Oh yeah I guess it isn’t a DNA test, I don’t know it’s so much info and I am so confused. I wanted to get the Harmony test after I got the first tri screen results and my OB told me the sequential test was more accurate, but she is also a really shitty doctor so idk.

I had a DNA blood test. The NT scan was normal, the results I am refering to were from the sequential blood test.

I don’t really think 30 is considered old.

The thing I don’t get is what qualifies as a false positive on a screening test? Like on a yes no test I would get it, 5% of the yeses were actually nos, but if my chances are 1/265, the child is probably not going to be born with DS anyway, so how do they determine the results were false? Like I really do not get it…

Thank you. The actual NT scan, as far as the measurement, was fine, so that I find comforting. I keep trying to put it in perspective but when I think about the possibilities I just start to panic. Congrats on your new baby!

I had the first part of what is called the sequential test, so in addition to the nuchal translucency screening they draw blood at 13 weeks and then again at 16 weeks.

I am 15 weeks pregnant and I found out from my first trimester screening that my child has a 1/265 chance of Down Syndrome, which doesn’t sound terrible but is technically a “positive screening.” I have another screening test at 16 weeks, which gives a more definitive percentage, but I am freaking out. I am 30 years…

He sounds so well adjusted too, given the shitstorm being thrown his way. This kid is an inspiration.

Actual repetitive topics on Glow include: “when my husband masturbates it’s basically like he’s cheating on me,” “how old do I look? (posts selfie w intense filter),” “do you think it’s a boy or girl? (posts sonogram of tiny white dot at 4 weeks).”

I am 11 weeks too!! Congratulations. We’re almost at the end of the first trimester. The religious vibe on Glow is super abrasive. Also I kind of think 75% of the users are like 17.

Oh yeah, that happened to me already. I was legit cyberbullied by someone on there. I am just like super bored and lonely.

Thanks for the advice. There are a lot of teen moms on Glow, which is not like a thing I’m judging but also not an experience I can relate to. There is so much stuff about god on there too.

I have not tried meetup. I have really bad social anxiety and a bunch of other issues like depression and body dysmorphia. I somehow managed to go through 3 jobs and 2 and a half years of grad school without making a single friend. I feel there is something seriously wrong with me.

Is anyone else pregnant and using the Glow app? I used it when I was trying to conceive and now I am using it to track my pregnancy, mostly just so I know where I am, in terms of weeks. There is also like a community forum feature that I use a lot to post questions and interact with other pregnant women. The thing is,…

I have an increasingly unhealthy relationship with my best friend of 12 years, and it came to a head this weekend with a basin full of piss. I have been letting her stay with me since July. At the time she had returned to NY from California and was trying to get out of an abusive relationship. She came back for my…

Sorry about your miscarriage. I also had bleeding early on that they couldn’t explain.

Yes. I am 10 weeks pregnant, and based on movies and TV, I expected my first ultrasound to be this deeply emotional experience that would bring me to tears. Instead I was like “So everything is fine? Great. Please get this gooey stick out of my vagina.”

Lol, I’m gray too, but sadly I did dabble in XoJane, so this comment is mostly about self-loathing

Oh I agree they were generally heinous. I remember posting once on an open thread about my mental health issues, and was repeatedly told to get over my pity party.

I feel like a vast constituent of XoJane commenters were people who couldn’t get ungreyed on Jezebel.