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Lucky Number Seven

By Robin Elise Weiss, LCCE, About.com

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Week 11 - Genetics Testing

Kevin is such a freak. Now it's his turn to worry. He's concerned about my "advanced maternal age." Whatever, I'm 33! We talk about what, if any, we want to do for genetics testing.

After going through the risks and benefits of all the options, we decide to only do the nuchal fold testing. It's basically an ultrasound that measures the back of the baby's neck to screen for Downs Syndrome. We'll do that in a couple of weeks.

I think he wants to do more. He makes really snide remarks about my lack of desire to do anything with negative results. It's someplace we agree to disagree. Though we get where everyone is coming from. Even so it is still very stressful.

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