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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again.  Of course nothing is ever straightforward with this pregnancy.

Our preliminary results came back:  it is [b]NOT [/b]T13, 18, or 21.  I am stunned, given what we saw on the ultrasound.  When the doctor points to the image of your baby's brain on the screen and shows you all the ways that it does not look normal --  and your kid is measuring a week and a half too small -- you kind of get the message that things aren't going to end well.  I would have bet anything that it was T18.

So, it's not, but all that means is that we are still in excruciating limbo.  I am not getting my hopes up one bit.   T13, 18 and 21 only make up 60% of all trisomies -- so now we get to wait another week for the full results to come back in for the remaining possible 40%.

Agonizing.[/quote]

OP, many parents do not find out their baby was chromosomally normal until after the abortion and the autopsy.  Allow yourself to rejoice that your baby is looking better than you first thought!  Where there is life, there is hope.

My nephew was diagnosed with DS a week after his birth.  My brother was diagnosed with spina bifida in the womb, and he's in college now.  There just are no guarantees in parenthood.  When the moments or relief and joy come, embrace them![/quote]

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