Until my twin pregnancy, I never thought pregnancy and a baby were anything other than blessings. They are gifts from God, rewards one verse calls them. That is what I thought until we traveled down the road of genetic testing with the twins.
I still remember the phone call like it happened yesterday:
My heart started racing. I was not near tears, but my palms started to get clammy. I had been mentally preparing for whatever the results were going to show. Telling myself that we could take care of these babies no matter the results.
I was at the point of almost hoping there would be some abnormality. That’s weird to say, I know. But, I wanted to prove that my love for these babies was not conditional. That is where my mind went in this crazy situation.
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I loved this post. When I was pregnant with my second, a blood test showed a possibility some abnormalities, so the doctors were pushing me to get amniocentesis, etc, etc. I had to decline further testing like 20 times and they still were asking, "Are you SURE?" My thought at the time was, "Cool it guys – it's a baby, not a science fair experiment!" It was great to know that there might be a possibility of the baby having some type of abnormality so we could prepare a little if that turned out to be the case, but it wasn't necessary, really. And we didn't care about further testing because it wouldn't change anything – and to us, definitely not worth the small risk of miscarriage for amniocentesis!
I'm a mom of two girls…when the gynaecologist offered to have a genetic test, we refused. it didn't matter to me if my baby would have a certain illness or genetic predisposition. he or she would be my baby, and that was all that mattered. an opinion not really appreciated by our doctor, but it was our baby, not hers
It can seem like the docs go a bit test-crazy for sure. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Heidi. Your girls are blessed to have you!