i think you would have to be in that position first before you could definately say anything.
i would like to think that i would keep the baby, unless it had a very bad disability and a bad quality of life!

I would have to say the same as everyone else in that I would probably abort if the disability was that bad and it would mean an awful quality of life for the child.

Life is hard enough having a baby for all parties concerned and as parents, without this sounding awful, we are entitled to our own lives too.

We went through something similar with Charlie when I was 15 weeks pg. They said I had a high risk of Downs 1 in 170 if I remember right + normal was anything over 1 in 250. I chose to have an amnio to find out for sure + during this whilst scanning the Consultant said there was things wrong with him, very little water, irregular heartbeat, + that she thought we were gonna lose him. Luckily everything was fine thank God, but if things had turned out different I would choose abortion (hate that word much prefer termination)
I remember someone, like joanne65, who had a Downs brother saying he + his wife would never have a Downs baby as he has seen first hand the pressure placed on a family, he said him + his sister were really left to get on with things as his parents were so tied up in looking after his brother.
I think you have to be a very special person to look after someone with such demanding needs, + I know I am not that person
Anyone still awake?!

i never do that cuz my bro is disabled and he is just so full of life tho he is hard work

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