Urgent Question Re Xrays before Pregnancy

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Hi, Everyone, I'm new to this group; and am grateful to be a part of

it. I was diagnosed with scoliosis at age 11, and have had to have X-

rays (like a lot of you) to monitor its progress. I chatted with a

person yesterday (who does not have scoliosis) who said that I should

have never had an xray, especially of your spine/hip; because they

mutate your genes; she wasn't a doctor, but doctors have been pretty

vague about xray dangers, and I didn't think of them when I was a kid,

and also because I've never been pregnant. I felt pretty bad about

this, especially because my husband and I would like to start a family

in the next few years. I was wondering if anybody has felt/addressed

this concern. Thank you very much, Angelina