i am sure that most of you have had this test it the blood test given to you between 15-20 weeks. well i had mine done and it came back abnormal for the baby having down syndrome. i have been researching it on the internet since i got home and basically the odds of a false positive are very high.
" if the test is given to 100 women 5 of those women will come back with a positive result and of those 5 only 2 percent will actually have a baby with a birth defect"
this is of some comfort i guess. ia m just really stressing right now, the doctor redid the test but she is like the best thing to do is to have an amniocentesis. she didnt even want to have the ultrasound to see if maybe my due date was wrong( this can contribute to a false positive) or anything. the problem with the amniocentesis is that there is a 40 percent chance of miscarriage with the test. and the baby could be perfectly healthy but i could have a miscarriage because of a false negative. it is just really stressful. have any of you had this test and the amniocentesis? any advice could really help right now
thanx
would finding out your fetus has downs change your decision to carry the pregnancy? If not, I don't see the point in getting an amnio done. Also I know a lot of awesome fun beautiful kiddos with downs. Even if it is an actual positive it doesn't have to be a bad thing. You should read the really awesome thing I believe candy eyed posted in mamas with kids with special needs forum called "Welcome to Holland"
i'm sorry you are so stressed out right now. I can't realy offer any advise, but I can offer to keep you in my thoughts. Stay strong. Take what the PP said to thinkn about. I was going to say something similar to that.
The high false positive is why I am refusing the triple marker.
i know i was actually going to refuse it but i was just like whatever because she had lumped it in with all my other blood tests and didnt really ask me. i am going back sat and will get the results of the second test. i dont know how i feel it is just so scary to me. i just dont know if i have the will power to raise a special needs child. i know that i can i think i am just more afraid of what people say... i dont know i am just not thinking clearly now especially since i have to deal with everyone elses opinion! n e way thanx for the advice girls ill let you know how it goes on sat.
IF (big if) you do have a special needs child, there are a lot of moms on here that can give you support and we can also help you find people in your area to help out.
But, I think chances are pretty low that you will need that info.
So i went to the doctor today and the second test was negative. all that stress basically for nothing. i told her that i thought it was retarded that they give a test that has such a high false positive and she didn't really say anything. although she did say that it is not certain that the baby will be fine but whatever it is okay. i figured if the baby does have down syndrome or anything else that does not mean anything she/he is still my child!!! and thanx for the advice girls!
could you switch doctors? this woman sounds like she doesn't really respect you and is using scare tactics.
if you can't switch just forget all her scare tactics. stick to your guns, vent about her here and think of her as a good technician but nobody you ought to expect sensitive, thoughtful advice from.
please don't use the word "retarded" to express something bad/wrong/undesirable. Read the sticky in the Social Justice Forum called "Avoiding Ablist Language" Thanks