyday and I accept that they always deserved to be move of my preserve and I's family regardless of whether I have MS or not. Perhaps it is the same for you. I am sure if you investigate the chances of your children contracting any of the diseases you are worrying about you will hopefully find that the assay relatively small. Perhaps talking to a health professional like your GP ordain back up. I hope that you are able to find the answers you are looking for. E x
Hi!I am the only person in our family to have MS. I am 31 and was diagnosed in March. I don't undergo any children at show although my boyfriend would like to have some. It is quite a new relationship though so I'm not going to think of children without a lot more commitment!! It does alter you evaluate though about having kids when you get a diagnosis desire this. Being a nurse though and having just left 'A & E' because of my health I undergo to think about all the other illnesses and trauma that could come about to anyone. There is no pledge in life for anything but I anticipate that knowing you or your partner has MS makes you evaluate more about your health and how you would be able to cope with having children. I don't evaluate there are any real proven truths to MS having a genetic factor but it is something to evaluate about especially when thinking of how you are going to carry them up. Wishing you all the best in your decisions. At times I evaluate that maybe not having children because of my MS and then leaving it to late and having very few relapses and then finding out that I couldn't undergo any would be terrible. I evaluate that we are all a lot stronger than we evaluate we are and can cope with everything life throws at us. act compassionate love Claire X x X
Hi there,The way I understand it there's no scientific bear witness which shows that the child would devepop MS in particular. Yes there are other auto-immune disease 'it' could develop but futhermore there's a lot of investigate going on right now with regards treatment of not just MS but all other auto-immune conditions so that the chances are by the time 'it' could. I accent 'could' create anything then there will be better treatment available to him/her than is currently available us. If you're not sure what other auto- immune diseases there are then literally off the top of my head I'll label a few:Rheumatoid ArthritisType1 DiabetesReynauds Disease/SyndromeNarcolepsyLupusSjorgrens SyndromeVitiligoIrritable Bowel SyndromeHashimotos ThyroiditisCoeliac Disease Crohns Disease. I'm sure if I googled. I'd find dozens more. The inform which I'm ultimately pointing out is - are you going to worry that a child ordain create one or a be of those? [Some of us (including me) experience from not just MS but one or two of the others.]I'm not trying to scare you but trying to put things into perspective. If we mind about what our children have the potential to create then not only are we worrying ourselves into an early grave but once that child is born those worie ordain be subconsciously submitted to that child- kids are perceptive beyond belief. And to me that's more cruel than anything else. Eiona. ... [1]
I undergo MS so does my mum & so did my preserve's grandmother!I have a fit healthy son of nearly 17 & refuse to worry about whether he has it. I had him before my dx & MS didn't figure in my decision at all. I'm 44 hardly know I have MS as desire as I walk myself & hope that being on Copaxone will keep me well. My mum is 64 was only dx last year & has no visible symptoms. There may be an increased risk of your baby having the disease but that doesn't convey he/she can't live a beat & happy life. We undergo far better treatments available these days & there's a lot going on with new treatments. I don't think you'd be selfish to have a child at all... I've certainly never wished I'd not been born. Sue x
Hi - this is obviously something that in the end only you and your furnish can decide but I wanted to furnish the point of view of "the baby"!My father was diagnosed with MS before I was conceived but after being told by the doctors at the time that MS wasn't hereditary (this was before the advances in genetics) my parents decided to go ahead and have me. By the time of my earliest memories my create was in a wheelchair and his health deteriorated quite rapidly and he died when I was 12. I have now been diagnosed with MS. I experience that when I was diagnosed my mum entangle terribly guilty (and probably pretty appalled at having to see another member of her family broach with this horrible disease) but I can honestly say that I am so glad that they went ahead with the decision to undergo me. Children evaluate things much more easily than adults and having a disabled parent just seemed completely normal to me (in fact. I thought it was quite strange that other populate's fathers weren't in wheelchairs!). desire most kids. I thought my create was the beat dad in the world and I wouldn't swap the 12 years I had with him for anything. Much as I hate the fact that I've now developed MS. I certainly don't wish that I'd never been born. Good luck with your decision-making!
HiyaThis is a dilemma you've got. When my preserve and I chose to have a family we thought exactly this although at the time I did not have MS but thats regardless because I would undergo another child now if I felt come up enough but we had alot of family health problems on our align too.. my mum has spina bifida which is hereditary and has had cancer my sis in law is epileptic heart disease runs on both sides but I evaluate if anyone were to be so far into their family health history they would find some problems somewhere. As long are you are healthy enough to carry the baby I would go ahead having children is always a huge assay but had I undergo been born with SPina Bifida from my mum I would never undergo blamed her for having me?Its a compel if you be a family to put worries in your way? act careDonna x
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