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lipstick - email me at steffie92_bfas at yahoo and I'll tell you how to join the Facebook group.

Confused mom - we are all right there with you. I refused the amnio and had no other bloodwork done so the only thing I have to go on is my age (30 now) and the echogenic focus. My doctor seems really positive but I am scared to death of being the "one" as you said. I'm really confused how they actually came up with your odds of 1/100. The bloodwork results of 1/265 should have been combined with your previous bloodwork for an adjusted risk number. Even with the echogenic focus at the most your results should be cut in half. My doc thinks that is too much though. What he told me that based on my age my odds are about 1/900 and now with the focus they are about 1/600 or 700 so just slightly lower and not cut in half. Really though I feel that all these numbers mean squat. There have been women who have had perfect numbers and u/s and had babies with down syndrome and women with really bad numbers who have healthy babies. I know that probably doesn't make you feel any better but it is a reality we all have to face. Chances are things are okay and the numbers/odds are really in our favor. In a few weeks you won't feel as "insane" about things, it will still be difficult but you will start having better days. It is a shocker to hear the words soft marker, but as time goes on it gets slightly easier to deal with. It is always on my mind at some point during the day but I don't have my days of crying anymore. I hope you'll stick with us and read all the positive stories about women having healthy babies. 1moremom just had a healthy baby girl and she had a risk of 1/80!

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