The baby is healthy!

I have heard of a lot of cases where tests showed chances of a child having downs syndrome and yet it was born healthy. But the tests can also be picking up other things instead, a friend of mine has a daughter who is 16, at 15 the daughter became pregnant and during the tests was told that there was a 1 in 100 chance of her baby having downs syndrome. Even though she was only 15 at the time, she decided to keep the baby. At 16 she gave birth and the baby was healthy but at just 10 days old suffered liver failure and a problem with her blood. The doctors managed to save her life but she was found to have a number of problems, one being a severe allergy to wheat, lactose etc, she has no ovaries and so will never be able to give birth, a heart murmer, a hollow hip and a possibility of her going deaf and blind. But it is great that your friends baby has been born healthy and it does just show that serious consideration needs to be taken over these matters.

That's so great! Babies are so cute! I worked with Downs adults and they were the greatest! Enjoy the baby they grow up so fast, my "baby" will be a teen soon, and he is already making me crazy.

Dizz that is wonderful... I had a scare of downs syndrome with Jake, there was 4 weeks of utter worry and stress before we got the DNA and genetic tests back. He was fine in the long run, but if I had to do it all over again I would not have let my Doctor do that initial test. It would not have mattered anyway. But the worry at a time that you should be celebrating and preparing for the birth of your child, is unfair. You feel more than blessed when it turns out good, but that time is gone forever.

That is absolutely fantastic news, please send congratulations to your frined on the healthy birth of her child. As an older mother I was offered the test but chose not to have as I knew whatever baby I had I would love and care for and my friend has a Downs girl the same age as my son and she was digusted when she gave birth that the hospital seemed to want to push her to giving the baby up and put into care, no way, and her daughter is adorable, hard work at times but is starting a state school in September so has achieved much already. Ellie @:D

That is absolutely wonderful and definitely proof that we can't always trust modern science!

I'm happy to hear she chose to keep the baby and he was born health.

I thank God she allowed her faith to get the better of her-Faith is powerful force-they say, faith can move mountains-it defied all scientic inquiries and a shamed the human technology! am really happy for her

Only God really can tell situatons-even the most advanced techonologies have erros-i thank God your firend invoked her faith in God to change situations-it is a mistake to ely completely rely on human driven wisdom for action

I had this happen with my youngest son they said he had down syndrome but i went ahead and had the amniocentis done. My hubby at the time did not want to keep the baby if he had downs but for me it didnt matter I was keeping the baby so for two weeks we waited fighting the whole time. Came back good no downs so i can also vouch those tests are inacurate. i skipped the test this time around and my new hubby agreed it doesnt matter this is our baby no matter what.

I have to wonder what kind of test was it? The chance of having a baby with down syndrome is already high, even with younger women. After the first discussion you mentioned, I looked it up online. The website for down syndrome says that people born with down syndrome are not all retarded, although the schools may treat them that way! Life is different from when we were kids. It is good that she did not abort! I wonder why doctors are so much more willing to do those tests before the baby is born than after a baby is born with developmental disabilities. So many families wait for years to get a proper diagnosis, and early intervention is very important!

I had that same test twice with both kids. It came out positive both times. I have 2 healthy children. What they don't tell you is that test is more inaccurate than accurate. If I had another child, I would choose not to have that test. Same thing happened to my sister as well. I would keep my baby regardless of the outcome of any test or any birth. You can just give up on your own flesh and blood, disabled or not.

Wonderful! I'm very happy for her! The same thing happened to an internet friend of mine about 7 years ago. He and his wife hadn't planned to have children, but there it was and the doc said the same thing. They were in an agony of indecision when we chatted and I encouraged him to keep the baby. We chatted often about this and after a week or so they decided to keep the baby instead of aborting it. Now they have a healthy, bright little boy who plays drums (at 7!) and is dabbling in guitar and a precious little girl that bring them joy every day.

It happens a lot the chances/risks of having a baby with downs is very high, however its not just as simple as keep or abort there is an amnio test they will do if the parents wish for it to be done so the parents know for sure, you are never just told abort or keep without knowing 100% if the child has it or not.

It is often said that things that are seen or heard need not necessarily be true.