[amy3000]

well, 11 b would suprise me from what you have described. - totally. but your doctor may be right. it's pretty easy to tell if it is.

some one said 17 alpha, and i though 3bHSD - I think those two are worth checking for - but the tests cover them all and lead you to an answer - it doesn't really matter what the particular polymorphism (or mutation) is - what matters is what will make you feel better - ie if you have very low cortisol you might feel a bit better if you have some - cortisol is about energy and health and not so much gender or sex.

and you know the answer to the testosterone thing - you want testosterone which is fine.

Just to clarify - I have never read of any form of CAH that confers the trait to 1 in 2 of your children - your child may have a 1 in 2 chance of being a CARRIER, but this does not necissarily mean being affected. CAH is autosomal recessive - which means unless people are making babies with relations *sometimes this is accidental - who knows all their third cousins?* it is unlikley you will pass it on in it's disease state.

I have read of one compound heterozygote with CAH (17alpha hydroxylase) - I would be interested in references of any cah that is not autosomal recessive. (this is more directed at a couple of people who have made comments - nt you rycharde)

But rychard you don't care about that stuff i suspect. Sounds like you have a good doctor.

Wait untill after pregnancy before you get the diagnostic tests for CAH done - who kows what sorts of odd things pregnancy can throw up - they will test heaps of hormones, and you have to hope that the doc will be able to spot oddness - often they don't know consider atypical CAH which gives quite different results that can almost appear in 'normal' reference ranges....

but it could be something else too - might be something you never find out about - I think that you will find that even trannies as you call them have genetic reasoons for beiing trannies - theirs some interesting research coming from the karolinska institute in sweden about trannies having some interesting genes compared to others. also intersex people who want to change gender and don't know what their condition is are often called trannies for the simple fact the want to alter something about them selves in that way - the body does all sorts of weird shit with regards to gender, hormones are funny things, and under very complex control and form the fundamental basis for many things in life.