M maternal grandmother had AS. My mother has AS. I have AS.
Because of my AS conceiving became a problem because of all the med's I took as early AS 12 years old.
I knew I had AS and knew there was certainly a liklihood of it passing on to my children.
It will rip my heart out if it does pass on now that I know my wonderful daughters but I don't think I ever hesitated except to see how my wife felt on the issue.
Why?
Well my mother has AS and she didn't know it when she had me or my brothers but I never ever blamed her in any way for it passing on to me.
Despite my AS and all it has and does do to me, so long as I'm here to help and nurture my duaghters and be there for my wife I love my life.
Its the Hamlet question of "To be or not be". I like being here. I believe my daughters whatever happens to them if raised right will love their lives with or without AS.
Any child can be born with a malady forseen or not. Some roads I have not taken I look back at and think maybe I could have went down that path. Absolutely never thought that here. I could not before they were born have thought its better not to have children for the chance of passing this along and now that they are living breathing little souls I know it was the right choice.
