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No. Parents who have a child with Down syndrome do not have an increased chance in having another child with Down syndrome. Everyone has the same chance of having a child with Down syndrome, 1%.
It depends on the severity of Down syndrome. Consult with a Down syndrome specialist.
That depends. Men with Down syndrome have been shown to be sterile, while women with Down syndrome are capable of carrying a child, with 50% likelihood that the child will be born with Down syndrome.
For the United States, estimated as the fraction of people in the population with the syndrome, ~1/5500.
After having one child with Down Syndrome, the likelihood of having another is about one percent. If the first child's Down Syndrome is due to translocation trisomy 21, the likelihood of another Down Syndrome child increases. As far as researchers know at this point, Down Syndrome is not attributed to the parents' behavior prior and/or during pregnancy or any environmental factors. The incidence of Down Syndrome does rise if the mother is older than 35, but it does not account for a large number of Down Syndrome children. Since more women are having children at ages younger than 35, then number of babies born with the syndrome is higher in younger age groups.
Yes, the processes of IVF do not change the odds of having a baby with Down syndrome. Your reproductive endocrinologist can talk to you about risks and testing.
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That would mean that the mother is the one with Down syndrome, since men with Down syndrome are sterile. There is a 50% chance that the child will have Down syndrome and 50% chance that child will be born without.
No. Age is a factor an older woman is more apt to have a down child than a younger woman, and they are finding there is an relationship between altimerzers and Down syndrome.
No Marie does not have a child with down syndrome. It was mistaken that she did because one of her children is crossed eyed.
My young child has down syndrome(not really).
A pregnancy with Down Syndrome would be the same as any other pregnancy. But, there's a chance that if the mother finds out that her child has Down Syndrome by having some testing done, she might become depressed.