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Hi All,

Well, unfortunatley we were not able to do the amnio today. The nurse didn't ask about any meds I was on, and of course I didn't think to tell her, the Dr. didn't want to do the amnio after I had already done my heparin shot today so we are doing it tomorrow at 1:00.

We were able to do the sonogram today however. Everything looked normal, no spina bifida or things like that, but there is one soft marker for downs. Apparently the baby has a smaller curved pinky. All other measurements were perfect, just the pinky. I am just wondering now if the baby does have downs, what the severity would be if that is the only marker. Now, my sister's first reaction was "Barbi, have you looked at your fingers lately?" My fingers are all crooked and all of them are either double or triple jointed. My pinkys are also smaller then normal. Brennan's are the same way. I am thinking this is a hereditary thing, but we want to be sure. Plus we want to rule out any other trisomy issues.

We also found out tha twe are having a girl! We are very happy about that and can't wait to tell Brennan.

I will let everyone know how the amnio goes within the next day or two.

Thanks everyone!

Barbi

ps. Almost forgot, my due date has changed from Feb 4 to Jan 29 <img src="http://www.asklenore.com/ubbthreads/images/icons/blush.gif" alt="" />)

Congrats Barbi!!
Thats so wonderful!!! Thats so thrilling to know you are having a daughter!!! Best of luck to you!!!!
Will keep praying about your amino,
Rachel

Dear Barbi,

There is no way to tell the sevarity of the mental retardation with down syndrome (or any other type of trisomy that produces live birth) until well after the child is born.

My husband and I have adopted two infants with down syndrome. Colin starts preschool this fall, he still does not talk, however he can sign over thirty different words and out them together in three word "sentances" Which is "normal " for his age. He eats with a fork and spoon, and is half way to potty training. All on target for his age. However there are differences as with any child.

His birth mother was told he would never live due to his heart problem. He survived a natural birth and miraculously it closed (doesn't happen for all).

My daughter is 18 mnths. She signs about 10 words and can always put food & please together. She has no other problems associated with down (no heart/stomach etc) and is very perfect. I would never have traded them for anthing

When it cam time for my doctor to try to convince me to have an amnio- I said why. He said to see if we had down's - I said so we already have two and They are the joy of my life.

In regards to the pinky my son has a curved one and my daughter does not. I would be more concerned if they saw the pinky with a typical heart or stomach/intestine defect or the fat pad at the neck. I would almost guarantee if they did see the pinky then they looked really hard at all the other tell tale signs and they woiuld have told you if they showed up.

FYI - my dauhter's amnio showed no down syndrome (She has a special type that only affects on level of cells called Moasism- it does not happen at conception, but during an early cell division and only certain things got the extra chromosome - for her it is bones, skeletal, muscles-etc.) this type is very uncommon with down syndrome. My son has regular trisomy.

We chose not to do the amnio with our "miricle" twins because any chance of misscarriage was to much. The level one sonogram was fine and showed no reason to go to the next.

Jane

mother to Colin (11/19/2000) & Melea (2/13/2002) both given in love by wonderful birth families & Adrian & Connor (7/04/2003)

PS- don't let anyone tell you Down's kids can't breast feed- this is more important for them than others for speach & muscle development