Non DS Question - Trisomy 18???

[Guest guest]

Friends of ours had a child 12 years ago and were told their child had, and

still does have Trisomy 14, and they were told that because it was so rare

and there wasn't much information on it, other than the child dies within a

year and that they might want to consider aborting.

You know what? The child is fine. Perfectly fine. Not a single thing wrong

with her! The only thing they were told after they saw a genetic counselor

after she was born was that when she goes to have children, it could be

tricky because she does have this extra chromosome. The doctor also told

them that there could be thousands of us walking around with extra

chromosomes and never know it unless we had genetic testing done.

If I were your friend, I would try to find out if they can actually see this

connection to the umbilical cord and would there be any chance of corrective

surgery while the baby is still in the womb (which I believe they can do now

to some extent) or immediately after the baby is born. JMHO......everyone

can feel differently about this difficult situation. So sorry to hear when

this happens. What a decision to have to make.

Jackie, Mom to 15ds, 12, and Bradley 9