Anyone going through this or has been through this?

I'm 17 years old and I was told that my baby girl would have down syndrome so I had an amio. and it came back positive. Now I'm 28 weeks and 2 days and the placenta is making it harder for her to push blood through her body and yesterday they did measurements on her again and she didn't grow as much as she should have in two weeks. I guess the placenta is letting her grow. I have a BPP twice a day and he said if that starts looking bad, then they'll have to deliver me early.

Sent from Pine, AZ

Quoting Sahvanna Marie:" I'm 17 years old and I was told that my baby girl would have down syndrome so I had an amio. and it came ... [snip!] ... I have a BPP twice a day and he said if that starts looking bad, then they'll have to deliver me early. Sent from Pine, AZ"

Just wondering how they could tell she'd have down syndrome before they did the amnio? Sorry no help, best of luck to you.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Cattails:</b>" Just wondering how they could tell she'd have down syndrome before they did the amnio? Sorry no help, best of luck to you."</blockquote>




There are markers on ultrasound that they look for.

Theres an u/s and blood test that they do that can test for Downs!

Quoting Cattails:" Just wondering how they could tell she'd have down syndrome before they did the amnio? Sorry no help, best of luck to you."

They have tests like the nuchal translucency test, that check for soft markers for downs, if it comes back positive you are sent to a genetic specialist and given the option of an amnio.

They did an ultrasound and they say that a piece of her nose bone wasn't there, her extra skin on her neck and shes smaller then average?

I haven't had to go through this, but I'm sorry you have to.  

I didn't but my cousin has downs. She was born at 32 weeks due to IUGR. She spent 12 weeks in the NICU but she's 10 now and healthy. She's low-functioning though.

So sorry OP. Good luck   Must be so hard.