Thursday, July 3, 2008

AFP test results

I got a phone call from my OB's office this morning with the results to the AFP screening I had done at my last office visit. The results came back positive for the increased risk of having a baby with downs syndrom. We are scheduled to go in to talk to the dr on saturday and are getting reffered to a specialist that will do a big ultra sound to find out if our miracle does indeed have any special needs. It is said that 5% of all women will have a positve AFP screen and out of those women 90% will have healthy normal babies. I am not at all worried, and I will love my little miracle no matter what. The ultra sound is as far as I will go as far as testing goes, I will not to an amnio and I will not do a CVS, both of which have risks to the baby although the risks aren't great they are still ones that Im not willing to take. It makes no difference to me if my baby has downs syndrom or not, this baby is a gift and I will love him/her and raise him/her as the gift he/she is :) goodness I can't wait to know what I am having so I can say one of the other rather than he/she lol. Only 12 more days!!!

2 comments:

Jessica Potter said...

Yeah- Mine came back positive for spina bifida- dont fret- all is fine. I would have probably reccommended you didnt get it. It sucks- all my friends have had false positives too! Take care!

April and Jeff said...

I totally agree with you. I wouldn't risk the baby's life for a test that won't determine if you would keep him/her or not. Good for you. Again, what a beautiful belly!