Hi all,
I am sure there is a thread somewhere, so please, if this has been discussed at length elsewhere, ignore this thread and just point me to the other one (just can't seem to find it :ybatty.
How are people who want to have kids think about the question of inheritance factors? I read that statistically 10% of kids with a parent with an IBD will also develop an IBD in their lifetime, which is, depending on the location, quite a lot higher than the general population risk.
I had a discussion with my ex-gf over a year ago about kids (she wanted to have family at some point) and she asked me directly whether Crohn's is inherited... which to some extent it is. Having said that, - and this is especially a question to men who want children - have you considered to not have children or if your spouse wants a kid to use a sperm donor to cut down the IBD risk? I know 10% isn't much at all and most people probably don't really consider it when thinking about kids, but I was still wondering what people think.
Also, this post is in no way meant to criticize anyone who has a kid when he has an IBD, after all there are much worse things in life and there are so many other problems that can occur for kids with non-IBD parents, so at the end I also believe there shouldn't be a problem with having kids when you have Crohn's and I want kids at some point too.
Thanks,
A
I am sure there is a thread somewhere, so please, if this has been discussed at length elsewhere, ignore this thread and just point me to the other one (just can't seem to find it :ybatty.
How are people who want to have kids think about the question of inheritance factors? I read that statistically 10% of kids with a parent with an IBD will also develop an IBD in their lifetime, which is, depending on the location, quite a lot higher than the general population risk.
I had a discussion with my ex-gf over a year ago about kids (she wanted to have family at some point) and she asked me directly whether Crohn's is inherited... which to some extent it is. Having said that, - and this is especially a question to men who want children - have you considered to not have children or if your spouse wants a kid to use a sperm donor to cut down the IBD risk? I know 10% isn't much at all and most people probably don't really consider it when thinking about kids, but I was still wondering what people think.
Also, this post is in no way meant to criticize anyone who has a kid when he has an IBD, after all there are much worse things in life and there are so many other problems that can occur for kids with non-IBD parents, so at the end I also believe there shouldn't be a problem with having kids when you have Crohn's and I want kids at some point too.
Thanks,
A