[Cowgirl]

My child was diagnosed in the womb with a 75% chance of Downes with just a blood test. I chose to not pursue any other tests because I said it didn’t make any difference. He is now a perfectly healthy 18 year old.

[Cowgirl]

P.S. I should add he DID NOT have Downes.

[wagglebee]

The instances of false positives on the Down prenatal test are absurdly high.

[Salvation]

You are proof of the double-edged sword of testing. May many other mothers have your courage.

[sarasmom]

My experience was similar.
I refused the amnio tests, because the test itself had a 1 in 200 risk of causing death to the baby in the womb.

My 16 year old daughter is healthy and “normal”.

I have never understood the point of this very risky testing procedure. There is no medical “cure/treatment” for Downes Syndrome.

You and I (or more pointedly our children) are not medical miracle case histories.