So, I don't know exactly why I feel the need to confess this, but I think there might be other people who feel like I did/do, so I wanted to put it out there.

My cousin had Cystic fibrosis, and passed away from complications following a heart/double lung transplant several years ago. I watched her struggle for her entire life from the breathing difficulties, tiredness and constant illness that pulmonary CF brings.

I am an RN, and I work in NICU. Between my education, and my family experience, I am more than aware of what having a CF child entails.

When it came time to TTC, me and DH discussed it and decided not to pre-screen for our CF genetic status. We did to the first trimester screening (ultrasound and bloodwork), but that doesn't indicate CF status.

I was a little stressed waiting for the metabolic screen results, which were not indicative of CF once Sawyer was born.

We decided that regardless of how our genes lined up, we would want to try to conceive our baby naturally, and we wouldn't change our family plans. We thought that in our case not knowing was better, because we would love our baby once it was born regardless of wether or not they had CF. We thought that had we found out we were both carriers, it would be extremely stressful on our relationship, and lead to more stress during pregnancy.

I can honestly say that I think we made the best choice.

I hope that this helps someone else who might be making the decision to do genetic screening pre TTC.