Someone at my church said that to me last night and I was stunned. I recall being asked when deliberately with child at the age of 41 if I wanted an amnio saying no I wasn’t going to make any decisions based on an amnio. I was having a baby. Period. This is not strange in the circle of educated critical thinkers I enconter. My OB accepted it and said no more.
If you’re over thirty doctors are obliged to tell you that you are at increased risk to carry a Down’s Syndrome baby and that amniocentesis would determine if your baby had it. I have a few regrets about some of my choices in my life but I am so proud of myself that my immediate response to that test was no because I would never abort. I was happy to make that decision two times and both times my doctor said to me “I knew that would be your response.” I’m not gloating, it’s just such an important moral test that I feel I passed with flying colors. God bless our little Trig!