pregnant mum with the prospect of having a downs baby

[donnaj]

hello ive got 3 gorgeous girls and pregnant with 4th went for an amnio yesterday was awfull just got to wait for results now although watever im keeping this baby just wanted to know if ne1 has been in a similar sit to me i need advice badly as me and hubby cant agree

That's nice, thanks Hub

Donnie just came back on to see if you were around and how you were. I emailed you again today as well.
TC x

That looks like I blanked you misdee but our posts crossed, xx

Oh TC, I always get a lump in my throat when I read your posts about Lottie

I would love to meet her, I just love the way you describe her.
it sends shivvers down my spine(in a good way)

Donna, I glad you've got TO to chat too, she's FAB!

TC, your posts alway bring tears to my eyes.

sorry, TC to chat to I mean

i love this pic of lottie i just had a hunt to find it, but i think its fab, all that girliness is captured there. hope you dont mind linking to it thomcat, but it is a fab pic.

me too tc, in fact i've just sent it to my sister as I thought it would warm her heart (not that it's cold lol)

Thomcat's posts about Lottie are always lovely! My niece has DS, and is very severely disabled. She is lovely, but at the age of 10 she has the developmental age of a toddler, and it is uncertain whether she will ever talk (she shows a very small interest in signing), or pass a number of other developmental milestones (although we suspect some of this is her choice to some extent, she is very stubborn!). We all love her very much, but she is challenging, and requires a lot of personal care. She is also completely double jointed, and can contort into the most amazing shapes! Her older brother is epileptic and autistic, and to be honest this is more challenging and difficult for the family. His diagnosis of epilepsy didn't come until he was about four, and the AS one until he was eight or so. I guess I just wanted to say that DS has a variety of presentations (so for example my niece has no significant health issues, apart from being prone to infections), and also that having children is always a risk, we tend to concentrate on things that can be diagnosed prior to birth, but there are many things that don't show up until much later. Sorry, this all sounds very depressing, and I didn't want to come across that way, just that there is more than one outcome possible. Anyway, good luck Donna, I hope that all goes well for you.

Oh thanks everyone

Just back to see if you're around Donnaj. Are you there, how are you?

TC asked what I wanted to ask and I also wanted to say I have posted a pic of my dd1

here