[streetpreacher]

They're now saying the test was positive for Trisomy 18, Edwards Syndrome but the doctor has met with her and reassured her that a positive test is almost always false and that the baby's growth and ultrasounds give him reason to believe it is false.

He counseled her not to even read about the condition on the internet because it would only upset her but of course, she won't listen.

[bd476]

streetpreacher wrote: "...that the baby's growth and ultrasounds give him reason to believe it is false..."

It is difficult for most people to hear something which counteracts bad news previously given, especially during pregnancy.

In this case, her Doctor is giving her his honest impression based upon facts from evidence he or a perinatologist gathered.

Ultrasound can rule out genetic abnormalities by giving doctors a way of measuring the length of a developing baby's arms and legs, a means of viewing the developing heart, size of the baby's skull, etc.

Blood test results are often wrong, depending upon the lab, depending upon how the blood sample was drawn, sent, received, stored, etc.