Re: Welcome Lyn and family!

[Guest guest]

Welcome Lyn! Where do you live? I am in Oklahoma and have an almost 3 year old

daughter with mosaic DS. I did not have a prenatal diagnosis but wish I would

have to be more informed. So glad you found the site. Everyone has been so

supportive. If you have questions, ask away! Leslee

Welcome Lyn and family!

Hi Everyone

We have a new family joining us today! Please help me welcome Lyn into our

family! Here is what she had to say....

My name is Lyn and I am 34 years old. I have 2 kids, almost 2 and almost 4

years old. I am due to have my 3rd baby in September. I have just been told that

the baby has mosaic Down syndrome. I am overwhelmed and scared. I would really

like to join this group for some information, reassurances and support.

Welcome to our family Lyn and congratulations on your upcoming baby! Do you

know if the baby is a boy or a girl? ( I was never one to find that out but I

know that a lot of people do)

I do understand completely how you are feeling right now! It is very

overwhelming to hear that your baby might have something wrong with him/her.

Please feel free to ask ANY questions you have here! No question is a dumb

question and you wont offend us by asking the things you want to know! We are

all very friendly and very welcoming and will love to help you in any way that

we can!

If you would like for me to call you and answer some of your questions

directly, you are welcome to send your phone number to my personal address

imdsapresident@... and I will call you whenever you want me to!

I look forward to getting to know you better and helping you in any way that I

can

Kristy Colvin

IMDSA President

MOM To Arron 25, 22, Tim 20 MDS, Stevan 20, and Garrett 11 on Friday!

www.imdsa.com

[Guest guest]

Hi -

Thank you. I live in southern New Hampshire, but am originally from Boston. I

did not find out the gender of either of the other 2 kids prior to birth (my

daugther will be 4 in July, my son Jack will be 2 in June) and didn't want

to find out this time either, but now I am so overwhelmed I am thinking about

asking.

I am not finding very much on the web to help me understand what my future and

the baby's future will hold. The genetic counselor today told me by phone that

out of the 5 cell lines they looked at, 2 showed Downs and 3 did not and that is

how they arrived at the Mosaic diagnosis. They are going to schedule me to see

a geneticist next week (hopefully) to give me more information. Did anyone in

this group have a similar experience with their amnio?

Can some of you please share your experiences?

I am waiting for my husband to get home from work to tell him. I know that he

will not react well, based on how he handled the AFP results which sent us in

for the amnio. He is basically not able to talk about it. I am very afraid

that he is going to shut down. He has refused to tell his family any of this so

far, and I am not sure what will happen with this news.

Thank you!

Lyn

Welcome Lyn and family!

Hi Everyone

We have a new family joining us today! Please help me welcome Lyn into our

family! Here is what she had to say....

My name is Lyn and I am 34 years old. I have 2 kids, almost 2 and almost 4 years

old. I am due to have my 3rd baby in September. I have just been told that the

baby has mosaic Down syndrome. I am overwhelmed and scared. I would really like

to join this group for some information, reassurances and support.

Welcome to our family Lyn and congratulations on your upcoming baby! Do you know

if the baby is a boy or a girl? ( I was never one to find that out but I know

that a lot of people do)

I do understand completely how you are feeling right now! It is very

overwhelming to hear that your baby might have something wrong with him/her.

Please feel free to ask ANY questions you have here! No question is a dumb

question and you wont offend us by asking the things you want to know! We are

all very friendly and very welcoming and will love to help you in any way that

we can!

If you would like for me to call you and answer some of your questions directly,

you are welcome to send your phone number to my personal address imdsapresident@

imdsa.com and I will call you whenever you want me to!

I look forward to getting to know you better and helping you in any way that I

can

Kristy Colvin

IMDSA President

MOM To Arron 25, 22, Tim 20 MDS, Stevan 20, and Garrett 11 on Friday!

www.imdsa.com