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From: "Elbie" <elbie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > I am new to the list, and 20 weeks pregnant.
Hi Brenda~ sorry that you had to find us but glad that you did.
Shell shocked generally describes us when the "t" news first hits. In my
case we had no idea until after out son was born that there was a problem.
He will be 16 in June. At that time there was no Internet etc so it was a
long road we traveled to get to this list. :0)
> The next day, the karyotype results came back, and I have a balanced
> translocation of chromosones 11 and 18. We went for genetic counselling
and
> the counsellor said that because chromosone 18 is involved, we have a risk
> of having a trisomy 18 baby or partial trisomy 18 baby
> The genetisist also said that it is possible that we may wind up with a
> baby that has unbalanced translocation of chromosone 11 - two chromosone
> 11's plus a bit more (a.k.a. a partial trisomy 11). She couldn't tell us
> what sorts of impact that would have on the fetus, and I have not been
able
> to find anything about this on the net.
Sounds as if they're telling you that you have many outcome options and
unless you have further testing you won't know for sure what the situation
is until the baby is born. Also possible to get a replica of you. :0)
In terms of the trsomy 11.........it's a "rare, rare" trisomy. Our son's
flavor of trisomy is 14. Same situation as you're facing with the 11--not
any info out there and few folks who have dealt with/are dealing with that
particular trisomy.
As you read on the list in the future you'll notice that there are full
ranges of issues our special children have---physical, mental, medical---and
in each grouping ranges in severity and types of issues are wide up to and
including those that function pretty close to typical. There is no answer on
that front to be had (except for physical, medical to some degree with
ultrasound picking up abnormalities--but no guarantee).
Sorry I'm not a big help but hope that you find some peace here.
Michelle mom to Alex (15,partial trisomy 14 mosaic) and Molly (12)
MichiganUSA
Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows
www.trisomyonline.org
Families Helping Families On-line