Amniocyntesis - do I or don't I??

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Please check with the genectic counsellor that you are seeing what markers they can pick up at the 19wks scan. As i said before they might pick up a hole in the heart for a DS baby and also one that is healthy in every other way. I would hate for you to think that having a hole in the heart means your baby has DS and you go ahead and terminate only to find out the baby would have been ok.

I was like you and wanted to wait till 19wks but just getting to 15wks with the not knowing changed my mind and i went ahead at 16wks and had the amnio. I also would have terminated the pregnancy if the baby had DS. If i had waited till 19wks they wouldn't have picked anything up when they checked the scan as they had trouble seeing the heart i had to go back a few weeks later. It's also harder to terminate when you have reached 19wks and they might still want you at that stage to have the amnio just so they know for sure if something is wrong with the baby.

I know it's a hard thing to get around but you really need to think about it and talk more. Yes everyone on here has been very helpful but not all the girls that have posted have been through a amnio or the choice to have one or not.