Tag: pregnancy
Sunday James Shares His Experience with Receiving Blood Donations
Written by: Nnenna Kumenda Sunday James talks about how important donating blood is for the sickle cell community and how blood transfusions have been saving his life since he was two years old. To those living with sickle cell disease we know how hard it is to find blood donors, especially with those who develop…
Being a Mom with Sickle Cell Disease
Written by: Halimat Olaniyan Versetta Brown discusses family planning, pregnancy, and parenting while living with sickle cell disease type SS. Versetta grew up terrified of the idea of having children because of what she knew about how pregnancy could negatively affect her sickle cell disease. Initially, it kept her from pursuing family planning any further.…