Re: Triple test in surrogate pregnancy
From: ainsron@msn.com
Fri Jul 6 13:09:58 2001
There is no infertility history here. This patient is simply a
surrogate mother for a friend who had a TVH and wanted another pregnancy
with her new husband. The surrogate has had three normal pregnancies.
The egg donor has also had three normal pregnancies.
>Hence the infertility history
>
>--
>Richard Chudacoff, MD
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of Braun, R.
>Daniel
>Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 8:26 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: Triple test in surrogate pregnancy
>
>Why would somebody at 14 weeks be on estrogen and progesterone? The placenta
>is a veritable esrtrogen and progesterone factory. If it isn't, there is
>something terribly wrong with the pregnancy. Even so, why would that affect
>the results of the test, since all pregnant ladies are exposed to high
>levels of those substances anyway.
>
>R. Daniel Braun, MD
>
>"If everybody likes you, you've got to be doing something wrong."
> Kinky Friedman
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ainsron@msn.com [mailto:ainsron@msn.com]
>Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 9:46 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: Triple test in surrogate pregnancy
>
>Yes! I question whether or not the standards of the test would be valid
>in this case, especially if the patient is on supplemental E2 and
>progesterone.
>
>>Don't you offer a triple test to 29 y/o's??????
>>
>>Dan
>>R. Daniel Braun, MD
>>
>>"If everybody likes you, you've got to be doing something wrong."
>> Kinky Friedman
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ainsron@msn.com [mailto:ainsron@msn.com]
>>Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 3:26 PM
>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>>Subject: Triple test in surrogate pregnancy
>>
>>I have a current Ob patient who is 38 yo and the surrogate mother via
>>embryo transfer for a 29 yo woman. Intuitively, I would not expect the
>>triple test to be useful, except for possible NTDs. Would anyone offer
>>or order a triple test on this patient?
>>
>>--
>>Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD
>>
>--
>Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD
>
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Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD
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