If you recieved a Down syndrome diagnosis while pregnant would you choose to end the pregnancy? Poll Added

[ctcountrygal]

I posed this question back in Dec in another group.  The recent post  "man with Down syndrome gets knocked out for kicking a child"  received a lot of negative comments about Down syndrome and I thought it would be interesting to hear if you were told your child was going to be Ds what would you choose to do?

I was very saddened when I recently learned that 90% of women that are given a Down syndrome diagnosis choose to end their pregnancy. 

 I wonder what and how much people know about Down syndrome because I have heard many times that a women's Dr after delivering the diagnosis is not  very informative and often offers a negative outlook .  I personally did not do the testing with either of my children so was not faced with this situation.

Please vote!

[baly2001]

 I refused on every pregnancy to take the test. I see it this way..if my baby is meant to have Down syndrome or anything else the nit is just meant to be. I will still love him/her the same

[1-teen-mommy]

thats terrible God put that baby in the tummy for a reason.....no matter what is wrong with a child the child was put here for a reason

[MommaAuntie]

I didn't do the test when I was pregnant with my daughter either. It wouldn't have mattered to me.

[lanceandhailey]

I have seen a couple people I know get a positive on the down syndrome test, decide to keep the baby and the babies were born perfectly normal and healthy. I would never abort, especially due to the results of this test. I refused the test when I was pregnant, it was irrelevant to us.

[Mommy2_two]

I was told that my first DD would have Down's. It was not true. I told the genetic specialist that we went to that no matter what we were having this baby.  We didn't have the test with our second because it would change NOTHING.

[Mommy2Josh11507]

Quoting baly2001:

 I refused on every pregnancy to take the test. I see it this way..if my baby is meant to have Down syndrome or anything else the nit is just meant to be. I will still love him/her the same

[jennifer16]

I had the test done because I wanted to know so I could be prepared if there was a possibility.. I would have wanted to research downs and know what I was up against but I would have never aborted.  That would still be my baby and on top of that I have heard so many people have that test come up as positive and it was wrong

[luving-mom-of-2]

Same here.  Children can be born with all different types of disabilities.  Why should Downs be any different, just because you can test for it, during pregnancy?  I chose not to take the test, because I would love my child no matter what.

Quoting baly2001:

 I refused on every pregnancy to take the test. I see it this way..if my baby is meant to have Down syndrome or anything else the nit is just meant to be. I will still love him/her the same

[Megpie8116]

I think it all just depends on the situation and how able I would be to take care of the child.

 

[AngelRT]

I had the test done! I wanted to know. I would keep the baby but I would want to do as much research as possible before the baby is born! I would want to know everything I could to make sure my baby is well taken care of personally and medically!