I was diagnosed with the condition of non classical adrenal hyperplasia by my endocrinologist. He said whenever I decided I wanted to conceive I would need help from doctors and special treatments so that my child would be born healthy, especially because there is a risk of the child being virilized, (ex: female having a male-female genitalia or features etc). I have a hormonal imbalance (got period at 9 years old, irregular periods and a bit of hair here and there) and was told by both my endocrinologist and gynecologist to keep on taking my birth control pills until I am ready to conceive. Myself and my partner need to be tested to see if this condition will carry on in our future child.
Are there any women out there who have this condition? Have you had medical help to conceive? Or did you get pregnant without any help and still had a healthy child? Did you have a healthy baby boy or girl? Any real life experiences and stories would be great. I am a young 24 year old woman who would like to conceive in the future and would like to get some insight on this because it worries me in having a child born with this condition or a female born with masculine features. I am trying my best to take care of my body for when the moment of pregnancy comes. Any hopeful and helpful information would be great! Thank you in advanced! :)
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) refers to any of several autosomal recessive diseases resulting from mutations of genes for enzymes mediating the biochemical ...
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I would contact the CARES foundation - they have a network of people and should be able to give you more information.
The MAGIC foundation may also be able to help you out as well.
I have AI via no adrenals - so I check out questions like this but you need special info for this.