That pregnancy took a dramatic turn, however, when the couple was told that their baby had a 100 percent chance of being born with Down syndrome. Kirstin Czernek and Aria. TikTok/kirstinczernek ...

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Michele Dynia, 40, yearned to have a child but worried about the risk of having a baby with Down syndrome. Women who are 35 or older are more likely to have a pregnancy affected by the condition.

Down Syndrome Tests. Routine tests done during pregnancy can check to see if it’s likely your baby has Down syndrome. If those results are positive, or if you’re at high risk, you may choose ...

They also found that after the extra chromosome was removed, genes tied to nervous system development were more active and ...

Marsha Weigum was sitting in the office of her doctor in Glenwood Springs when she was told that there was a 99% chance her son would be born with Down syndrome. She’d received a call from her doctor ...

A dad in Florida describes the shock, then the gratitude, that he and his wife felt upon welcoming a child with Down syndrome into their family. Fox News Digital spoke with dad Aric Berquist.

Down’s syndrome is a condition in which a person is born with an extra chromosome. They determine how a baby's body forms and functions as it grows during pregnancy and after birth.

The median life expectancy for a baby born in the U.S. with Down syndrome jumped from about four years in 1950 to 58 years in the 2010s, ...