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down syndrome
Im 22 yrs old, 4 months pregnant with my first child. I was told that the baby has a risk of having down syndrome and I will be doing the amnio test to find out. I am really scared. Any tips for the amnio test? Or any tips at all.
With theearly screening there is a 5% chance that you'll be put into a higher risk group than you actually are. As far as the amnio that is a definite yes or no.
Usually accurate. but can cause miscarriage. They stick a needle in your belly and suck out some fluid and test it.
I think they end up not even offering the test soon bc of all the problems they have with it.
So even amnio test can give you false positives? I thought they were to be accurate.
Yes. I hear alot of people get the pre screening test done and there numbers come back high. They schedule a amino test and it comes back fine. so all the scare and stress for nothing. kinda why o didnt do it. I do still worry about it tho. ;/ just pray. being so young its rare. I think 18-22 its like 1-1500 or something close to that. And 1 outta every 830 babies are born with it.
Even my doctor told me the test gives 80% false positives.
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