We are definitely having a girl! We are very excited about that!
We found out she almost certainly has Down's syndrome. They found she has VSD, a shortened nasal bone, shortened arm and leg bones, increased nuchal fold and echogenic foci on her heart. All of these combined made the OB and MFM feel that she has it.
We decided to do an amnio because we want 100% confirmation. We want to be prepared. We've always said we'd never do an amnio, of course until we were actually in that position. I'm so glad the doctors could fit us in right away.
We get the FISH results on Wednesday and the full karyotype in about 2 weeks.
I would greatly appreciate any and all thoughts and prayers, as I'm sure DH and I will feel differently about it each day.
Re: Found out our daughter has Down's syndrome today at anatomy scan
Congrats on your baby girl! You sound like you will be a great mom to Lauren.
My children do not have DS, so I can't add any personal advice, but I just read a thread below titled "I just got my amnio results" that looked like it had some great resources.
Congrats on little Lauren! I think I remember you from the tri boards, our boys were born around the same time. DS does not have Down Syndrome, but some other things that became evident once he made his appearance and hung out with us for a while!
This board is an awesome resource for ideas and support.
Thanks ladies!
OK, now I have a second. First of all, congrats and welcome! My daughter is almost 7 months old. I was brief earlier because she's almost sitting on her own and almost army crawling. Needless to say, I spend most of my day jumping up to grab her any time I sit down!
The DS Pregnancy group on Babycenter is great. I also love https://www.kellehampton.com for beautiful photos of babies with DS. My favorite resources were blogs and www.downsyndromepregnancy.org. Gifts and Gifts 2 are inspirational books... I am uber practical, so I read Babies with Down Syndrome, but it has every scary medical possiblity!
My daughter had a double bubble (GI defect) and a heart defect. She had GI surgery when she was one day old and open heart surgery last month. You'd NEVER know, other than the fact that we can't pick her up under her armpits for another few weeks.
Please feel free to get in touch!
This. My son Miles has DS and he is the light of my life. Congratulations and feel free to ask any and all questions.
Nora Judith 7/2/06 Miles Chauncey 4/20/09 born with Trisomy 21 - Down syndrome
Thank you all so much for your kindness and encouragement!
My FISH amnio results should be in today between 3 and 5....which of course means I'm stalking my phone already even though it's barely 8am. I'm not even nervous/worried that they'll say she has DS. I'm worried they'll say she won't and we won't have a diagnosis, you know?