Down's and Trisomy 18

[pen_grunt]

I got my results back for the risk screening for Down's Syndrome and Trisomy 18 (neural tube defect). Both were negative. I wasn't worried anyway. I don't know why--it just didn't occur to me to be worried since the chances were so small anyway. I mostly did the test because: 1. Knowledge is power--I would want to know if something was wrong, whether I decided to terminate or not. 2. It was a good chance to see the baby/heartbeat at a later stage and put my mind at ease.

I'm 1:4,100 for Down's (cutoff is 1:220, so I'm good there).
I'm 1:10,000 for Trisomy 18 (cutoff is 1:100, so I'm VERY good there).

Go baby, go! Way to have the correct number of chromosomes.

Comments

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Down Syndrome isn't a curse. But I'm glad your baby is doing well.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

I would venture to say that, given the choice, parents would prefer their baby NOT be born with any extra challenges. :) I know what you're getting at, but I don't know if I could handle it.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

That's completely your decision (needs to be said before someone stomps on me for implying otherwise). All babies are a lot of work.

Trisomy 18. Why do diseases have such cool sounding names? If I had a punk band, I'd name it Fragile-X. Praetor Willy? Not so much (you don't want a kid with PW)

Look. You and your husband are smart, gorgeous, healthy people. Your child will rock.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

No, I know you weren't implying otherwise. I can't really speculate with certainty what I would do unless I was actually confronted with the choice, either. Oh, and D might have an opinion, too. :)