Hi there, If you do a search of my username for some of my previous posts, you can find more information on prenatal testing. When we found out our baby had inherited an expanded CAG of 40> from my husband's level of 38, we decided to terminate. However it wasn't something I had to do. We just felt that the implications of knowing our child's gene status was a huge disadvantage for them andby gabson - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Hello! Sorry to hear about your recent discovery of your gray area status. It's a lot to take in. My husband is 33 years old, and has a CAG of 38. His father has a CAG of 38 too (almost 70 and symptom free), and his uncle has a CAG of 43 and in full time care. We can assume, his uncle was the first case of the grey area gene expanding into full penetrance range of 40>. If it weren't forby gabson - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Thanks for sharing your experiences. These embryos were also tested for chromosome issues too. So no idea what's going on. I was 28 years at egg retrieval and now 29. I know I can fall pregnant, just IVF seems to not work for us. It's very confusing and I can't help but worry there is something wrong with me. So many women have first time success with PGD, I just haven't been as lucky yetby gabson - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Hi everyone, Is anyone on here currently going through IVF with PGD? I started PGD in November last year, and so far I've had 3 embryo transfers from my 1st IVF cycle and none of them implanted. (From this first cycle, 5 embryos were tested, & 3 were HD-free). I'm onto my 2nd IVF cycle, and out of 4 tested embryos, only one was HD-free, so just a bit unlucky this time. My 4th embby gabson - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Hi Kathleen, I was just on here by chance, checking in to see if anyone had posted recently on pregnancy etc, and saw your post. Thanks for checking in It's been 4 months since we lost our little bub and currently I am doing well. It was a long and hard grieving process, and it's only recently that I've started to feel better, and I think that's because I've had some postive distractions.by gabson - Huntington's Disease Support Center
On Wednesday night my husband and I received the saddest news we could imagine. Our beautiful baby has inherited an expanded copy of my husbands grey area cag, therefore they have a full penetrance gene, with 100% chance of being symptomatic in their lifetime. It's sad for so many reasons, and just proves to me, even more, how cruel this disease is. The chance of this happening is rare, and wby gabson - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Thank you for your reply, it's nice to read that others have heard that it's rare too! All is going well with our bub, heard the heart beat the other day which was very sweet. I had the CVS about 11 days ago now and still waiting on the results. Will probably have them in 3-4 days time. The wait is the worst part, as it has given us too much time to re-think things, and also make us doubtby gabson - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Wow!! That is such fabulous news. And in only 1 week! What a relief and how wonderful you can now really enjoy your pregnancy and share the news with anyone and everyone, if you wish. I've been told 14 days no less, no more for the results. It is one week to the day that I'll be having the test, and I already know it's going to be the slowest week of my life. My husband is in the grey area wiby gabson - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Hi BrandiMom, How are things? Have you had the CVS? I am booked in for CVS in 2 weeks time. I'm finding the wait very hard and also feeling very conflicted too. There is a big part of me that wants to cancel the CVS and just get on with our lives. Hope things turned out well for you.by gabson - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Hi everyone, Have never posted before, however have always found this forum very helpful. My husband is gene positive for HD, his CAG is 38, so reduced penetrance. His father also has a CAG of 38, he is 68 years old with no symptoms. My husband's uncle is symptomatic and in his final stages of HD, with a count in the 40s, I think 45. If it weren't for my husband's uncle being symptomaticby gabson - Huntington's Disease Support Center