Wendy-Lee
11/11/00 10:14 PM

To give a little history, we went in for our routine ultrasound at 20 weeks and opted to know the babies gender.  However, they discovered ambiguous genitalia, we then went into the local (and wonderful) children's hospital for another ultrasound, this time with a radiologist familiar with CAH.  We then had an an amnio.  They used the fluid to check the chromasomes, which were all normal, and then used the fluid again to check for an "enzyme deficiency".  They didn't, however, used the cells to test the DNA.  We were then told that it is very likely that the baby has CAH, and were referred to a geneticist, who we just saw on Thursday.  He sounds pretty convinced that she does have CAH, but they are going to wait to do a blood test as soon as she is born.  We have 2 other children who are perfectly healthy.  We had never even heard of CAH, nor has anyone is either of our families, which seems to be the case for most people.  At this point we are going about life as if she does in fact have it, and are gathering as much info as possible.  This site has been great at giving me a little insight as to what we might experience, and just how "normal" her life should be!  Thanks to you, and all, for such wonderful information and personal experience.  I really feel at ease about all of this.

Thanks again,

Becki

Becki
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