In our experience CAH is not enough of a problem to warrant any extra efforts to not have more kids with CAH. Everyone has genetic drawbacks, whether it's height, weight, diabetes, or any of hundreds of genetic influenced conditions. There are a long list of benefits from CAH. The person learns discipline, they learn to value life more, they learn to more closely watch their health, which will benefit them in other areas. The concensus has been that CAH kids seem to be brighter than average. The moodiness produced by hormine fluctuation provides the opportunity for the child to learn self-control. I've seen that over and over again in my own kids.

Many people disagree with me when I say this, but I have always held that there is nothing God gives us that isn't good. Two of my four kids have CAH and I am more than confident that in the end their lives will be better for it.

We may not know now why something is good, but we can be confident that it is.

Mary's life dream was to be a teacher, but at 14 she became blind. Her family struggled to provide for her and sent her to schools that they could barely afford. She trusted God and had faith in him. She didn't live to see the results of God's plans, but then I'm pretty sure she's got a big smile on her face up in heaven as she see the millions of children who have been taught about America's pioneer history due to the talents of her younger sister, talents formed from years of describing everything imaginable to Mary so she didn't miss out on the beauty they'd both shared in their prairie home. Yes, I'm talking about Mary and Laura Ingalls. Had Mary not been blind Laura wouldn't have spent so much time describing every last detail of the landscape to Mary, and she wouldn't have developed the talent to be a writer later in life, and we wouldn't have the Little House series of books.