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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had wanted children for years but the high cost of living in DC and the lack of family support here hindered us from trying until later.  I was finally pg with my first at 39, and all my co-workers who had had children later said of course you get the amnio just to make sure, but it will be fine.  Of course, their's were fine, mine was T21.  I was devastated because I truly felt that wouldn't happen.  Of course, that was a stupid conclusion.  Anyway, my dh and I had predecided that we would terminate for Downs, and that is what we did.  It was hard, and it's still hard, but I do not regret my decision.  We went on to have two beautiful, happy and healthy children.  Someone said something earlier about a Down child having something wrong with their head.  That is incorrect. T[b]here is something wrong with every cell in their body, and it is something that will never get better. [/b] I am not advocating, just telling my story.  It is a place I would not wish for anyone to be because I was there.  We console ourselves that we would not have had our particular children if we had kept our first because each egg in your body brings a unique child.  [/quote]

They may be "genetically enhanced" with an extra chromosome, but we are so much more than our genes.  And their bodies may not be genetically perfect, but that doesn't prevent them from loving, and being loved in return.[/quote]

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