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Increased Risk of down Syndrome and Neural Tube Defects.

I.B. asks from Atlanta

Hi, I'm 22 weeks pregnant with my first, a little girl. I'm 25 years old. My most recent ultrasound revealed a choroid plexus cyst on my baby's brain, and now I've...

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Question About HELLP Syndrome

J.L. asks from Dallas

I had HELLP syndrome with my son. Thankfully, it didn't get bad until 3 days after my due date so they did a C-section and all is well. I was wondering what the odd...

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1 In 11 Odds of Having a Child with down Syndrome and Scared

M.J. asks from Los Angeles

I just got my 1st trimester screening results back and I have a 1 in 11 chance of having a child with Down Syndrome (DS). I will be 40 when I have the baby, so I'm su...

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Pregnant and Given 1/9 Chance Baby Has down Syndrome

L.O. asks from San Francisco

Hi Moms. I'm 14-weeks pregnant and had a first trimester screening done for birth defects. Was called in to meet with a genetic counselor who informed us that there i...

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Spotting During Pregnancy

J.F. asks from Johnson City

I am pregnant with my 2nd child due in Aug 2008, i am 9 weeks 2 days and for the last couple of days i have noticed when i go to the bathroom there is some dark brown...

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Pregnancy at 43

N.L. asks from Los Angeles

What was your experience like? Did you have complications with the pregnancy? How was the health of your baby?

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Test for down Syndrome Came Back Postive

T.J. asks from Kansas City

My SIL is pregant with her 2nd baby. She had the AFP test and did not want to know the results of the test. They had a sonagram on last Wednesday, and it showed lit...

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Prenatal Testing for Downs Syndrome, Birth Defects

S.J. asks from St. Louis

My husband is urging me to have prenatal testing done to determine if our unborn fetus has downs syndrome or other birth defects. I have done some research, but have...

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AFP Bloodwork Tested Positive for down Syndrome, Now Amniocentesis

M.T. asks from Austin

My doctor called me today to tell me the results of my blood work that was taken. The test was for birth defects including Down Syndrome. He said that it came back p...

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Spotting During Pregnancy

J.F. asks from Johnson City

I am pregnant with my 2nd child due in Aug 2008, i am 9 weeks 2 days and for the last couple of days i have noticed when i go to the bathroom there is some dark brown...

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  • more false positives in 2 answers "... is better at finding abnormalities but also causes more false positives ..."
  • false positive rates in 2 answers "... estimated the possibility of an issue), and those have high false positive rates."
  • children are a gift from god in 2 answers "... know it's difficult, but you must remember that all children are a gift from God ..."
  • alpha fetoprotein in 2 answers "I had a 1/36 on my Alpha-fetoprotein with my second child, a 1/3600 with my first ..."
  • high false positive in 2 answers "With the screening there is a very high false positive rate, if I remember right 3 ..."