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<blockquote data-quote="jenp1" data-source="post: 2499830" data-attributes="member: 855339">I just found out I am pregnant with twins at 22 weeks... the Dr. missed it in my first ultra sound. Well one of the twins has a small amt of extra fluid in the ventricle of his brain, and a small amt in his kidney as well. The other twin is perfectly healthy and they are identical twins, which means they share all the same chromosomes and genes. They said that the extra fluid is border line normal, but that they have to tell me about it.&nbsp; Which I am worried sick now even though it&#039;s still within the normal range. They said there&#039;s a 8% chance it could be related to down syndrome.&nbsp; .... I&#039;m scared. I can&#039;t help to blame myself that one of them has this, and I am worried about everything I eat and if I am being healthy enough.&nbsp; I am only 27 so it can&#039;t be age related, and no one in my entire family history has this disorder or my husbands family, so It doesn&#039;t seem to be genetic.&nbsp; So they say you can help prevent down sydrome by taking enough folic acid.&nbsp; Well I didn&#039;t know I was having twins, which you need twice as much folic acid.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if I got enough.&nbsp; And the first few weeks, I even skipped out on my vitamins sometimes because they made me throw up. But once the morning sickness went away I took them everyday. And now I wish I would have just sucked it up and not skipped out those first weeks.&nbsp; Is 22 weeks too late to make a difference... now&nbsp; that I know I&#039;m having twins and I know exactly how much I need for both babies.&nbsp; Will my nutrition help change this around now? Or is his brain to far developed for it to make a difference, if he does have down syndrome? Does anyone know? I am so worried.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jenp1, post: 2499830, member: 855339"] I just found out I am pregnant with twins at 22 weeks... the Dr. missed it in my first ultra sound. Well one of the twins has a small amt of extra fluid in the ventricle of his brain, and a small amt in his kidney as well. The other twin is perfectly healthy and they are identical twins, which means they share all the same chromosomes and genes. They said that the extra fluid is border line normal, but that they have to tell me about it. Which I am worried sick now even though it's still within the normal range. They said there's a 8% chance it could be related to down syndrome. .... I'm scared. I can't help to blame myself that one of them has this, and I am worried about everything I eat and if I am being healthy enough. I am only 27 so it can't be age related, and no one in my entire family history has this disorder or my husbands family, so It doesn't seem to be genetic. So they say you can help prevent down sydrome by taking enough folic acid. Well I didn't know I was having twins, which you need twice as much folic acid. I don't know if I got enough. And the first few weeks, I even skipped out on my vitamins sometimes because they made me throw up. But once the morning sickness went away I took them everyday. And now I wish I would have just sucked it up and not skipped out those first weeks. Is 22 weeks too late to make a difference... now that I know I'm having twins and I know exactly how much I need for both babies. Will my nutrition help change this around now? Or is his brain to far developed for it to make a difference, if he does have down syndrome? Does anyone know? I am so worried. [/QUOTE]

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