Aw im sorry sarah I hope everythings okay! I'll pray for you and the baby!

Thanks terra.. Im soooo horrified right now....

So when you get back your gonna tell us what happened right?I hope it all turns out ok!

Goodluck!

Yeah I deff will.. Im hopeing its nothing serious andim just being horrifeid for no reason!! At my last appointment they said everything was going perfectly and everything was normal.. So I hope its something stupid.. Otherwise im gonna be a wreak and I really dont wanna loose my baby.. I love it soooo much

A lil less then a hour and I should find out what the doctor wants... I just want time to be past so I dont have to worry.. I want my baby out so I can tell if something is weird with it.. But I still got a couple months yet as im 20 weeks

I hope everything will be fine for ur baby, g-luck at the appt. Let us all know how it goes :)

Good luck hun xxx

Any news?

I hope everything is ok, it's 6pm on the west coast now.

Well the appointment wasnt a waste of time like I was hoping.. I am getting sent up island (like a 4 hour drive from where I live) to a diff hospital to get a test I forget what its called but I have a 1 outta 65 chance of the baby haveing downs syndrome.. Im so depressed now... My doc said the average for most women is 1 out of 1500.. So im so scared, my mom tells me not to worry but its kinda hard not to worry.. I dont want anything to happen I mean I couldnt handle that, and shawn and I couldnt even afford to have a baby with downs syndrom so we would have to put it up for adoption or abort it.. Which I dont want to do.. Has anyone had this happen to them? Im soo scared.. Apparently the test they freeze my belly and then insert a long needle into my uterus to take some of the surrounding blood from the baby.. Which sounds scary but I rather know how my baby is anyways... Im sposta get a call in the next couple days to make an appointment for this..

I think if I remember correctly the doctors told kimmie this also, im not sure what her chances were but as you can see ireland turned out great =) when she gets on you can ask her for more info? I really hope everything turns out great sarah :)

you are getting an amniocentesis. You can find out the sex, if you don't already know ~ as well as any abnormalities. If you are going off the afp test you got, please know that they have a high rate of false positives. Meaning, they aren't accurate. A lot of women refuse to get them because they show a high rate of children at risk for downs, but never actually have the downs syndrome.

I'm glad you are getting tested. It will put your mind at ease. Good luck and big (((hugs))) for you!

I just wanted to include this link for you to check out regarding the amnio...


Http://www.Babycenter.Com/refcap/327.html

good luck!

I know what you are going through! I really hope everything turns out for the better.

This test was optional, and I had it with both my boys. My test with .Brian resulted in 1 in 10,000. With .Jordan they made an error, and it came back 1 in 116. They calculated it using the wrong lmp date. They realized it before I had my amnio done.

Ask them to re-check your results....... You never know!

Im really hoping it was a messed up result.. Its got shawn and I sooo worried... I dont know if im having a boy or girl so i'll probably ask while im up there because buying things for the baby would make it much easier knowing what we're having.. I am hoping its healthy.. And now I really dont give a damn if its a boy or girl.. I wanted a healthy girl.. Still do.. But I rather have a healthy normal baby then anything... Im sooo scared..

Wow, hope it turns out ok.

Those test are never a 100% accurate so even if they tell you your baby has down it colud be wrong. Dont abort just wait til that baby comes out because they told my friends mom she was going to be down syndrome and they went to a clinic to abort but changed their mind and she came out fine.

I would do research on downs because I have met some people with it (my aunt is special but not down syndrome) and I think they just need extra care not like medication or anything. Down syndrome is just a birth defect not a disease

Yeah,its more of an emotional thing.I mean,physically you can tell but some of the time,they don't need anything special accept for more love! : ) i'm sure your baby will be fine!