Is she a high risk pregnancy? Home birth (if assisted by a midwife, etc.) should be no more or less dangerous for a low risk woman than hospital birth.

It’s the nymphs, or teeny tiny baby ticks, that spread Lyme. They aren’t the big brown things, they are little black dots about the size of a pinhead. Most people who get Lyme never see the tick, just the rash (usually bullseye shaped) it leaves behind.

Hi, I haven't had any problems with getting my surgeries but I did have medical insurance when I got the results of my gene test, so I didn't have to deal with the "pre-existing condition" issue. I also have life insurance and disability insurance policies. Lastly, I waited until I was finished having children…

GINA protects people from a lot of the discrimination that used to happen. If you want to have more kids, then that should not stop you. You can be in a high-risk screening protocol and not get any surgeries until you're ready (if ever). In Chicago I even work with a doctor who runs the high-risk clinic at…

I just underwent testing and found out I was BRCA1 positive. As I have just been through the counseling, it's fresh in my head. There is a federal law in the US (GINA) that states that your doctors, insurance companies, and your employers can't treat you differently/discriminate against you because of your genetic…

This. I lost a parent after years of ill health while I was still young, and with younger siblings. While most of us don't have to have our ovaries removed, I am all about staying healthy for your children, and I'm glad that Angelina Jolie could see that bigger picture and put living with as little chance of cancer as…

I too have the gene and I've had these surgeries and they are tough. Although the mastectomies and reconstructive surgery were physically difficult, it was the ovary removal that of course has the lasting effects - such as going into menopause at 35 and now at 48 looking about five to ten years older than my peers…