Needed Prayers

I had debated and debated y'day about blogging but didn't know if I wanted everyone to know what was going on...I was just way too upset having too many breakdowns from some shocking news. This morning I decided what better way to start a prayer chain than to blog as I've seen it work many, many times since I have been blogging. Let me explain...y'day morning I received a call from the doctor's office about my blood work...one test came back positive. I seem to be a carrier of the gene cystic fibrosis, a lung disease. The ONLY way it would affect the baby is if Kevin is a carrier ALSO...so we are going to have his blood taken on Friday. Since all this I have learned that this test can give FALSE results just as many other blood test can such as the Down Syndrome test. We know several families who have children with Cystic Fibrosis so we were some what familiar with the disease. Now what all this means is that if BOTH Kevin and I are carriers (we both must be a carrier for it to affect the baby), the baby would have a 25% chance of inheriting both defective copies and having Cystic Fibrosis, a 50% chance of inheriting one defective copy and being a carrier (this would only affect the baby later in life if he/she decided to have children---and only if his/her spouse was a carrier too), and a 25% chance of NOT having Cystic Fibrosis or carrying the gene at all. Hope that helps...I am trying to remain positive as I have had much encouragement from family, friends, and medical professionals that there is nothing to worry about just yet b/c the chances of Kevin being a carrier are pretty slim and even if he is a carrier many times the baby will not get the disease. It just all came to a shock to me when I got the news b/c NO one on either side of our families has Cystic Fibrosis and it is an inherited gene that you are born with. That also somewhat makes me thing the test may have given false reports as one of our medical friends said happens a lot with many of the blood test in pregnancy. None the less...I have a much better outlook today on it and am trying not to worry myself sick (although that's almost impossible as I am a worrier anyway)! Please keep Kevin, myself, and Baby Benson in your prayers that all will work out and we won't have to deal with the worry of the lung disease. I will keep you all posted as we hope to have results back from Kevin's blood work early next week.