Hi Daisy,

I have a 5 month old daughter with non-salt wasting CAH. Our endo did DNA test for our daughter and she has two diffrent mutations-one mild and one severe. She was diagnosed at 5 wks. Her newborn screening was normal but her 17OHP levels were rising since birth and the second screening was borderline, and the third was much higher. She was born with no genital anomaly and the endo explained to me that I was supporting her during the pregnancy, so it's probably me who has the milder mutation and if I get pregnant again and it's a boy I will not have to take dexamethasone during the pregnancy.

So I guess it's important for you to know what type of mutation you have. So do the DNA test.

And for me the DNA testing meant some kind of "closure"-for me it's been just 4 months dealing with CAH and sometimes I still can't believe it's happening to us. So the DNA test will be my last proof that it's real.

DAISY: dna testing (Dec. 4th, 2008   9:21pm)
ST: re: dna testing (Dec. 4th, 2008   9:36pm)
Mike: re: dna testing (Dec. 5th, 2008   3:31pm)
Jill S: re: re: dna testing (Dec. 10th, 2008   10:40am)