Cord Blood for Dwarfism Genetic Testing When my husband and I were planning to get pregnant, there was the question of double dominancy for heterozygous dwarfism. My husband has pseudoachondroplasia and I have achondroplasia. We were told why take the risk and even TRY for children if there is a chance of health issues or…
Chance of Having a Dwarf Child What are my chances of having a baby with dwarfism? We frequently see incoming search queries related to people asking questions such as What are the chances of having a dwarf baby? and Do dwarf parents always have dwarf children? Since there is a lot of interest in this…
Pregnancy as a Woman with Dwarfism Finally getting to this subject, as it has been a discussion item on many boards and asked by many LP women and couples in our community. I would be happy to answer any more questions from our/my experience. There are just so many questions about the subject, it’s easier…
Cord Blood Banking – A Difficult Decision Among the many difficult choices new parents must face, one is whether to bank their child’s cord blood. For both our dwarf and non-dwarf child, deciding how to proceed was no easy task. We attempted to research whether there was any special benefit for LP parents or parents…