AmAS and he AS

[Big_mum]

I was so happy when I found out I was pregnant, am in week 15 now and my blood test says am AS my baby's father went for the test and he is also AS ,I have been asked to do another test to check the gene of the baby .am afraid of having a miscarriage and don't want to loose my baby , however also afraid my baby migh be SS in future what do I do .my test is says split HbA2_delta chain variant.Reported HbA2=sum of HbA2+HbA2.Pls what do I do ,I know the only option is to do the gene test but am afraid of loosing my first pregnancy because I never thought I would get pregnant in my life and now am afraid of loosing it

[SRA8]

Sorry you are going through this stress. Both my parents are AS and I have SS. I love my live. I cannot guarantee your child will have mild SS. There are treatments now and ways of managing. I started having exchange blood transfusions last year. Prior to that I have been relatively well. I have two children myself. The thought that I might have been terminated makes me extremely sad. I am one of 4 children and the only one with SS. The chances of your baby being SS is 1 in 4. Ask yourself if you would terminate the pregnancy if the baby was SS. If not, do you want to risk the gene test in pregnancy. You could wait until they were born. I will pray for you.

[Big_mum in reply to SRA8]

Thank you soo much sister ,even if I test and the baby is SS ,I don't think I will abort it . I pray that God sees me through this pregnancyBless you dear