Hello everyone hope all is well
To cut sraight to the point, me and my girlfriend are thinking of starting a family but the statistics tend to scare us as to wether or not the child may develop ms.
we know ms is not considered a hereditory disease, but when the statistics go from 1 in 600 for the general population developing ms to 2 in 100 for a child to go on to develop ms with a parent who already has the disease it can be a little concerning.
Just wondering if anyone else had these worries, and how you came to your decision.
You should be more concerned about bieng healthy enough to bring up the baby. Its hard work but worth it. You will have much bigger things to worry about than your kid getting MS
Daniel
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Hi, I appreciate your concerns, I had two children after I was diagnosed and all things considered I guess i have coped ok with them, they are now 10 and 7. Now anything can happen in life, since I have had ms I have seen people young an old die suddenly, be diagnosed with cancer and all sorts of other things so ms isn’t the only thing to worry about, sorry I’m not saying this to worry you about other possible scenarios , I’m trying to make the point that we don’t know what life holds. On a positive note treatments are advancing all the time and a child born now would be looking at treatment options for ms that are maybe twenty or thirty years into the future, they won’t even be in the pipeline yet. I like statistics, I wasn’t aware of the statistics for children with parents with ms, but I’m not gonna worry, I’m sure I could find some statistics for you right now that are more likely to happen than a child developing ms and also even if the statistics were say 1 in 1,000,000 that doesn’t mean something won’t happen, it’s still going to happen to somebody. Also,would you always regret it if you didn’t have a child because of this statistic, you don’t know what the future holds, no one does. Cheryl:-)
I conceived my first child 1 month after having MS confirmed. I’ve since got 2 more. MS has run in my family, but appears rather oddly to skip a generation, so my grandmother had it and her grandmother had it. My biggest challenge is not the worry of MS for them but the worry that I’m not a proper mum because of my MS, too tired to do things, can’t sew badges on their cub uniforms, can’t walk like I used to. I worry how much I regret having the baby (shes a year old) as since I had her I seem to have been permanently relapsing. I’ve not enjoyed being a parent to her at all, she is standing next to me now with her head on my lap, but most of the time she is just too much like hard work.
Hello im new to these forums, my mum had secondary progressive MS and i got diagnosed with RRMS in 2012 i was told i was a rarity. Iam a single mum to a 10 year old but it does worry me. Ive always been a born worrier but i have so many worries and fears it over whelming at times. Dont think ive ever excepted the MS i know i shouldnt be thinking about the what ifs and why me but its easier said then done life is just so unfair.