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greater for older moms, the reality is that most DS babies are born to younger mothers. I know a family where the first child was a DS son. I think the mom was in her early thirties. They went on to have two girls, neurotypical.

Honestly, when I was pregnant with my second, I felt that if that child were to be born with Down Syndrome, I'd be just fine. We'd cope. It turned out he was neurotypical, but I had no regrets about my decision.

I have known people who had a fetus diagnosed with DS who chose abortion. That was their choice, as it should always be. We cannot judge others, or assume they should make the same decisions we do.