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Down Syndrome? 3D US
Okay so my uncle and his wife are pregnant and just found out today that they are having a boy(we don't even have a boy to carry on our family name) so they also found out through a 3D US that their baby is down syndrome from the neck...i am just wondering what are the chances of it really being true..they are going for more tests tomorrow...
That's in one of the Chicken Soup books...I don't remember which one, I have a few of them...but it's in one of them. I think it may be the Power Moms book.
brigadiva that story was really nice.!!
I'm glad to hear that all is ok with your friends CYW.
I'm glad to hear that all is ok with your friends CYW.
wow very beautiful...the good news is...he is fine.. a perfect healthy baby BoY! they did some blood work and redid the u/s and he is fine:)
Very beautiful!!!! Wow, it changes your perspective..... Thank you for sharing that.
A friend of mine had this posted on her facebook. It really moved me, and when I read this post I thought of it. Hopefully everything is fine and they get their peace of mind, but in the event they do further testing and it is Downs, remember there is still so much happiness to be had!
Welcome To Holland
by Emily Perl Kingsley
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......
When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.
After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."
"Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."
But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.
The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.
So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.
It’s just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.
But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."
And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away...because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss.
But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.
Welcome To Holland
by Emily Perl Kingsley
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......
When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.
After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."
"Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."
But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.
The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.
So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.
It’s just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.
But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."
And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away...because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss.
But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.
There are more false positives than true positives. Hopefully additional testings will help ease their mind and even if they say yes it points to downs syndrome it doesn't make it 100 positive that it's true, you never know till the baby is here. Good luck!!
an amnio needs to be done to know for sure. An ultasound isnt a good way for indicating DS with just one soft marker. Good luck!
she is 20 weeks pregnant...they are getting more tests done tomorrow so will know more...fingers crossed tho this aint true...either way were supporting them..
I know during my pregnancy they have done the nuchal translucency test, during which it is the measurement of the amount of fluid behind the neck that indicates Downs or not. But I do think that the bloodwork and other factors should be checked before they make that call. If you want a definite answer you can always request an amnio, but that should be if ALL signs point to Downs and you want to know for certain, because the amnio does have risk of miscarriage.
I was told I was going to have a down syndrome baby because my son had calcium in his heart, and because of the size of his head and body. He is now 8 and doesn't have down syndrome. He is unfortunately, autistic but that wasn't detectable by ultrasound of course. So, hopefully, the baby is ok. I'll keep them in my prayers. I was so hurt for the rest of my pregnancy and cried a lot. But when I had him, I was so releived.
I am not excally sure... Did she get any of the tests done early on in pregnancy? They will be in my thoughts and please update what you find out because that seems a little odd
There are more markers to it than neck size! Although from my limited knowledge many DS people have broader necks, but not all.
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