Tomorrow I go in for “genetic counseling,” a blood test, and my second ultrasound. They can determine likelihood of Down’s syndrome, and other genetic diseases between this and another blood test.
I have kept myself blissfully ignorant of all the potential terrifying genetic mashups that could befall my baby, and instead have kept myself positive and focused on healthy outcome. Tomorrow will be a bit of a day of reckoning.
I have two things going against me:
1) I am 43
2) I have a first cousin who is has a mental disability
I assume I will get the full ear-load of stats and probabilities in the “genetic counselling” section of tomorrow’s appointment. They have to tell us about this sometime, right?
Meanwhile, I secretly pray for a healthy bean with all my heart.
e said,
October 10, 2007 at 9:29 pm
feel free to talk to us about this, since we just went through this! get the nuchal fold test if you can, it might be good enough for you to skip some of the more invasive stuff.
mama pajama said,
October 10, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Here’s to speedy test results full of good news for you and your family!
And if you wanted to spice up your appointment tomorrow, come with your *own* sheet of interesting facts and statistics and bounce them back at the doctor/technician. If not, hopefully these’ll at least distract you for a bit before your appointment.
http://www.geocities.com/transactoid/facts.htm
or
http://facts.330.ca/statistics/
mama pajama said,
October 11, 2007 at 8:04 am
Here’s hoping for quick results that bring nothing but good news!