any hope?

[cardinal030]

please, i have been told i have a condition called thallasemia, but my partner is also having a condition called rhesus negative. how can it affect our relationship and child? i need suggestion

[beanebabe]

Not sure if you mean you are pregnant or not! I looked 'thalassemia' up out of curiosity because I had never heard of it. There is a web site 'thalassemia.ca' which might help. The rhesus negative bit only refers to the type of blood you have. Not sure of all the 'in's and out's' but if you are pregnant you may need something called an anti D injection when/if you have a baby. That is nothing to worry about, I had it with both my children because I have O rhesus negative blood. Hope this helps!

[kirstyjane87]

Hi! i met a 32 year old lady last week who suffered from thallasemia. First time i have ever come accross it too and i asked her for some details! She explained to me that it is a disorder of the blood which is hereditary, and is very common in middle east of the world. (She was indian). She explained that she cannot produce red blood cells or the sufficient amount, so she has to have a blood transfusion every 3 weeks. She has a husband of white british origin whom isn't a carrier. Aparently a carrier is known as thallasemia MINOR and she with the actual conidtion is thallasemia MAJOR, She said that as her husband was a non-carrier there was a 1 in 4 chance for her child(ren) to have thallasemia .

hope this helps u! but if u r seriously worried u should go to your GP and they can refer you to genetic counselling.

[lightoftruth]

just to put your mind at rest. Most people with genetic disorder can have there sperm and/or eggs genetically screened so that the resulting child is not affected.

So long as you go down the IVF route there is no reason for your potential children to be affected

[tazz]

hi i am rhesus neg, all it is is a rare blood group. u have to have anti d jab during pregnancy. depending on which one of u is A neg. if its the women wiv Aneg blood then u must get the jabs or u will have blue baby they call it. it is also important to have jab when babies born to. i had abt 4 of them altogether during each pregnancy. not sure abt the other condition thou. hope this helps