Op-Ed: Waiting and Worrying: Screening Tests for Down’s Syndrome Prove Stressful for a Mom-to-Be
August 28, 2008
The moment my cell phone rang, I jumped up and ran to my friends’ bathroom for privacy. It was the call I’d been awaiting, and dreading, for weeks – the one that would tell me if my unborn baby had Down syndrome. When I answered the phone, all I could do was cry. The ordeal started more than two weeks earlier when I got a call from the doctor’s office: A blood test came back positive for Down syndrome. (Victorville Daily Press)
