Posted on Oct 27, 2022
At 18 weeks pregnant, she faced an immense decision with just days to make it
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In April, Karla Renée got a surprise positive on a pregnancy test. She and her husband Sam had tried unsuccessfully to get pregnant before and had expected they'd need fertility treatments.
"For it to just happen naturally felt like a miracle," she says. "We were ecstatic."
By the time she found a doctor in her insurance network near where she lived outside of Raleigh, N.C., and got in for her first appointment, she was eight weeks pregnant.
"The doctor noted that since I'll be 35 when the baby was due, I should take a screening test for genetic anomalies," she says. "We agreed to do the test and we scheduled our next appointment for a month out."
For those few weeks, they were just "blissfully pregnant," she says.
At the 12-week appointment, the doctor noticed something called increased nuchal translucency in the ultrasound. This happens when extra fluid accumulates behind the neck of a fetus. "We'd never heard [of] that before," says Karla. "She explained that lots of babies have this and they can recover on their own, but it could be an indication of something more serious."
In April, Karla Renée got a surprise positive on a pregnancy test. She and her husband Sam had tried unsuccessfully to get pregnant before and had expected they'd need fertility treatments.
"For it to just happen naturally felt like a miracle," she says. "We were ecstatic."
By the time she found a doctor in her insurance network near where she lived outside of Raleigh, N.C., and got in for her first appointment, she was eight weeks pregnant.
"The doctor noted that since I'll be 35 when the baby was due, I should take a screening test for genetic anomalies," she says. "We agreed to do the test and we scheduled our next appointment for a month out."
For those few weeks, they were just "blissfully pregnant," she says.
At the 12-week appointment, the doctor noticed something called increased nuchal translucency in the ultrasound. This happens when extra fluid accumulates behind the neck of a fetus. "We'd never heard [of] that before," says Karla. "She explained that lots of babies have this and they can recover on their own, but it could be an indication of something more serious."
At 18 weeks pregnant, she faced an immense decision with just days to make it
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I will say this. My brother has three kids...one a literal rocket science engineer working for NASA, another entering Veterinarian school and his youngest full scholarship for Aeronautical Engineering. He was told on the first tow based on these same two tests that they need to abort the pregnancy. They did not and the test were proven wrong on all accounts. I have another friend with same issue, and they were told it would be best to terminate...they did not and their now 28-year-old sone is a business executive. My point is that these tests are not fully accurate. They told us that my daughter through her tests might have a issue and we told them to not even mention termination as that was not an option for us. She is now an ER nurse applying for Nurse Practitioner school. Doctors only tell you the bad...they never give percentages for the good in pregnancies unless they are specifically asked.
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Life always changes things especially when it's inexpected!
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