Great article.
Great article.
I was 37 and my husband 42 when our daughter was born. When it came time for the amnio I was scheduled to have (because of my age), we declined it much to the chagrin of the techs and doctors who had just done an ultrasound. We had just seen our baby, a very active one at that, and that was all we needed to know.
We kept being told about the risks and chances of birth defects, including DS, because of our ages. The risks of harm to the baby from the test were actually much higher than any risk because of my age at conception. My OB never gave me any grief over not having the tests done, and was absolutely thrilled we did not want to know if we were having a boy or girl.
God blessed us with a wonderful child, but our child is no more wonderful than the child in this article. Others may not agree, but our own children are always perfect to us, and to God.