baralatie:

so you don't know that there is blood condition in africans that makes couples who are allegedly AA to produce Ss kids because of faulty lab reports?

since you are interested in knowing the paternity of Op's children.kindly donate #150000 for him nau!

Aderr:
Stop blowing air like a whale.
How many AA couples do you know with SS kids?
The OP already knows the child is not his, he is just seeking for the opinions of people like you so he can continue living in denial.
You are the one who is begging the op to go and do an unnecessary DNA, so go give him the 150,000 naira.

baralatie:

come to the sickle cell center at luth in Lagos.
Come and hear testimonial of couples with unbelievable tales that will shake your beliefs.

Aderr:
What else do you expect them to say?
You expect the women to own up? Abi you don do DNA for all the children to know what's up?

bigtboi:
So I took my family home to rest and went about my job while waiting for the test time to run out, once it's time I went to d lab and my baby genotype result came out as S.S and O+... I was supprise, shattered and overwhelmed by emotions, how is it possible... I didn't know what to think, is it that the result is wrong, was my school genotype result wrong, was there a mix up somewhere? I wanted to go confront my wife about the result but I'm an open minded person, what if I wasn't really an A.A genotype and it wasn't really her fault? I had so many thoughts... So I decided to calm down and keep the result a secret till I'm sure of all possibilities, the next day I went for my own genotype result at a different lab and it came out as A.A.... So here my delima, I need answers from my wife, the news alone of our suppose baby who I love so much being an S.S might kill her and she's 5months pregnant with another child which might be legitly mine, even my daughter seem to be in ss crises which she has been experiencing since her birth cuz she cry sometimes all through the night with looks of pains which we can't tell why before now... I'm so confused on what to do, I have lost my joy of living, how do I go about fixing this pls I need elderly advise cuz I haven't have the courage to bring myself to open up to anyone close to me about all that has been happening

baralatie:

you don't even know where the sickle cell center is and I would advise you to go there and see things for yourself.
the place is at luth, Idiaraba opposite teaching hospital,Lagos State.

Aderr:
Yes, I know. The sickle cell center where AA couples go to get help for their SS children.

frozen70:


Hmmm

You can't keep this forever

I know that she is pregnant but she knows alot, honestly she knows alot

Just seat her down and give her the result to analyze her self

Then ask her how come?

Let her be the one to solve that problem by giving you a definite answer

Where she can't provide an answer, take her and that child for a DNA test

The DNA test will reveal the truth about the paternity of that child

baralatie:
Congratulations

Aderr:
Thank you o. The man is obviously suffering a lot by keeping it bottled up.

Aderr:
He is pitying her.

Angelacruz:
It will end in tears

Aderr:
Premium tears.

baralatie:
for those who want to learn

https://www.nairaland.com/6391907/hemoglobin-issues

baralatie:
It is possible the woman is AA, but she's most likely a beta thalassemia carrier, which most Nigerian labs don't test for!
The child inherited a HbS gene from the father and a beta thalassemia gene from the mother.
Here's what is likely going on in the child:
The thalassemic Hb gene from the mother cannot produce any reasonable hemoglobin.
The HbS gene from the father produces sickled hemoglobin.
The end result is the child having sickled hemoglobin in his/her blood, which Nigerian labs would tag SS. But, genetically, the child is HbAS with an inactive (beta thalassemic) HbA component and an active HbS component!
Some of you are wondering why the woman did the SCD test 5x and 2x again during antenatal: Well, someone might have had a hemoglobinopathy (beta thalassemia) in her family, which she, just like any of you here, might have thought was sickle cell anemia. So, she wanted to be sure she doesn't have it. Obviously, she doesn't have the beta thalassemia, but unfortunately, she's a carrier. The point is, SCD is not the only hemoglobinopathy (hereditary blood disorder); there are others like beta thalassemia, which are also recessive. When a carrier of SCD (AS) marries an AA who's a beta thalassemia carrier, they can have an AS child that manifests as SS because the HbA component habeen rendered inactive by the beta thalassemia gene!
Regarding the woman's latest test that showed AS: The result cannot be trusted! The principle of "when you know what you are looking for, that's what you will find" was most likely at play there. It's a very important principle in medicine, which is why in clinical trials to ascertain the effectiveness of a drug, researchers do a double blind randomized study — both the doctor and the patients don't know who's receiving the real drug and who's receiving the placebo so as to remove the effects of biases.
My point is, the lab scientist who did the last test (which was after the child tested positive for sickled hemoglobin) was already biased. S/he knew what they're looking for and that's what s/he gave as the result. I would rather trust the previous 7 tests than trust that last test. To clear the doubt, a new test (possibly HB electrophoresis) must be done by a new lab without prior knowledge of the situation!