planned pregnancy after cah baby
Jan. 7th, 2005   11:54pm
Hi, Im sure this subject has been posted before I would like some opinions.  My husband and I have decided to go ahead with a planned pregnancy.  We have a 19 month old SWCAH daughter now.  Our OB is completely on board and we have opted for the dex prenatal treatment.  We will have a perionatologist, endo, and genetics specialist involved as well.  I have read that the Dex usually works in preventing the virlization which is the goal here...Has anyone actually taken this prenatal treatment with success (or not)?  I am curious of everyones opinions and experiences.  I am trying to make my family understand why i am chosing this treatment, they dont understand what I am doing if I cant prevent "CAH" from happening (just shows they dont pay attention) ...anyway, I thought I would get the valuable input from those of you who actually know why I want to have the prenatal treatment.  Savannah (my daugther) had surgery and I want to try to prevent that for my next child if at all possible because it was hard on all of us, especially her....  We know that there is a 1/4 chance of another CAH child and1/8 chance of a CAH girl.  Thanks for listening and I look forward to any responses  (even if you disagree) I can handle it.. ;).  Feel free to email me directly if you do not wish to post your response. 
Laura Shine
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