Finding out I’m a genetic carrier for my son’s syndrome of CDPX1 was a very tough pill to swallow; and it has a whole slew of implications for my life.

It means I caused all of my son’s hugely challenging and life-threatening birth defects. And it also means that each of our children have a 50/50 chance of inheriting the unlucky genes.

Listen to find out what it was like to receive this life-changing news and what we’ve decided to do about it.

*This is a rebroadcast of one of my favorite episodes of The Rare Life for you to listen to while we work on production for season 8, coming in August! If you’d like to discuss this episode with other members of The Rare Life community, we’ll be holding three different meetings run by our amazing group facilitators every Tuesday at 8pm in PST/CST/EST. Fill out our contact form to get the Zoom link each week!*

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