Blood Screening Results are back

Well this is where it all began really,10/06/09 i was 17+1 when i got the call from the fetal services midwife at the hospital to tell us the blood results were back and showing high risk for Downs Syndrome 1:158 which for my age etc should be something like 1:1119, devastating news, but i just thought Downs Syndrome isn't a life compatible issue so we'll deal with it, but the worry was the risk of heart problems in Downs Syndrome. Ricky had been working the night before and working that night so as he was in bed sleeping mum came along with me to have a chat about the results and talk about whether to have an amnio or not, but with the 1% risk of miscarriage from it i was against it, as the midwife said there was probably more risk to miscarrying than of actually haveing Downs Syndrome.
So we decided to wait the 2 days until the next scan which was to look at babies heart and see if the consultant could see any more markers for Downs or whether there was problems with the heart before deciding on the amnio.