It’s usually not an actual diagnosis. Generally if the tests show the possibility of a Downs child the Dr’s advise the mother to abort. I know of several couples who were told they might have a Downs baby and were advised to abort. They chose not to and the babies were born perfectly normal. I believe Dr’s prefer to advise an abortion so as to avoid a malpractice suit if the baby isn’t perfect.
At the time of my pregnancy with our daughter, the probability of her being “naturally” aborted as the result of an amniocentesis was pretty much equivalent to the probability of the test accurately indicating Down’s Syndrome. We chose not to take the risk of losing our daughter, who is today a beautiful 15-year old red-head with the singing voice of an angel and the heart and personality to match!
If the mother is older then 35 years of age, they go crazy wanting to do tests to find problems so they can advise an abortion.
Dear slumber1,
We were thusly told, that our older son would have Down Syndrome. Our son, not quite 20, is a sophomore at Harvard. I guess they didn’t get his diagnosis quite right.
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