Down Syndrome Prenatal Testing

This is the third installment of Chapter 2’s dive into exploring prenatal genetic testing. The earlier installments can be found here. Read on and see if you think the title of this post is accurate.

In part 2 of Chapter Two, the two main diagnostic tests for Down syndrome are described. The rest of the installments published so far are available here. If you had diagnostic testing, feel free to share your experience in the comments.

Chapter Two opens with two scenes from a couple’s first prenatal visits, shares how we received an unconsented-to false negative screen, and, then discusses some of the common reasons couples seek prenatal genetic testing. (You can catch up with all of Chapter 1, here). Feel free to leave a comment about your own initial experience […]

Here is the fourth, and final installment, of Chapter 1. You can catch up with the previous installments here. We finish the first 24 hours of meeting Juliet, the outpouring of support we experienced in the hospital, an example from one doctor on how to counsel patients about Down syndrome, and an example from another […]