What is so bad about having down syndrome?

OH MY GOSH! THANK YOU! I LOVE YOU! I think kids with down syndrome are adorable! :]

I hear you on that one. I am 34 and they are screening me for all these things and keep telling me I can do amnio and etc.. and I was like why? I would not terminate my child if he has Downs... I have a cousin with it and he is the sweetest human being you could ever know. They are gentle souls. Yes they require a lot of care - depending on the severity of their disorder, but many are very highly functioning, hold jobs and do very well for themselves. Perhaps Amnio just to know so you could prepare yourselves, but to terminate just because of Downs seems sad to me. My partner and I agree if for some reason our child were to be born with Downs then so be it - He is still our little man and we'll love him with all our hearts regardless.

I don't get that either! All the people that I have met that have Down Syndrome are amazing human beings! So loving and happy!

I am due to have a baby in 9 weeks time and opted to have a screening test at 12 weeks pregnant to determine the risk of my baby having Downs Syndrome. (The test returned a result which indicated that my baby does not have a high risk of Downs Syndrome.) However if the result had indicated otherwise, I would not have terminated my pregnancy. My partner and I chose to have the screening done, so that if it was positive, we would have time to prepare for any special needs our child may have. People with Downs Syndrome are beautiful, kind and valuable members of society (more so than many others). I have worked with many children with Downs Syndrome and they are some of the most loving children I have ever met. Although I support people's rights to choose whether or not they have a baby with a condition such as this, I for one, would love my child and support them regardless.

I understand what you're saying. I believe that down syndrome babies are angels in their own way. The handful that I've had the privelage of meeting in my life were some of the most sweetest, loving, most considerate people I have ever met. I think for some it might just be too overwhelming, and alot of it just comes from ignorance of the condition.

I personally would NEVER terminate a pregnancy if my doctor told me there was a rick of down's. I actually never even had the test for it seeing as it made no difference to me. I guess the way I look at this to make myself feel better is either they can keep the baby or be crappy parents because they have to give a little more of themselves because or they can just abort. Maybe it's not right?....but it's still a personal decision....right or not. I think some people are just too selfish to take the time to finish out the pregnancy and give the baby up for adoption if they so badly don't want the child. Who knows?

I'd consider an insanely short life expectancy to be a bad thing, if I'm honest.

nothing is BAD...it is just alot of work for the parents, and can alot of times be very stressfull

this doesnt justify it one bit but with any kind of disorder or disease its much harder to live a normal life and some people with down sydrome never fully take care of themselfs and kinda like autism the way the person is going to act is different for each person but i knew this guy that has down sydrome and he was in his 30's needing a babysitter 24/7.