Well, I'm 26 and was diagnosed just a few months ago. I was thoroughly warned about the possibility for sterility; my boyfriend and I were kind of embarrassed because of how serious they were when they broached the topic even though it didn't matter to us. They did suggest storing sperm, but I've always known that if I were to have a child it would be through adoption and not artificial insemination, so I didn't bother.

I'm pretty sure that the concern was with infertility and not the possibility of birth defects.  As I understand it, many women have borne children with no problems; I can't imagine that it would be more of a problem for the child if the father were the one with CML.  That being said, I don't know any more than you do about this, so take my advice/opinion to be worth a grain of salt.

Berkley,

There was a poster here, lycono, who was diagnosed June 2008 and he and his wife are now expecting in December. You can read about his journey with all this at http://hatefulblood.blogspot.com/.

If I remember correctly, he consulted with Dr. Druker and was given the clear to go ahead...(don't quote me on this...please double-check his blog...)

Beth