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One one hand, I didn't bother with some of the pre-natal tests (particularly the one that detects spina bifida and sometimes Down's Syndrome) because they had a high false positive rate and it didn't matter to me what the results would be. I wouldn't have changed my intentions either way at that point. I was an Occupational Therapist and almost expected that I would have a handicapped child because I had the resources to cope with it and even provide a lot of therapy myself.
On the other hand, there ARE some defects, which would be highly life limiting such as heart problems that aren't fixable, which may have led me to that decision. If they knew a baby couldn't make it once out of the womb, why go a whole 9 months, go through the pain of labor, etc., knowing that the baby wasn't going to make it.
On the third hand, I have friends who had numerous ultra sounds which showed that there was an inoperable problem with their baby's heart. They were seriously contemplating aborting the baby because they were told that the baby had no chance of making it outside the womb. They decided to get a second opinion and the second doctor agreed. Then they got a third opinion, who said that he could operate and fix it. At that point, they decided that if there was a chance that the baby would be ok, they would keep the baby and see what would happen. The baby was fine and didn't need any heart surgery at all. So... I'd have to make darn sure and I would probably get second, third and even fourth opinions before making a decision.
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