{"id":6943,"date":"2023-06-19T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/?p=6943"},"modified":"2025-10-23T16:54:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:24:38","slug":"sickle-cell-anaemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/sickle-cell-anaemia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sickle Cell Anaemia Before Planning a Baby: Prevention is Better Than Cure"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>html { scroll-behavior: smooth; scroll-padding-top: 5em; .table_of_contents {margin: 25px 0; padding: 10px; background: #F2F5F7;} .table_of_contents a { text-decoration: none; }}<\/style><div class='table_of_contents'><h3>Table of Contents<\/h3><ul><li><a href=\"#what-is-sickle-cell-anaemia\">What is Sickle Cell Anaemia?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#what-is-the-pattern-of-inheritance-of-sickle-cell-disease\">What is the Pattern of Inheritance of Sickle Cell Disease?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#do-you-know-what-to-do-to-prevent-conceiving-a-baby-with-sickle-cell-anaemia-before-your-pregnancy\">Do You Know What to Do to Prevent Conceiving a Baby With Sickle Cell Anaemia Before Your Pregnancy?<\/a><\/li><ul><li><a href=\"#blood-haemato-biochemical-tests\">Blood (Haemato-Biochemical) Tests<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#speak-to-a-genetic-counsellor\">Speak to a Genetic Counsellor<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#several-fertilisation-genetic-tests\">Several Fertilisation Genetic Tests<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The red blood cells carry oxygen to all the parts of your body helping you to live healthily. These cells are normally shaped like biconcave discs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, due to several hereditary blood disorders or genetic disorders, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2998922\/\">the red blood cells tend to alter their shape significantly<\/a>. Sickle Cell Anaemia is one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-sickle-cell-anaemia\">What is Sickle Cell Anaemia?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/sickle-cell-anaemia-and-cord-blood-therapy\/\">Sickle Cell Anaemia<\/a> is a group of inherited blood disorders, which is characterised by anaemia.&nbsp; This anaemia is due to the breakdown of the deformed red blood cells (sickle cells) while negotiating small blood vessels. The sickle-shaped cells are also sticky. So, they stick together and clog the blood vessels disrupting the distal flow and causing damage to the organs supplied by the vessel, through severe pain, organ degeneration, and even death.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/FuMQjP-EdrVzErZYJ9-py3UWlkviNHX2RSQFx0iPAHyFboFebgauPwvzHq73a8S9qi1nHJstHkRqlelJMY4e-gXycALuxmqdMAOjz4f5hH7XAnNE6JakqbNTqKPrkLcljR3zb9PyHoyPubDQMfUZAA\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:837px;height:608px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.nih.gov<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-the-pattern-of-inheritance-of-sickle-cell-disease\">What is the Pattern of Inheritance of Sickle Cell Disease?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re planning to start a family and both you or your partner are the carriers of this genetic disorder because it has passed down from either of your parents, remember there might be a 25% chance of your having a baby with sickle cell disease. It is essential for both parents to be carriers of the defective gene to be one that 25%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"do-you-know-what-to-do-to-prevent-conceiving-a-baby-with-sickle-cell-anaemia-before-your-pregnancy\">Do You Know What to Do to Prevent Conceiving a Baby With Sickle Cell Anaemia Before Your Pregnancy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Well! There are a few measures both of you can take before planning a baby. Some of them are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"blood-haemato-biochemical-tests\">Blood (Haemato-Biochemical) Tests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Your healthcare practitioner might take you through a complete blood count with red cell indices and detection of haemoglobin variants by high \/low pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"speak-to-a-genetic-counsellor\">Speak to a Genetic Counsellor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If one of you are a carrier of this defective gene and the other one is normal, there will be no problem with your baby. If both of you are carriers, as there is a 25% chance of having a baby with sickle cell disease, it is best to opt for a pre-natal diagnosis, through your gynaecologist\/Foetal medicine specialist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"several-fertilisation-genetic-tests\">Several Fertilisation Genetic Tests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These tests are available for you at various hospitals, local health departments, and SCD community-based organisations. These are the pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD or PIGD) or fertilisation tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you are through with these tests, with the healthcare practitioner\u2019s permission you can either try to conceive naturally or if the chances of your bearing the baby inside your womb are lower, take the help of technological intervention like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/pregnant-with-ivf-similar-to-normal-pregnancy\/\">IVF<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents What is Sickle Cell Anaemia? What is the Pattern of Inheritance of Sickle Cell Disease? Do You Know What to Do to Prevent Conceiving a Baby With Sickle Cell Anaemia Before Your Pregnancy? Blood (Haemato-Biochemical) Tests Speak to a Genetic Counsellor Several Fertilisation Genetic Tests The red blood cells carry oxygen to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Test Sickle Cell Anaemia Before Planning a Baby?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sickle cell anaemia is a blood-related disorder, for which you\u2019d need get tested before you\u2019re planning for a baby. 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