Welcome and Ayla

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Welcome and Ayla!

I am glad that you have finally posted! I would think that it is a little early

to find out if there would be any delays. I would suggest that you find out

about Early Intervention just to make sure that she gets a head start on motor

skills. It sounds like she is doing fine! Usually, if a person is going to have

physical features of Ds, they would show those features at birth. If she is not

showing any features, I would think she would not show them later. Other than

she could have fine hair.

Enjoy your baby! I know it can be hard, because you are waiting for some sign to

arise that shows a problem. Take one day at a time, and enjoy the day! Treat her

as she has no disabilities, and chances are, she will not have any disabilities!

She has a very low percent, and although studies have not totally proven that

percent matters, it stands to reason that the fewer cells present would cause

less problems to arise.

Please continue to post and let us know how she is doing! We love to hear all

the great things are kids are accomplishing!

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!

Sincerely,

Kristy Colvin

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Rees wrote:

Hi there,

My name is and I have a 2 month old daughter named Ayla. I joined the

group when I was about 5 months pregnant I think... I haven't really posted at

all, I've just been reading everyone else's and learning all that I can. I

learned through a Triple Screen and an amnio that Ayla might be affected, but

they were concerned that it might just be the placenta producing these cells

with an extra chromosome, so they waited until she was born to test her blood.

They tested 51 cells and 49 had 46 chromosomes, and 2 had the extra 21st

chromosome (less than 2%).

The doctor and nurses all said that if I had not undergone this prenatal

screening, they would not have detected it at birth, and possibly not detected

it at all. But as a concerned mother, I keep looking for little things and

asking myself all the time if there's anything " different " . Well, I've yet to

find anything, and my question is, would I necessarily be able to tell at this

age? I mean, I know she can't walk and talk yet... but she has no physical

features and is progressing well with milestones so far. Would I be able to tell

at this age if she was going to have any physical features? Is there any things

I could look for that might be an indication of a delay? If anyone can answer my

questions I would really appreciate it.

Take care,

, mother to Ayla, 2 mos.

P.S. I looked at the Photo Island website and I just wanted to say that

everyone's children are all unique and beautiful!

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