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Re: Is anyone worried about passing this on to baby?
From: Amanda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 1 Dec 2000 23:14:25 -0600 (CST)
>My mother has PCOS and I too have inherited it. I have a younger sister who has not inherited this "syndrome" (not a disease) I am glad my mother did not have the same attitude that you do because then I would never have been born. I have PCOS and I am dealing with it!! I certainly DO NOT wish that I was never born!!! I know people who have this same type of "sky is falling" attitude towards life and I really feel sorry for them! I once knew a lady who was afraid to leave the house because she was afraid she would get hit by a car or struck by lightening etc etc.
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>>----- Original Message -----
>From: <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 6:25 AM
>Subject: Re: Is anyone worried about passing this on to baby?
>
>> I agree with you,
>>
>> I am not having kids, because I just don't like them enough to want one of
>my
>> own, but I would never pass on something like this to a child. I guess
>maybe
>> because I am not desperate to procreate I can look at it like deliberately
>> choosing to possibly bring a defective baby into the world, who at best
>will
>> have to not eat freely and normally because of the carb thing and always
>be
>> on the lookout for IR and PCOS symptoms, and at worst could develop a
>severe
>> manifestation of PCOS and develop diabetes, and suffer diabetic
>> complications, endometrial cancer, etc...... Not to mention all the
>cosmetic
>> problems that can shatter self-esteem.
>>
>> Personally, I think it is selfish to procreate when you have a potentially
>> life diminishing condition that may very well be genetic. Why not adopt?
>> Adoption can be a long drawn out procedure, but gee, isn't the fertility
>> treatment scene equally as expensive, drawn out, and heart wrenching? I
>> guess not wanting kids I cannot understand why the importance of passing
>on
>> the genetic material, even if that genetic material may be flawed
>outweighs
>> the potential well being of the child.
>>
>> But I guess some people are more caught up in the whole idea of
>procreation
>> instead of the ramifications thereof.
>>
>> I just hope that their gamble that there will be better treatment options
>and
>> that their kid will somehow "dodge the bullet" pays off and the child does
>> not develop problems or manages to recieve treatment early on and does not
>> suffer the worst problems, and who knows, maybe there will be a cure by
>then.
>>
>> But I would not gamble on those odds when another life is at stake.
>>
>> Tracy
>>
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