To test or not to test.
To test or not to test.
We recently had to decide if we wanted to have some prenatal testing done. As TES is (whispering) 40 now, they are concerned about birth defects like down syndrome. We decided to go ahead with the blood test... on TES, and forgo the more invasive testing on the baby's embryonic fluid. Statistics show that 1 out of 75 have the down syndrome gene with women 40 and over... and they also show that 1 out of 200 have a miscarriage after the procedure. We decided to forgo that procedure. Since we did, the doctors wanted to know what we would do with the info on TES' blood if we did that testing. Would it affect our decision at all?
We talked it out at length and decided that should this baby be born with down syndrome it would not change our mind one bit. We could read up on it whether we had the news that it was very probable or slightly probable. Either way this child would be a gift from God to us... maybe even more special if she is born with down syndrome.I always thought down syndrome children seemed closer to God... for they seem to be born without all the bad stuff...and know love more than most of us who claim to be "normal".
We will take it a one day at a time.... whether she is born normal or with some defect.
Blessings,
C,T,F, and Baby Girl
We recently had to decide if we wanted to have some prenatal testing done. As TES is (whispering) 40 now, they are concerned about birth defects like down syndrome. We decided to go ahead with the blood test... on TES, and forgo the more invasive testing on the baby's embryonic fluid. Statistics show that 1 out of 75 have the down syndrome gene with women 40 and over... and they also show that 1 out of 200 have a miscarriage after the procedure. We decided to forgo that procedure. Since we did, the doctors wanted to know what we would do with the info on TES' blood if we did that testing. Would it affect our decision at all?
We talked it out at length and decided that should this baby be born with down syndrome it would not change our mind one bit. We could read up on it whether we had the news that it was very probable or slightly probable. Either way this child would be a gift from God to us... maybe even more special if she is born with down syndrome.I always thought down syndrome children seemed closer to God... for they seem to be born without all the bad stuff...and know love more than most of us who claim to be "normal".
We will take it a one day at a time.... whether she is born normal or with some defect.
Blessings,
C,T,F, and Baby Girl
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1 Comments:
We miss you all too Christina!
thanks for youre encouraging words and prayers.
C,T,F,and Baby Girl
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