My Story

Treasured Angel - Part 1

I HAD never wanted kids but it was as if I had woken up one morning and became a different person, all of a sudden I wanted a baby, no one was more surprised than me. It was march 2001 when I stopped taking the pill and I was disheartened when I didn't fall Pregnant that first month. I was very niave you see and assumed that if you didn't use protection then you fell pregnant; well I had never wanted a baby so I never really looked into the matter
IMAGINE my disappointment when my 2 cousins and my sister all fell Pregnant during the time when i desperately trying to concieve, although I tried to be happy for them. It wasn't until the end of September my period never arrived and it turned out I was pregnant. I was so surprised because my boyfriend and I had only made love once that month and it was 5 days before my period was due. I had been getting my ovulation dates all wrong.
I HAD BEEN looking forward to my 19 week scan for weeks and finally it was here. My boyfriend and i were giddy with excitement and when we actually saw out baby on the screen our hearts melted with pride. However, our happiness was short lived because it turned out our baby had a higher than average measurement on the back of the neck, this was known as the nuchal fold measurement, this was a strong marker for Downs Syndrome and was I given a 1 in 160 chance of having a baby with it. We couldnt believe this was happening to us! The consultant at the hospital advised me to have an amniocentesis test the following week. On a happier note, my scan photo is displayed at the top of this page.

Here is my story, thank you for your time in reading it. I could not fit the whole story on one page so I have seperated it into different pages, to continue reading the story, go back to my home page and clock on the continuing part.