Reproduction

Can Thal major patients have children? Why not? Have any of you tried but failed ,what happened to cause failure ? thats what i want to discuss.

my experience was bad!

Thal majors can have children. We have several thal major moms in our group.

ANDY,
my docs keep telling us we cant.but we know its 50-50 but they r negative.

i was pregnant an had to abort i was not prepared,i had a conceptive coil implanted but it disappeared and i got pregnant they gave me an ultimatum  and my tubes are tied now.i wish i could i change that.my bfriend is still sad  that they did that but im so young to have had them tied.

i wish to talk to the thal major moms.can you help me.

thanks andy.

Miaki, Sydneygirl and Nur are all thals who are moms who frequent our site. You can try messaging any of them.

tanks andy

Hi Trinigirl,
Dont let any doctors discourage you from having kids,i know they can be "negative" about it as i have experinced this first hand.But it is possible for thal major patients to have kids,i have one child who is nearly 4.If you need any more info feel free to message/email me,best wishes.
 

HI
     from my experiance i have my friend she is a Dr have thalass.minor and her husbaned is thalass. major he is a rround 45 to 50 years old now and they have a doughter she is almost 12 years old but she is thalass.minor ... so don't worry a bout to have children..
           khalifa

Salam Brother Khalifa,

Your post amazed me,i didn't know that a thal minor and thal major couple can have a kid wid only thal minor?  i thought it was like if a no thal trait person marries a thal major then their kids will be having thal minor? am i wrong ?

Regards,

ZAINI.

When a minor and a major have a child there is there is a 50% chance of having a minor and 50% of having a major depending on which gene the minor gives to the child. The odds are that half the time the minor will give a thal gene and half the time will give a non-thal gene. The major, of course, can only give a thal gene, so it is dependent on which gene the minor gives.

Those are not odds to take chances with, so planning is recommended.

Thanx for explaining Andy 

ZAINI.

hi
  Andy,,, i think the chance to have thalassimia major baby 75% and thalasimia minor is 25% if thalass.major got married from thalassimia minor 
     
                     khalifa

Nope. The minor will give a thal gene 50% of the time and a non-thal gene 50% of the time according to the odds. The other gene from the major is always thal. All their children would be either minor or major. There is no chance of having a non-carrier.

OK OK
         i think the fasting month affect my brain i agree with you Andy 50% major and 50% minor.. because in my case i have chance to have 25% normal baby 25% major baby and 50% minor baby so i think i mixed up ... any way you still our BIG BROTHER 
                                      KHALIFA
                                STATE OF KUWAIT

From my readings, and experience I think, all new possibilities have opened up fro Thalassaemics. Yes, they can have children. Obviously risks will be there.. but those risks are no different from any other normal pregnancies..
If you are in good health.. with proper Hb levels.. proper iron levels... then what is the problem?
But one has to see a high risk OBG.. who will work together with your Hematologist...
In the USA,  my experience is, some doctors will discourage you because they have no experience in handling a Thal pregnancy.. while in some hospitals.. I have seen Thal moms...
Dr. Giardina of New York Prebestrian Hospital.. is well experienced in Thal... so is Dr. Allen Cohen.. these docs will def. encourage you to have children, provided you are in good shape...

I have read quite a bit about female thals having children - i have not heard a lot about thal major fathers.  I do know of one thal major who is a father.   

Do male thals have difficulty conceiving children?