Love Does Care: What Every Sickle Cell Carrier Couple Should Know Before Starting a Family Paperback – February 26, 2026

Love is powerful. But love alone doesn’t answer every question.When two people who carry the sickle cell trait fall in love, their relationship enters a reality few couples are prepared for. Decisions about marriage, children, and family planning suddenly carry medical, emotional, and ethical weight. Yet many couples are left to navigate these questions with little guidance and a lot of pressure.In Love Does Care, Abisola Shof offers a compassionate, clear-eyed guide for couples navigating the intersection of love and genetics. Drawing from her own journey as a sickle cell carrier married to another carrier, she offers honest, grounded guidance without judgment or one-size-fits-all answers.This book does not tell you what choice to make. Instead, it helps you understand the choices available — and what they may require.Inside this book, you’ll explore:What it means to be genetically incompatible and why timing mattersThe emotional, cultural, medical, faith-based, ethical, and financial dimensions of family-planning decisionsPrevention strategies and evolving treatments for sickle cell diseaseConversations with sickle cell warriors and caregiversGuided questions to help couples discern whether to move forward together or walk away with clarity and peaceWhether you are dating, engaged, married, or advising others, Love Does Care offers a grounded framework for preventing sickle cell disease. Read more