Hemophilia runs on my family. My mom and both her sisters are carriers; my female cousin is a carrier and my male cousin has full-blown hemophilia (hemophilia A is x-linked recessive, so women carry it on the X but men have the disease).

I had screening done when i was a teenager back in the 90s as part of an early research study on genetic testing for hemophilia. They said I wasn’t a carrier, but couldn’t tell me how accurate the results were, and the methodology was experimental.

Well now I’m pregnant with a boy, so if I’m a carrier and pass down the gene to him, he’ll HAVE hemophilia. I know from watching my cousin grow up that it’s a miserable disease.

I finally got tested to see if I’m a carrier, 20 years of scientific advancement later and with methods proven accurate, and I’m not a carrier! No chance of my baby boy having hemophilia!

I’m not really posting this on social media since it’s private family information, but I have to share it somewhere! I’m so relieved!