Hi all,

After claiming to be unaffected by pregnancy hormones, I find I cannot stop thinking about the Downs Syndrome risk numbers I saw in my file.

I will see the obst on Thursday to talk it over but ... it's eating away at me.

The obst's receptionist called me several weeks ago (woke me up from an afternoon nap) and told me two numbers. I focused on the first one and ignored the second one, thinking it was for something else. So for a few weeks I've been thinking the risk of my baby having Downs was 1 in 1,055.

But my file said the second number, 1:161, factored in my age. It's less than a 1% chance and DP and I have talked it over and decided there's nothing we can do now. We love the baby and could not "get rid of it" if we found out she did have Downs. So we don't see the point in having an amnio. I am just worried because the doctor told me that a risk factor of 1:150 or higher and he'd recommend an amnio. And 161 is very close to 150.

I just can't thinking about the "what ifs"... did some googling and found that Downs babies have a high risk of miscarrying anyway. I have read so many stories of people getting high risk numbers and having normal babies. And I have also heard stories about the wonderful lifes Downs people can have ... BUT I just can't let it go.

She's moving around a lot and I'm finally looking pregnant, rather than just flabby. The fold test was OK, the ultrasounds have showed everything is developing normally. Is there any way you can somehow "see" Downs without an amnio? If there is no other sign apart from the risk factor, will everything be OK?