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.
Since I had successfully breastfed my first daughter when I got pregnant with our second daughter I knew I wanted to breastfeed without a doubt. Little did I know that this journey would be different than my first. With our first daughter she was in the nicu and had latching issues, for the first two months of her life I pumped around the clock. I was up every three hours even though the night. With me being dedicated like I was I grew to have a have an over supply which was great but also very hard to control. At two months she finally latched onto the breast but because of my over supply I have a very fast let down which would cause more issues with her feeding. After having her lip and tongue clipped she was able to be fully breastfed on the breast at four months old and she went on to nurse until she was two and a half years old. My second latched on right away and nursed like a champ. In the beginning I was up pumping as much as I could because I was afraid of getting c...
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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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