I think the subject that has had the biggest impact on me was Chapter 3 when we talked about prenatal development and the importance of prenatal care. The topic that really stood out to me was part about chromosomal errors. In particular Down syndrome, where the child has three copies of chromosome 21. I experienced a scare during my first pregnancy that made me grow up even quicker. When I was in my second trimester of pregnancy I had an alpha-feta protein test done that should some abnormalities in my blood work. The doctor called me into the office and told me that there was a possibility that my son had Down's syndrome; he explained what the cause of it was and told me that he could do a test called an amniocentesis, to determine for sure whether or not my baby had this or not. After leaving the doctors office I had a lot of mixed emotions I felt as if I had did something wrong, like if I had eaten more folic acid this would have not happen to me. I did research after research on the computer that day hoping to find a way out of this but there was nothing I could do but cope and deal with it.
             Once I broke the news to my parents they didn't know what to think all they said was we'll love him regardless of what happens, but they just couldn't understand why something like this happened to me. Most people when you think of children with Down's syndrome you think of it in White Americans, not in African-Americans but that is where I was wrong it can happen to anyone it has nothing to do with race but more to do with genetics. Finally my doctor calls me with an appointment at Aultman hospital. I go and the nurses come in and tell me what to expect and give me my go home directions. Once I get into the room they hook me up to fetal monitors and an ultrasound machine, and then I see the doctor come in with this big humongous needle and I think to myself "the needle was not that big in the pict...