An Answer to Prayer

At the beginning of each pregnancy I have to take the standard blood tests. Simple tests to check for anemia and other things. This pregnancy another new test was added to the line-up: cystic fibrosis. This reaffirms my faith in the adage "ignorance is bliss." Turns out, I am a carrier. So genetic odds are that if Elliott is also a carrier, our children have a 25% chance of being born with cystic fibrosis.

Elliott's test results came back today and we are relieved to find out he is not a carrier of cystic fibrosis. This means that we have no chance of passing this disease on to our children.

I honestly haven't worried about it as much as I thought I would. Being the goal-oriented person that I am, I realized that I was more anxious to get the test results so I could chart a course of action rather than to put an end to my anxiety.

Of course, we never know what the future holds for either us or our children, but we are grateful to have this bit of science on our side. We will be going for a complete ultrasound near the end of March to get a sneak peek, so as more news comes across we will let you know!