[juicymom8]

I posted an update on my spotting and the infections I had. Well my ob called me yesterday and said that there were some abnormalities on the bood test they took. They were looking for down syndrome and spina bifida. She said that the blood test shows and increased risk of downs. I am very scared! It does not matter if the baby is fine or not, we still want our baby and will love it the same. I am just so nervous and worried about like everything. DH & I are going today at 2:45 to talk with genetisist and then have a genetic u/s. My ob is suggesting that I have an amniocentisis to verify downs in case the u/s cannot detect it. I am not going to have the amnio, because even if they do see an abnormality that's all I need to know. I do not feel comfortable with an amnio being performed and neither does DH. Of course I found all this out at school and now everyone at my school knows! They have all told me that the same thing has happened to people they know and it was a false-positive. I have read that their are many false-positives with this test. I am going in prepared for either diagnosis. Everyone says that the blood test is wrong, but I don't want to go in with that mind set and just to find out that something is wrong. I am prepared either way. My ob said a woman my age (27) has a 1 in 888 chance of having a baby with downs, but with my blood test results I am put at 1 in 20. We are not telling our family until we have the u/s and know what the outcome may be. DH & I are fine with either diagnosis; we just want to know! We will need to prepare differently for each baby. I will try to post later today the results. I am not sure how long it will take. My appt is at 2:45 and the u/s is at 3:30. The hospital is also about an hour from my home. I don't want this to come off that I do not want my child if there is something wrong. DH & I love this baby and want it so much! no matter what the doctor says! We are just very scared, nervous and worried.

[Kats Playland]

I'm so sorry you guys are going threw this. I know it has to be beyond stressful for both of you. But like you said, either way you both will love this baby. I hope that's it's just a false alarm, and everythings fine. I'll keep you all in my thoughts, and good luck at your appointment.
Let us know what you find out.

[MiaCamille]

oh no i'm so sorry for all of this, i wish you guys all the best and a perfect and healthy baby, please keep us posted, i'll be thinking of you...

[twinzplus3]

If it makes you feel better. . .

I bawled when they told me my oldest would have downs. . .she doesn't. Then we were told that my 2nd had downs. . .he doesn't. In fact he's gifted.

This test has an extremely high rate of false positives. It is more accurate when detecting neural tube defects. But I consider it next to useless when they say they are detecting downs.

Your geneticist may tell you this but the chances of miscarrying with an amnio (which is something like 1 in 200) are actually higher than your baby having downs. (Well, at least that's true for women under 35).

I know it's scary but chances are really, really good that this is nothing. I hope your appointment goes well. Oh and btw, that sonogram can detect about 99% of cases of downs. It's pretty darn accurate.

[quagmire8]

this has to be very scary for you. let us know how it goes. i have no doubt that you will love your baby no matter what happens. saying prayers and wishing you a healthy baby.

[MommyDee]

Agreed, there are a very high number of false positives with these tests... praying that all this worry is for nothing, and your sonogram shows a completely healthy baby!

[sjdub]

They told my Dh's cousin the same thing that they told you. She is your same age (27). So she and her husband prepared for a downs baby. Then this past June she gave birth to a perfectly healthy little boy! He was not downs at all. So hopefully you will have the same results. I know there are a lot of false positives. I will keep you in my thoughts.

[swt1899]

Oh sweetie... Sending you some hugs and prayers to help ease your mind. Let us know what you hear. We'll all be here for you.

[juicymom8]

Thank you all for your kind words! They mean alot! Well we went to the hospital and spoke with the genetic counselor and had the sonogram. They sonogram tech said that she did not see anything wrong on the baby! I am so happy! They did tell us that there still is a 2.5% chance that when the baby is born it will have downs. I feel a lot better about the whole thing. We were able to see the baby for about 20 minutes and were given lots of u/s pics! When she was measuring the baby it was actually measuring 2 days bigger than what we thought. We were able to find out the sex of the baby, even though we didn't want to know. The tech was only 85 % sure so we are going to wait till our next appt and see if my ob agrees. Then I will let everyone know! Thanks again for your support! It means alot! We are not telling our families because we do not want them to worry.

[QueenAngie]

So glad to hear your news today!

I haven't been on quite as much as usual.

The unknown can be very scarey. Certainly you allready love your baby and are looking at a very bright future.

My only concerns w/ being pg, were that IF there were problems that we knew about, we would have the right specialists there at delivery to properly care for baby. Thank God we were given two healthy boys.

I am thinking that every pg woman goes through these concerns. Am glad that you went through with the specialist for a further work-up, so you'd also be prepared with the correct specialists, if needed.

Sounds like good news to me! (((Hugs)))