January 28th

A had the results of her blood test today, which, combined with the results from her previous test, give her a 1 in 4330 chance of producing a child affected by Down’s syndrome, and a 1 in 28,000 chance of a particular rare genetic disorder mentioned by the doctor (A can’t remember the name of it). With those odds, the doctor thought it was not a good idea to also have an amniocentesis, where the odds of causing harm to the foetus are much higher. A and I agree, so that will be all the testing she’ll have for the time being, and we’ll just have to hope that we don’t have particularly bad luck.

Since the doctor has given us an assurance that nothing is likely to be wrong with our child, A says she’s now comfortable letting the rest of our family and friends know of her pregnancy. No doubt a lot of that will be occurring this weekend, but I hope (again) that my less than whole-hearted enthusiasm isn’t too obvious to one and all….