tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180310412284750174.post7686083256137520149..comments2023-10-21T04:18:48.712-07:00Comments on Guerrilla Mom: Satan Invented Genetic ScreeningGuerrilla Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11292433099134289229noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180310412284750174.post-77123555871959407892013-01-21T17:50:35.721-08:002013-01-21T17:50:35.721-08:00You are absolutely right - there are no guarantees...You are absolutely right - there are no guarantees about anything in this world, and 5 months in I really wouldn't be comfortable making any "decisions" anyway. Thanks for telling me your story. Guerrilla Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292433099134289229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180310412284750174.post-9528828104759858582013-01-21T16:01:23.663-08:002013-01-21T16:01:23.663-08:00I'm kind of torn on this subject. My baby was ...I'm kind of torn on this subject. My baby was born with an extremely rare genetic disorder (um 12 people in the world with it). An amnio most likely would not have picked it up purely because it's not tested for.<br /><br />that said it would have ruled out all the other genetic disorders that they were testing him for and we may not have spent 2 months waiting on test results.<br /><br />That said we didn't know there was anything wrong until week 32 of the pregnancy when he developed hydrocephalus so there is no real point in wondering what it would have changed. I had no testing done with my other two kids and they are all fine.<br /><br />When they discovered hydrocephalus (they were really concerned due to it showing up so late in the pregnancy, their biggest worry was infection) they offered an amnio to find out what was up. At the time we declined it purely because it wouldn't change anything. I mean literally there was nothing we could do at 32 weeks there were no decisions to make. No idea what decision we would have made but it doesn't matter because we had no options, no choices.<br /><br />So I guess you need to decide what finding out answers means to you. Does it mean you'd make a tough decision? Does it mean you would just prepare yourself for the future? Does it mean you will have answers now instead of waiting for a month after the baby is born?<br /><br />I doubt this has helped at all but I just thought I'd share my little story in case it helped. :)Jessica Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05775757089598292422noreply@blogger.com