My sister (foster sister) gave birth to her son a month early today. My other sister (biological) went to see her at the hospital and found out the doctors think her baby may have Down Syndrome.

I did the early screening for Down Syndrome and everything came back seeming okay but now I am finding out she also had that screening and am freaking out.

I’m only five months and don’t want to spend the next four months worrying. Any suggestions?

[Edit] Before all of you continue to post things that make it seem like I am a bad person for worrying my child could potentially have Down Syndrome and make it seem like I am stating children and people with Down Syndrome aren’t normal babies etc. That’s not what I am trying to say. I am merely stating that as mothers expecting, we take all these tests in hopes to have a healthy baby (there are specific health concerns related to Down Syndrome babies that now have my sister feeling completely overwhelmed in a time that should be happy and joyful) and for most of us when we take that test we think we have the answers we were testing for. I’m baffled that she could have done the testing for Trisomy 21 and be told everything was normal and now she faces this hardship. ABSOLUTELY ANY health concern in a new baby is stressful for a new mom, it just so happens the health concern that has arose for us personally was Trisomy 21. If it had been something else, I would be worried about that instead as an expected mother.

Shaming someone for having fears and worries throughout their pregnancy is kind of low, and just shows you don’t fully understand the kind of space and energy Glow is trying to achieve.