If yew have a trait of sickle cell will your child have it?

ok i have a trait of sickle cell anemia and i wanna kno if i have a child will my child have it or jus have a trait

If yew have a trait of sickle cell will your child have it?
Sickle cell disease is “recessive”, which means that both parents must pass on the sickle cell gene for a child to be born with the disease.





A person can also inherit a sickle cell gene from one parent and a different kind of abnormal gene from the other and end up with a different form of sickle cell disease, such as hemoglobin SC disease or hemoglobin S-thalassemia.





Someone who inherits only one sickle cell gene and a normal gene from the other parent will have the sickle cell trait, but not the disease.





When both parents have the sickle cell trait, there's a 25% chance that a child will have sickle cell disease. But when one parent is carrying the trait and the other actually has the disease, the odds increase to 50% that their child will inherit the disease.





I would suggest consulting with a genetic counselor if you are thinking of getting pregnant %26amp; worried about passing the disease to the baby. Since you do know that you carry the trait, you would also need to have your spouse tested to be positively sure.





If after testing, your husband was found to have a normal gene.... then your child would just inherit the trait not the disease, like in your case. Hope this information is helpful.
Reply:Only if the father is a carrier of the gene as well. Sickle cell is not a predominate gene, therefore the father would also have this gene. Whether any of you actually have the disease or not, just both of you carrying the gene can pass it to the baby. However, you could have the disorder, but the father doesn't even carry the gene, and you baby will not be at risk.





I know this because when my niece (half black) was born, my sister (white-so doesn't carry the gene), asked the hospital for a sickle cell test. They told her it would not be possible for her daughter to have it because both parents must at least cary the gene.
Reply:It depends. There is a chance he could get it, and there is a chance he won't. It all depends on genotypes and how it plays out. I believe sickle cell anemia is a recessive disease, meaning two things. If you just are a carrier and don't fully have the disease, then you'd have an Aa genotype and depending on your husband's genotype your children may get it.
Reply:If your future spouse does not have the sickle cell trait, then your child could only be a carrier of the sickle cell trait and not have the sickle cell disease (recessive trait). But if your spouse has the sickle cell trait, then one of your children could have the sickle cell disease (dominant trait).
Reply:Here is some information on the following website, your child will most likely have the trait. There are questions and answers if you scroll down. But you can be too sure, its a chance you take. Good Luck
Reply:I would recommend genetic counseling and go to this link:http://www.sicklecelldisease.org/
Reply:There's a chance your child would get it if your mate has it too!
Reply:sure!