Guest guest Posted December 31, 2001 Report Share Posted December 31, 2001 Meg, My parents were told back in 1954 when I was born that the pneumonia my mother had in early stage pregnancy was what caused this. Is that incorrect? Kay If you need prayer join my prayer list Send email to prayingforyou-subscribe@... Join BlindFullGospel Send email to BlindFullGospel-subscribe@... Recurrence risk , the way I came up with the chance of having a second child with CHARGE was simply to aks - I did a very extensive survey of the Foundation membership, sent a mailing to all the Genetic centers in the Us and did a literature search. I tabulated how many children were born after the child with CHARGE and how many of those also had CHARGE. I did all this several years ago (before this list existed). The number of families with more than one child with CHARGE is VERY small, but it is defnitely not zero. Until we find a cause/gene, we won't be able to tell for sure during prgnancy. I also don't know what to do with all the suspicious things in extended fmaily members (hearing loss, heart defects, OCD, whatever). Right now, I don't know if those things are at all related or if they are just there by chance. Stay tuned! Meg, your resident geneticst Meg Hefner, M.S. Genetic Counselor St. Louis, MO hefnerma@... meg@... Membership of this email support groups does not constitute membership in the CHARGE Syndrome Foundation. For information about the CHARGE Syndrome Foundation or to become a member (and get the newsletter) please contact marion@... or visit the CHARGE Syndrome Foundation web page at http://www.chargesyndrome.org 6th International CHARGE Syndrome Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, July 25-27, 2003. Information will be available at our website www.chargesyndrome.org or by calling 1-. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2001 Report Share Posted December 31, 2001 Thank you.....I am sure you just gave me more info on ths then te genetic counslor we have can (not saying anything bad about him ) http://community.webtv.net/maryechick12/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2001 Report Share Posted December 31, 2001 Meg, thanks for your trying to solve the genetic/recurrence ponderance. My daughter aged 19 (not charge) wonders if she is at increased risk of producing a charge child. We are anxious to find out more about this, as her brother has charge. Thanks! Barbra M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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