who did the test??

[tiffanyjr0314]

Hey everyone Im 18wks and my doctor asked if I want to get the down syndrome test he said I'm low risk because of my  family history and I'm healthy n no problems but just wanted to knknow if any of u did it anyways??

[wyrpamatz]

I was talking to my SIL about this bc she has a Down Syndrome baby she said she didn't take the test bc no matter what she was going to love the baby. So once the baby was born she was shocked to see the baby had down syndrome and started rejecting her it even crossed her mind giving it up for adoption. She was also telling me that the baby could feel rejection.
My mom tested positive for down syndrome with my brother and Dr's and my dad kept telling her to have an abortion and she didn't and my brother is perfectly fine.

My husband and I talked about it and we are not going to take test. I'm only five weeks but we wanted to talk about that before anything else.

[mannequinxo]

Nope. I asked my Dr with my first and he honestly said its not worth it. It could say yes and your baby is fine and it could say no and there's something wrong. The test isn't always right and it puts a lot of couples in a tough spot. If it comes back as a yes, a lot of people struggle with it. It causes a lot of extra stress people don't need. I decided I didn't want to know. If it happens it happens. No need to stress out even more about a possibility.

[kassiesue]

I didn't do the test just because I worry easy,  so instead I read up on downs and other possible things my lil one may have. This way I am well informed b. I didn't have to hear "your baby has downs" and freak out and cry and worry. It helped me feel more comfortable but ththat's just how I am

[MKristine]

I didn't, because of how many false positives there are. 98% are false positives is what I was told. I didn't want the extra stress or worry. I didn't think it would matter either way I will love my son.

[visitorj]

my doc said if im against abortion theres really no reason for the test....

[Fe411Fe]

I denied it, my sister had a false positive and all she did was worry the whole time. I will love the child no matter if it has a disability or not. No test will make me change my mind about my baby all it will do is stress me out. So I opted out.

[mzcash]

I did just to be sure.

[stinaann93]

My husband and I are opting out, most of the time they only do it to see if you want to continue with the pregnancy or do adoption.

[teregarcalva]

I denied it with this pregnancy and my first. It brings a lot of stress when they give you a false positive at least for me because I have a cousin with down syndrome not blood related but my aunts step daughter. She's 14 and she's always a little sad because she knows people look at her differently and has been bullied and made fun of. People are very cruel and I would love my daughter no matter what but I know it would kill me for her to not be happy because of how douchey some people are. My son came out to what people would say perfectly fine but if my daughter did come out with anything she would still be perfect but I'd rather enjoy my pregnancy stress and worry free and meet her and find out then. It's your choice really but like it's been said there's a high rate of false positive just make sure you can handle news like that. My friend did it and she got a false positive and she stressed and cried throughout her pregnancy she had her baby and nothing. She was happy of course when she got the news but she had a long sad pregnancy so just be positive you can handle finding out because it's hard news to get not because the baby will be "different but for many other reasons. Good luck hun.

[lionking321]

I feel like if you are going to keep the baby no matter what you shouldn't get it done an it is just a waste of time. Rather your baby has a disability or not shouldn't matter, you should want them an want to love them no matter what. My doctor told me there was no point in getting it if I was going to keep my baby no matter what. That's just my opinion though ツ

[aurora92]

I had very low chances before taking it, but I did anyways.

[newmama21]

I chose not to get it done. To much unwanted stress, and it really didn't matter to me. Special needs or not I would not love my child any less

[tiffanyjr0314]

I wanted to but my mom doesn't want me to cuz in her times she didn't and then my bf wants me to.. I kinda want to but then don't I put it in gods hands and still happy with my first boy

[scillacts]

I didn't do it w, both pregnancies. Both still are very healthy

[wishes2891]

I didn't. I have extremely low risk so I chose not to.

[precious_jewel1913]

I didnt do it nd nt gonna with this pregnancy...why know,if it would come out positive i would feel so stressed nd depresed nd probably,do smthing stupid u never kno what can happen at the moment.jst my opinion.hopefully ur baby comrs out healthy.good luck with pregnancy.god bless u nd ur fam :-)

[mrsMartinez91]

I did it but they gave me a false positive. Never will I do it again. So much unneeded stress.

[tiffanyjr0314]

I wanted to but my mom doesn't want me to cuz in her times she didn't and then my bf wants me to.. I kinda want to but then don't I put it in gods hands and still happy with my first boy

[Blicious19]

i did it but its a matter of opinion some ppl think it doesnt matter if the child has it or not they will still love it no matter what

[proudFTMTeTe]

I denied it due to the high false positive my doctor told me it happens a lot n I already worry bout everything n rather not add any more unnecessary stress but that's just my opinion me n my fiance both agreed we didn't want to know because regardless we are going to love the baby unconditionally

[tlynn289]

I didn't with either pregnancy. I know ill love the childwith or without medical issues there was no pointfor me to

[aglidden89]

I did only cuz it gave me an extra ultrasound the results r far from 100% though
My sister had it done and it came out negative and she ended up having a beautiful baby girl who is downs

[jerica86]

I denied it all three pregnancies because of the high false positive rates

[cnamarieg]

Some people don't want to do it because they don't want to stress about it. The test has a high false positive. But I am the type to want to prepare in advance. Having a child with special needs will take some time to get use too, might as well prepare yourself before baby comes just in case. But everyone has their own wishes.