Can I get pregnant if I have thalassemia trait?

Can I get pregnant if I have thalassemia trait?

Women with thalassemia who require blood transfusions often have a higher rate of infertility. However, some women with the disease are able to become pregnant.

How is thalassemia diagnosed children?

Thalassemia is diagnosed using blood tests, including a complete blood count (CBC) and specific hemoglobin tests. People who have alpha or beta thalassemia trait may have smaller than normal red blood cells. Moderate and severe thalassemia is usually diagnosed in early childhood within the first two years of life.

What are the chances of having a baby with thalassemia?

25% chance their babies have the disease. 50% chance their babies are carriers for the disease.

How does a child get thalassemia?

Beta thalassemia is an inherited problem. It is passed from parents to children. Thalassemia major is inherited when two carrier parents who have thalassemia minor pass it on to their child. Each child of two carrier parents has a 25% of having beta thalassemia major.

Can you have a baby if you have thalassemia?

25% chances that child born will have the disease. 25% chances that the child born will neither have the disease nor will be a carrier of the disease. If one parent is carrier alpha thalassemia and another one is the carrier of beta thalassemia, then the child born will not have any of the traits.

What are the chances of having thalassemia trait?

If you and your partner both have thalassemia trait, for each pregnancy, there is a: 25% chance that the child will have thalassemia disease. 25% chance that the child will have normal hemoglobin. 50% chance that the child will have thalassemia trait.

Can a parent with sickle cell trait have beta thalassemia?

If one parent has beta thalassemia trait and the other parent has sickle cell trait, there is a 25 percent (1 in 4) chance with each pregnancy of having a child with sickle cell disease (Sickle beta thalassemia disease). Sickle cell is a lifelong disease with serious health problems.

How is thalassemia inherited from mother to father?

There is nothing that a mother or father does (or does not do) to direct which chromosome, and therefore which allele, is transmitted to his or her children. The thalassemias are a group of recessively inherited conditions. Recall that genes come in pairs.

Can a person with thalassemia have a child?

Individuals with thalassemia who want to have biological children face the risk that their child may have thalassemia if their reproductive partner has the trait or the disease, as well. Every woman I interviewed remember their hematologist talking to them about their child’s chance of having thalassemia during their pregnancy.

How many genes does it take to get thalassemia?

A child who inherits two thalassemia trait genes – one from each parent – will have the disease. A child of two carriers has a 25 percent chance of receiving two trait genes and developing the disease, and a 50 percent chance of being a thalassemia trait carrier.

What are the chances of being a thalassemia carrier?

Most carriers lead completely normal, healthy lives. A child who inherits two thalassemia trait genes – one from each parent – will have the disease. A child of two carriers has a 25 percent chance of receiving two trait genes and developing the disease, and a 50 percent chance of being a thalassemia trait carrier.

Can a silent carrier of alpha thalassemia have a baby?

If one parent has the cis form of alpha thalassemia trait (αα/–), and the other parent is a silent carrier (αα/α-), there is a 25 percent (1 in 4) chance with each pregnancy of having a child with hemoglobin H disease.