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[quote=Anonymous]OP, so sorry you are going through this worry and stress.  We did not get a T21 result (no amnio or cvs done) but we did have a bad 20 week screening.  When the doctor asked me if I would terminate if it turned out to be Downs, I honestly didn't have an answer for him.  I had always thought I could never do that, but then when you are actually faced with - your child has something wrong with their brain and we don't know the extent of the damage or what their life will be like - well, it is a place no parent should ever have to be.  In our situation, it had taken 3 rounds of IVF to get pregnant (even though we were only 30 at the time) and I didn't know if I would be able to get pregnant again.  And... I already loved our little guy so very much and had seen him moving on the screen for many weeks at that point.  My husband was the one who ultimately said - no, we're not going to terminate our son, we'll do whatever we can to give him the best life possible.  So here we are, with the happiest, sweetest 3 month old I have ever met.  Does he have challenges - yes, he does.  Do we know the extent or what life holds in store for him - no, we don't.  Do we love him any less???  Absolutely not.  I love him maybe even more than our 3 year old who was my entire world before this little guy came along.  If someone had told me with certainty - your baby will spend weeks and weeks in the hospital, he will struggle to breathe on his own, he will struggle to eat normally and be sent home with medical equipment and need weekly therapies and specialist appointments - I would have not thought it was possible for us to handle.  But we are, and we try to take things day to day and remember that right now our little one just needs to be suggled close and loved and not to look ahead too much because no one knows what he will be able to accomplish next week, month, year.  Good luck, OP.  [/quote]

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