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I'm so sorry CL. I will agree that one pregnancy does not indicate a pattern.

Let me also say that my oldest was born with Down syndrome. Despite a bunch of medical issues, her "disability" of having Down syndrome has not stopped her from becoming a beautiful and wonderful young lady. She's now 21 and has a great quality of life.

And...seven years after I had her, I went on to have a healthy baby girl, with no problems, who now, at the age of 14, simply has a smart mouth due to being a teenager. She makes the Distinguished Honor Roll every marking period in school and is in all advanced, honors classes.

I wouldn't lose all hope yet. I was 24 when I had my first one and 31 when I had my second one.

Hugs, my friend.

I've seen pictures of your daughter and she is beautiful. If I may ask, when/how did you find out she had Downs? And how did you handle it emotionally?

Sure

I found out ten days before I had her. Around 34 weeks I was complaining of little to no movements so they did a fetal stress test and did fetal monitoring. It was discovered during an ultrasound that she had adualdeno atresia in her upper intestine. They wanted to do an amniocentesis to rule out a congenital abnormality. When those test results came back, it confirmed Down syndrome. The test is not typically done after 20 weeks because there is not a whole lot of room for a 7 inch needle and the chances of sticking the baby are higher. Mine was done at 34 weeks and she was not stuck.

It's important for me to tell you that although she is my oldest, she was also my fifth pregnancy. Because of that, I was followed by a perinatologist, which is a more experienced doctor than an OB.