we are new and need help

abnormal CF level, does that mean he has CF? could be inactive? , what are the steps we should take?

AT THIS POINT I'M NOT TOO SURE WHAT ABNORMAL MEANS, BUT ALL I CAN SAY IS GO AND GET A SWEAT TEST DONE AT AN ACCREDITED CF CENTRE. THEY HAVE THE BEST RESULTS WITH SWEAT TESTS, AS THERE IS A SUCH THING AS A FALSE NEGATIVE, BUT NOT A FALSE POSITIVE. FOLLOW THIS UP WITH A DNA TEST. IN ORDER FOR YOUR BABY TO HAVE CF HE/SHE MUST HAVE 2 COPIES OF THE DEFECTIVE GENE, I.E. ONE FROM YOU, ONE FROM YOUR HUSBAND.

we have a sweat test 2 weeks later, as I understood if the sweat test is positive we need to have a genetic DNA test to undersand what kind of he has.

what kind of lab we should go ?

LIKE I SAID, I WOULD GET THIS DONE AT AN ACCREDITED CF CENTRE.

he just born may be it is early but everything seems normal with him. anything to wacth early days?

KISS HIS FOREHEAD. I KNOW IT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT ONE OF THE MAIN SYMPTOMS OF CF IS VERY SALTY SKIN. DOES HE HAVE ANY WEIGHT GAIN ISSUES? RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS? EVEN IF HE DOESN'T EXHIBIT ANY SYMPTOMS RIGHT NOW, DOESN'T MEAN HE DOESN'T HAVE CF. MANY PEOPLE ARE DIAGNOSED IN THEIR TWENTIES, THIRTIES AND EVEN FORTIES WITH VERY MILD SYMPTOMS.

thanks and good luck to deal with this terrible disease, people needs to be warn before even getting married about CF. we could not even enjoy our first born baby may be the last one sad

JUST BECAUSE YOUR BABY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE CF, DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE WON'T BE ABLE TO LIVE A LONG AND FOR THE MOST PART NORMAL LIFE. I'M 25 YEARS OLD, AND HAVE BARELY HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH MY CF. NEW MEDS ARE COMING OUT ALL THE TIME. THEY'VE COME A VERY LONG WAY TO HELPING PEOPLE WITH CF. I WAS ONLY LITTLE WHEN THEY FIRST DISCOVERED THE CF GENE. JUST BECAUSE YOUR SON MAY HAVE CF DOESN'T MEAN YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE KIDS. HAVE YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND BEEN SCREENED TO SEE IF YOU ARE CARRIERS OF THE GENE? THAT IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO. ENJOY YOUR SON. IF HE DOES HAVE CF, IT WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME NORMAL FOR YOU. GOOD LUCK.