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Ability to get pregnant

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I am wondering if someone can give me a few answers. My boyfriend has CF and I have done some research on becoming pregnant in the future but the information is confusing.

From what I understand, being sterile means he cant have children. But not all CF males are sterile. I know this isnt easy subject matter but I just want some better answers than what I am finding.

Can someone please give me some insight?
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well my doctor told me that the vas deferens in guys w/ cf get blocked and that means the guy cant produce sperm which sucks but he said theres ways 2 still get sperm so its not like a guy w/ cf can never hav kids...u and ur bf should sit down and talk w/ his doctor about it.
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My husband has CF, we did InVitro Fertilization with ICSI. They took sperm out of his testicles, they call it a testicular biopsy. We have twins, and we're waiting to find out if we are pregnant again. It's possible, it's expensive, and a lot of emotional commitment, but so worth it!
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My boyfriend had CF. He got me pregnant. Do you want childern now? Have you tried for them? Try speaking to your dotor xxxxxxxxx
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I just talked with my boyfriend's doctor about this too... she told me that it's not so bad, and I am quite happy that we may be able to have babies!!!

First he'll have to go to a urologist to get a sperm count done, and that if none come out, they can still extract them, and make some test tube babies!! The doctor made it sound pretty easy... but something super important... You have to get tested for the CF gene too!!!!!

When I told the doctor I didn't know of anyone in my family with it, she said they could've died really early... 20 years ago, the life expectancy of a CFer was like 14!! So please get yourself tested before you have kids, and if you don't have the gene, your children will probably be carriers.
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