Hello all,
Just wanted to share this:
I had the nuchal scan and the blood test at 12 weeks and it measured 3.7 my age was 26 y/o and the risk was 1:300 which is still low risk for Down S, but was too high for my age. Husband and I were sent to a different room to 'think' about what we wanted to do. The fact that we were sent to a 'quiet room' to think if we wanted an abortion made us feel worse.
We said we did not mind if we had a baby with DS. We cried because they told us even if it wasn't DS it could be something worse, they offered amnio, which we declined because of the miscarriage risk, as I think aborting a DS baby equals eugenics.
They said it could mean a heart condition and only then we agreed to a fetal heart scan.
I did not enjoy my pregnancy because I was worried about my baby's heart. Thank God all is well with my baby, he does not have DS or a heart problem and he is sleeping on my lap atm unaware that I was offered an abortion.
I am crying as I write this, for the record I do not judge people who have terminations, I am all for choice, just it made me feel really bad the whole eugenic focus on DS.