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I am glad you posted, as I was thinking many of the same things. I just didn't have the expereince to speak from.
Our eleven year old daughter has SWCAH, so I was tested prenatally with our 2nd and 3rd children. Neither of them have CAH, so I really wasn't sure what would have taken place if they had, but I always assumed it would be something very similar to what you mentioned.
Knowing in advance would allow treatment to begin immediately, rather than waiting for the newborn screen to come back. I can say, despite the genetics testing, I was on pins and needles until the newborn screens came back. We almost lost our daughter, and I wasn't sure I trusted the prenatal testing that was done. We didn't get the screens back for either of our sons until they were 3 weeks old. IF they would have had CAH, they surely would have had a crisis by then.
