Comments on: Baby Week 17 – Movement, VBAC Update and Downs Syndrome Testing http://beingsara.com/story/baby-week-17-movement-vbac-update-and-downs-syndrome-testing/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:43:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Sara http://beingsara.com/story/baby-week-17-movement-vbac-update-and-downs-syndrome-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-124223 Sara Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:28:19 +0000 http://beingsara.com/?p=191#comment-124223 There have been some excellent viewpoints addressed in the comments here. I think Jenny (knowing me quite well) is correct that for me personally, being able to read and research any sort of birth defect would help me to better handle and understand my child once they were born. It is also important to me that my family be prepared for that sort of situation. I would be crushed if any of them felt pity or sadness upon seeing the newest addition to the ranks. Being able to talk about and prepare my family for the possibility of a birth defect ahead of time is a big factor in why I chose to have the testing done. There have been some excellent viewpoints addressed in the comments here. I think Jenny (knowing me quite well) is correct that for me personally, being able to read and research any sort of birth defect would help me to better handle and understand my child once they were born. It is also important to me that my family be prepared for that sort of situation. I would be crushed if any of them felt pity or sadness upon seeing the newest addition to the ranks. Being able to talk about and prepare my family for the possibility of a birth defect ahead of time is a big factor in why I chose to have the testing done.

]]> By: Auntie Jenny http://beingsara.com/story/baby-week-17-movement-vbac-update-and-downs-syndrome-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-122698 Auntie Jenny Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:33:47 +0000 http://beingsara.com/?p=191#comment-122698 Having a bro with Downs, and where he is now 30, so think havnig a Downs baby 30 years ago, now there are so many more options. Reading Katie's and Adam's reply, I think the test is definitely a good idea for you specifically Sara, so that you CAN read up on it. Being in control, especially with a pregnancy where you lose so much to your body and can't control ANYTHING, for you, I think being able to read 3 additional books would be a good thing :) Though I do know that while I don't know if we would get the test or no, we also would not abort. Having a bro with Downs, and where he is now 30, so think havnig a Downs baby 30 years ago, now there are so many more options. Reading Katie’s and Adam’s reply, I think the test is definitely a good idea for you specifically Sara, so that you CAN read up on it. Being in control, especially with a pregnancy where you lose so much to your body and can’t control ANYTHING, for you, I think being able to read 3 additional books would be a good thing :)

Though I do know that while I don’t know if we would get the test or no, we also would not abort.

]]> By: Adam Backstrom http://beingsara.com/story/baby-week-17-movement-vbac-update-and-downs-syndrome-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-122229 Adam Backstrom Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:20:54 +0000 http://beingsara.com/?p=191#comment-122229 Charlotte and I felt the same as Katie, but only realized it after our quad-screen came back with a 1 in 19 chance of Down syndrome. (This was later lowered to 1 in 38 chance after a second round of tests.) We thought about it a lot a lot and met with a geneticist at Dartmouth. We knew we would love our baby no matter what and we would not consider an abortion, and the initial development of the baby is the same whether or not he has Down syndrome (save for some possible health issues). If we decide to have a second child, I think we'll skip the quad-screen and save ourselves the worry. Charlotte and I felt the same as Katie, but only realized it after our quad-screen came back with a 1 in 19 chance of Down syndrome. (This was later lowered to 1 in 38 chance after a second round of tests.) We thought about it a lot a lot and met with a geneticist at Dartmouth. We knew we would love our baby no matter what and we would not consider an abortion, and the initial development of the baby is the same whether or not he has Down syndrome (save for some possible health issues).

If we decide to have a second child, I think we’ll skip the quad-screen and save ourselves the worry.

]]> By: Katie http://beingsara.com/story/baby-week-17-movement-vbac-update-and-downs-syndrome-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-121268 Katie Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:21:50 +0000 http://beingsara.com/?p=191#comment-121268 Well, my husband and I never got any of those tests for 2 reasons. First - we wouldn't have aborted the child anyway and, second - we felt that there was no reason to find out something and worry about it if there was nothing we could do to change the outcome. We figured that we should enjoy the pregnancy and assume all was well unless we were given a reason otherwise. To each his/her own I guess! Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy. Well, my husband and I never got any of those tests for 2 reasons. First – we wouldn’t have aborted the child anyway and, second – we felt that there was no reason to find out something and worry about it if there was nothing we could do to change the outcome. We figured that we should enjoy the pregnancy and assume all was well unless we were given a reason otherwise. To each his/her own I guess! Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy.

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