A Nurse Is Providing Preconception Counseling to a Healthy Woman

Multiple Choice

A nurse is providing preconception counseling to a healthy woman and her husband,who has hemophilia A.They are very concerned about passing the disorder on to their children.What should the nurse consider before addressing this concern?

A) Hemophilia A is diagnosed in men and women in equal numbers.
B) The daughters produced by this union will be carriers of the disorder.
C) The sons of this union will have hemophilia A.
D) The daughters of this union will have a 50% chance of passing hemophilia A on to their daughters.
E) None of the children of this union will manifest hemophilia A.