Pregnancy by Weeks - Week 16

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[@sheepgray08]

Love your videos...!! Third pregnancy but now I can actually enjoy this and it is so exiting...! I really like how you explain things. Thank you!

[@ambergodwin9152]

16 weeks today 💜

[@RobynnNinjah]

Hello! My name is Robynn and im 16 weeks pregnant :) Im 21 years old, and at 11 weeks, I was sent to a specialist to receive a CVS when my OB found fluid on my baby's spine. The results came back positive for Down's Syndrome, or Trisomy 24, and I was wondering what the statistics say of my case. I am very young, and since Downs syndrome is not hereditary, what was the likelihood of my son getting this genetic disorder with me being so young, since it is usually a chromosome disorder found in women above the age of 35.

[@MedTwice]

***** The risk of having a baby with down syndrome goes up a little bit each year that we age. The risk at 35 is not that much higher than the risk at 34, but it is a lot higher than the risk at 24. However, because there are so many more babies born to women under 35 than over 35, there are actually more babies with down syndrome born to women under 35. Another way to think of this statistic is to imagine 2 bags with money. 10% of the coins in Bag A are quarters while 50% of bag B are quarters. If bag A has 1000 coins and Bag B only has 10 coins we would expect to find more actual quarters in bag A than bag B even though the odds of a quarter are less. I hope this helps explain this. Most of the time Down syndrome is a random problem, meaning it is very unlikely to occur with the next pregnancy. Rarely there can be something in your genes or your partners genes that can pass this along. I would recommend doing genetic testing on both you and your partner. Most likely this will be negative and allow you to be less worried with your next pregnancy. If there is an issue there are things that can be done to improve your adds of having a baby that does not have down syndrome in your next pregnancy. Good luck, wishing you the best.