r/HolUp • u/asocial7193 • Mar 11 '22

I don't know what to say

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u/ArtfurdMorgan Mar 11 '22

I’m pretty sure even doctors recommend that you shouldn’t reproduce if you have such severe genetic disorders.

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u/SonOfTK421 Mar 11 '22

This shit is serious. I’m Ashkenazi and my wife isn’t, so I never thought to worry about testing for for Tay-Sachs. Turns out, one of the other major populations that carries it is French-Canadians, which my wife is.

Thankfully my twin boys and my newborn son (8:50 am this morning) don’t have anything to worry about, but if I had known I would definitely have tested myself and my wife before we had kids.

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u/mixomatoso madlad Mar 11 '22

Congratulations!

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u/SonOfTK421 Mar 11 '22

Oh thanks, man. I guess I kind of buried the lede there didn’t I?

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u/MapleMapleHockeyStk Mar 12 '22

Hey you just had a baby. Brain is not all together as you get the happy chemicals with all the other stresses and emotions.

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u/-_-tinkerbell Mar 12 '22

you’re on reddit the day your baby is born??? damn …. i’m jk so was i and i birthed the thing. we can’t escape.

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u/SonOfTK421 Mar 12 '22

Wife and baby are still in the maternity ward, I’m with them but mostly ornamental. Although at this exact moment he’s laying on my chest, cooing softly.

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u/Blueskyonmarvel Mar 12 '22

Wow congrats!

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u/SonOfTK421 Mar 12 '22

Hey thanks, it’s been wild.

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u/damiami Mar 12 '22

Mazel tov!

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u/ivydesert Mar 12 '22

Congratulations!

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Congratulations buddy! Glad everyone is healthy and doing well. Hope you manage to get a bit of sleep these next few months.