Abnormal down syndrome test?

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Has anyone had their down syndrome test come back abnormal? Should I be super concerned? It's my first child and I'm a young single mom... don't know if I'm overworrying or if I should be? She'll be loved either way, just wanna know and stop worrying.

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I declined mine. I feel if the baby will have any type of medical conditions then it happened for a reason and I'm suppose to do what I can to take care of it. All these tests that are taken while being pregnant is a bunch of crap to me. There's no way for sure to tell until the baby is born. Don't stress yourself and enjoy your pregnancy and your baby.

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Mine did with my first pregnancy!  My little dude was given a 1 in 29 chance of being born Down Syndrome.  (It should be noted that I declined any further testing) and he was born without it.

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Did you do the blood test and the Nuchal scan? Usually if you get one results as abnormal, they verify with the second test. Good luck!

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Thank you! I'm OK with it whether she has it or not. They just did the blood test and have referred me straight to a high risk doctor. I refuse to do an amniocentesis. Of course everyone wants to have a healthy child with no issues but if she does have it, it won't change anything for me. I just want to know and know what the chances are. Just wanna be prepared and be ready and informed on it if she does have so I can help her the best I can.

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My doctor said that test has a false positive rate of about 15%. He said the false positives can mean that there could be (not always) a different problem like the mom may end up with preeclampsia. My ob said if mine comes back positive he'll send me to the specialist I had during my previous pregnancies. He does 3d/4d ultrasounds. I won't do an amniocentesis though. Just a further in depth ultrasound and more blood work. Don't panic, it very well could be wrong.

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When do they test for that? I'm a FTM and 9 weeks.

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My friend had it with hers, and whatever the odds were, they were high enough that she was convinced her baby girl was going to have it- and she doesn't...so when she went through her 2nd, she didn't do the testing, and her son doesn't have it either. Good luck either way.

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