When we were 12 weeks pregnant we had an ultrasound done. The doctor came in and also gave me an ultrasound which i found weird because doctors don't normally do ultrasounds. Once he was finished he said that baby showed some markers of having Down Syndrome and that i should get tested for it. We had already decided prior to this day that we did not want any testing done we would love our baby regardless. Well we were scared so we agreed to have a blood test done. I got a phone call about a week later from a nurse who worked at the hospital. She informed me that my blood test came back that my baby had a 100% chance of having Down Syndrome. I was so confused, how could just a simple blood test tell you this. The nurse had asked me four times, yes four times if i wanted to terminate my pregnancy. Of course i said no. She asked me if i wanted to get an amniocentesis done i said no but that we would need to talk about it. We opted out on having the amniocentesis done because of the miscarriage risk's. We had another ultrasound done at 20 weeks and they measured her and told us that she had an extra flap of skin on the back of the neck also that she had short humorous bones, she also had an absent nasal bone. That with these signs and the blood test that it was more likely that our baby would most likely have Down Syndrome. After hearing all of this we went home and did some research.
Angelica and i both work on the weekends so it gets pretty hard. Our day starts off with waking up around 7:30-8:30 am we brush our teeth and Myahs teeth and head to the living room. I turn on our projector and put on either YouTube learning videos or of course her favorite movie Moana. Myah watches tv while i make coffee and breakfast. After breakfast I usually get Myah dressed for the day. We just relax until its time for me to go into work. At 11am i try to see if Myah is interested in nursing and if she is i will nurse her. Around 11:15am i start to get my lunch packed and get myself dressed to go into work, I work from noon until 8pm. Before i leave for work i try to put Myah down for her first nap. We don't put Myah in daycare so I'm either with her or Angelica is, we work around each others work schedule to make it happen. Myah will wake up from her nap after about an hour to an hour and a half. Angelica will feed her lunch and clean her up and put in the living ro
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DeleteI love you both. Wouldn't change it for anything. Angel
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DeleteThanks for sharing. There was a brilliant documentary on BBC TV last year by actress Sally Philips called A World Without Down's Syndrome. It was incredible and well worth seeing if you haven't already. I hope it opened a lot of minds, in particular it covered the fact that termination just seems to be expected now - as you've pointed out in your blog. Am looking forward to reading more about your journey with Myah. All the best. Sally (@samesamebd on Instagram).
ReplyDeleteI will most definitely need to check it out thank you for letting me know. Ill give you a follow! Thank you for reading my blog.
DeleteGlad you said no to termination. I don't even know why they bother to ask. Will keep in reading. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading! Termination was not an option for us we love our baby regardless of her diagnosis shes perfect for us.
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