Re: A message for Brenda with the 1:91 AFP result - something else

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At Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Sarah wrote: >
>The other thing my doctor told me was to try to set aside 15 minutes to
>worry each day.. worry all I want during that time. THen try to think
>about the positive aspects of all the tests and numbers the rest of the
>time (I tend to think the glass is half empty etc.). Push the worry
>from my mind and get on with life and my pregnancy. ANyway, by doing
>this I was surprised to find that while I still have concerns, I am not
>making myself sick and stressed out. I
>am tending to see the glass half full now.
>
>At Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Sarah wrote:
>>
>>Hi Brenda,
>>I can tell you are really worried about this. When it happened to me I
>>was absolutely sick with worry and despair (1:52 result whan I was 34
>>going on 35).
>>ANyway, here is what my doctor told me to think about this time about
>>doing the amnio... he told me to think ahead about how I would respond
>>to the amnio results, ie. would I terminate the pregnancy if it came
>>back that the baby had Down's syndrome? He told me that is really the
>>bottom line for having that test done versus the level 2 u/s.

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