Genetic counseling is the first step and it should start in high school or as early as possible. Couples who have sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease may marry provided they do not plan to attempt conception naturally. They should plan lifelong contraception and consider invitro fertilization (IVF) with preimplantation genetic testing for genotype selection to avoid the risk of giving birth to sicklers. It is an expensive option and so they will have to make a choice whether or not they want children in the marriage and how they plan to approach this goal. In marriage love is not enough. You need to ask the difficult questions during courtship and be truthful to each other.
Some people say their faith carry it. Yet their faith cannot change their own AS to AA
Genetic counseling is the first step and it should start in high school or as early as possible. Couples who have sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease may marry provided they do not plan to attempt conception naturally. They should plan lifelong contraception and consider invitro fertilization (IVF) with preimplantation genetic testing for genotype selection to avoid the risk of giving birth to sicklers. It is an expensive option and so they will have to make a choice whether or not they want children in the marriage and how they plan to approach this goal. In marriage love is not enough. You need to ask the difficult questions during courtship and be truthful to each other.
I feel ur pain, My sister is SS
I lost my first two siblings to sickel cell too, I can relate. It's not easy at all.
I lost one of my sisters to sickle cell some years back and I can say that she did not enjoy life at all.