Today was my 5 month “baby doctor” appointment. I was wondering what the doctor’s office would say about my recent appointment with the high risk clinic and the “soft marker” they found for Down’s Syndrome.
During an ultrasound at the clinic about 3 weeks ago, the technician told me that my child had an echogenic bowel. [...]
Tags: doctor, down's syndrome, handicap, mommymichelle6, Pregnancy, specialist
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Because I am of “advanced maternal age“, I went today for genetic counseling and a level 2 ultrasound at the local medical college.
Our baby is a boy! My husband was thrilled and our older children were thrilled too. How wonderful!
The ultrasound technician told me (my husband is away on the other side of the country [...]
Tags: bright bowels, down's syndrome, echogenic bowels, genetic counseling, Ultrasound
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On Sunday, the Palin and Johnston families welcomed baby Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston. Bristol Palin, 18, is the oldest daughter of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the former running mate of Republican presidential candidate John McCain. The baby was born in Palmer, Alaska, and weighed 7 lb., 4 oz. Both mother and son are healthy and [...]
Tags: abortion, Alaska, bristol palin, down's syndrome, Levi Johnston, Sarah Palin, Sherry Johnston, teen pregnancy, Tripp Johnston
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In this day and age when prenatal diagnostics like amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling (CVS), and prenatal genetic testing are easily available and more reliable, more and more British women are actually choosing to carry to term a baby with Down’s syndrome than abort it, according to this report in the Daily Mail.
The screening for [...]
Tags: acceptance, down's syndrome, U.K.
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How much freedom does the press have? Can we post anything on the internet? Even if it’s in bad taste? Who’s responsible for offensive content? Parents? The host?
Italian prosecutors are pressing charges against four Google executives for a defamatory breach of privacy. A video clip on YouTube (which is owned by Google), with a run [...]
Tags: censorship, down's syndrome, Google, YouTube
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