ceasyc:

NOPE = bad 4king idea/move!

my friend's mom who is d 1st wife of her hubby married him in d 70's and had male n female kids 4 him

years later he married a 2nd wife who also had male n female kids 4 d same man

2nd wife's kids starts dropping dead 1 after d other

my friend's mom was accused of witchcraft & suspected of killing her step kids until a routine check made d man

& his 2nd wife go 2 d clinic. d doctor ran some tests n behold genotype was one of dem

result of both 2nd wife n husband = AS + AS = 4/5 kids lost to sickle cell (SS). SO NA SS DEY KILL DEM. AHA! she still has 1 kid left = one AS

d one dat died last after dey found out about d AS SS THINGY was in 2006 a female over 30 n a graduate (she suffer no b small oh) = no hubby, no kids

doc advised d man to bring his 1st wife n behold she was AS as well but lucky 4 her, all her kids were either AA or AS

yes dey were ignorant cos lots of pple had no idea wot SS AA AS, ETC meant in d 70's n all dem yrs medical thingy neva advance

but we aint in d 70's no more n medical stuff has advanced so y do something so 4king DUMB now

Pls Tell the Mofos!!!

tatiana009:

Well I am SS and my fiance is AS. I can assure you that no one knows of the sufferings caused by sickel cell than i. I come from a family of 5 and 4 of us are SS. Thank God we are alive and doing welll despite the terrible challlenges. The 1st decision I beg you to make regardless of who you marry is not to bring in SS children into this world. I and my fiance have chosen to go ahead and marry deciding that we'll have only 1 or 2kids and via IVF. We will undergo preimplantation genotype testing so only the embryos that are not SS will be implanted. We made this choice because I can't imagine getting pregnant then aborting if its SS. The point is your life will be much easier if you marry a person whose genotype is compatible with yours but if not there are other ways to prevent having SS kids just do your research and it will probably cost you a lot but its much better than the financial and emotional costs that come with the disease. I beg whatever you do, do not bring children into this world with sickle cell

Africa
Three quarters of sickle-cell cases occur in Africa. A recent WHO report estimated that around 2% of newborns in Nigeria were affected by sickle cell anaemia, giving a total of 150,000 affected children born every year in Nigeria alone. The carrier frequency ranges between 10% and 40% across equatorial Africa, decreasing to 1–2% on the north African coast and <1% in South Africa.[30]

tatiana009: Well I am SS and my fiance is AS. I can assure you that no one knows of the sufferings caused by sickel cell than i. I come from a family of 5 and 4 of us are SS. Thank God we are alive and doing welll despite the terrible challlenges. The 1st decision I beg you to make regardless of who you marry is not to bring in SS children into this world. I and my fiance have chosen to go ahead and marry deciding that we'll have only 1 or 2kids and via IVF. We will undergo preimplantation genotype testing so only the embryos that are not SS will be implanted. We made this choice because I can't imagine getting pregnant then aborting if its SS. The point is your life will be much easier if you marry a person whose genotype is compatible with yours but if not there are other ways to prevent having SS kids just do your research and it will probably cost you a lot but its much better than the financial and emotional costs that come with the disease. I beg whatever you do, do not bring children into this world with sickle cell

X-factoria:
@ Poster:

First and foremost, the AS/AS chances of having SS is unfortunately overrated. It is as everyone knows, a 25% chance but unfortunately, people talk about it as if it is the most likely probability of 75%.

My advice to anyone about to make a decision in an AS/AS relationship is to seek God's direction. If God is in it, believe me, you will never come by any SS child. God's ways are not our ways. The people involved should pray and if possible enjoin other spirit-filled friends/pastors to pray with them for direction.

My sister in-law and her husband are both AS and they have three kids: 2 AS and one AA and they never had any CVS nor abortion. In fact, the man has always thought he is AA until he took the test in his own laboratory only to find out that he is AS after 2 children.

If I were in this situation and the lady has everything I want and the only problem is that we are both AS, I will take the risk and hope for the best. Marriage is not all about children.

duduspace: A lot of ignorance being spewed on here and it shows most people do not really have true love in their lives.

1. You don't need to have children to be happy or else all the impotent and barren people would be swimming in the atlantic.
2. Its got to do with probabilities and not set in stone that two people with AS genotypes will give birth to SS offsprings.
3. The medical profession advances daily and new treatments are being developed.
4. There are other genetic defects in individuals that might not be immediately apparent and is not testable like Genotypes but with the potential to be even more debilitating. Who knows if that AA person yu're going to marry carries such a defective gene? 

Atimes in trying to solve one problem, we human beings create even greater problems, it is sad to see what most people are advocating here, it might not actually even be in the best interest of humanity to eradicate the sickle cell mutation and I think it is totally wrong  to rule out a future with someone you're compatible with in a lot of other ways solely on the basis of a manageable health condition, and yes I know an SS person who lived to 55, can anyone remind me what life expectancy is in Nigeria?

Yes, those who marry under these circumstances have potentially heavy burdens to carry and shouldn't go into it lightly only to chicken out later but this blanket ban while sounding reasonable is way off the mark.

akanbi a a: she is your dream girl,everything you want in a girl she possesses character wise and other wise,but just one problem your genotype is a s hers to is a s,she loves you even more than you love her,so can you take the risk knowing you might give birth to a sickler or sicklers in the future?answer in urgently needed to help a couple that is currently facing this challenge.thanks for your anticipated responses.

akanbi a a: she is your dream girl,everything you want in a girl she possesses character wise and other wise,but just one problem your genotype is a s hers to is a s,she loves you even more than you love her,so can you take the risk knowing you might give birth to a sickler or sicklers in the future?answer in urgently needed to help a couple that is currently facing this challenge.thanks for your anticipated responses.

sexkillz:

Pls Tell the Mofos!!!