The world doesn't revolve around me

My sister is currently pregnant with a miracle pregnancy. She had three children fairly easily. Two years ago, she had a miscarriage at 11 weeks. Then a year ago,, she was diagnosed with a large liver hemagioma, and she has had some major complications as a result of it. She was told not to get pregnant again. In September, her husband was told that he now had an extremely low sperm count, most likely as a result of his recent diabetes diagnosis. In October, my sister discovered that she had conceived. She wasn't sure how it could have happened because they only time that it could have would have been very, very late in her cycle. They figured that they were in a "non-fertile" period. At first, it didn't appear that the pregnancy was viable because her numbers were so low, but after a couple more weeks, they determined that she must have ovulated/conceived very late. She met with a liver specialist who felt that she could continue with the pregnancy, but that there was always the chance, albiet relatively low, that the pregnancy would cause internal bleeding from her liver.

Everything has been going along fine with her pregnancy for weeks now. She is around 16 weeks now. She went this morning for a regular OB appointment. She had some nuchal fold ultrasound down at her 12 week appointment, and it showed a low chance of a child with down syndrome. However, they took some blood at the time too and they combine the results of the nuchal fold test along with the results of the blood test. She found out today that the bloodwork came back positive for down's syndrome. She is going to have more bloodwork done, and another ultrasound. She should have more definite answers in a week.

She seems to be handling it well. She said that it will o.k. either way. She has always felt that they would have a down's syndrome baby, and that if she does, she will welcome the child with love. She knows that it would be a challenge for herself and her whole family though.

I am quite fearful that the baby I'm carrying has down's syndrome. I'm ashamed to admit that I wouldn't handle the news as well as my sister is handling it.

- Andie (5 Weeks 2 days)