I am so behind with my post, I had a busy weekend. Lets start with my doctors appointment on friday, It was going good until the medical assistant called me to tell me the doctor wanted me to make an appointment with genetic counseling I froze for like 5 mins then said why? She said one of the test came back positive for down syndrome in my mind I was like OH HELL NO this can't be happening again. I was confused because 2 weeks ago when I called for the results they told me everything came back normal she explained the first results came back normal but the last test I took showed the elevated numbers for down syndrome. I went back outside and told Kevin what the MA told me we both were just quiet. My brain was racing I was so confused,angry. I kept saying God wouldn't put me through this again He just couldn't. I expressed how I felt to Kev, he wasn't worried he was like lets talk to doctor and go from their but we both agreed no genetic counseling. After what seemed like forever we were finally called in to see the doctor he was very pleasant asked how I was doing? I explained good until I spoke to his medical assistant, he looked at me and said why? so I explained what she said, the doctor said well their's good news and bad news the good news is all your test came back normal the bad news is on the last test you took there was a slight elevation for down syndrome he continued saying but the first test is more accurate then the second test so they are going with that, the test report shows low risk for any of the trisomies and one other genetic disorder I was so relieved by the news.
He showed me the percentage on the paper it was 0.01% not even 1% chance. After talking the doctor wanted to see if we could hear the heart beat Leah didn't like that and started crying so the doctor said she could lay next to me while he listened. We listened and we listened and there it was my little boys heart beat I was so happy to hear it even leah smiled. I was 100% sure my baby was fine. I asked if it was ok for us to refuse the genetic counseling he said yes it wasn't a necessity just a precaution we just had to sign a paper saying we refused and thats what we did.
Now for the Medical Assistant I personally feel they shouldn't talk to the patients until the doctor talks to the patient and can better explain the situation, talking to her felt like she was confirming it. She didn't know the numbers or what is considered elevated but she told me I had to see genetic counseling but couldn't explain why tsk tsk. I was so excited about the news I forgot to mention to the doctor that it's not a good idea to have the assistant tell patients anything about diagnoses or findings. Lets leave that to the doctor. All in all it was a good appointment and we are feeling good I just thank God so far all is good and I am depending on My Heavenly Father to keep it that way.
Now some pictures of our little Prince at 14 weeks 3days
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