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Re: Oligohydramnios, dolicocephaly and elevated AFP From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net) Sun Jun 26 14:58:58 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Larry Glazerman: "Re: Oligohydramnios, dolicocephaly and elevated AFP" Previous message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Incompentent Cervix?" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Oligohydramnios, dolicocephaly and elevated AFP" Next in thread: art fougner, md: "Re: Oligohydramnios, dolicocephaly and elevated AFP" Reply: art fougner, md: "Re: Oligohydramnios, dolicocephaly and elevated AFP" This circumstance is a very personal and tough one – you can have all the available data but at the end, one has to ask -- with which consequence (s) you can live the rest of your life at “peace with yourself” after making the decision…. If you choose an amniocentesis and because of it, an abortion of a healthy child occurs or don’t do it and – a baby with Down syndrome or other chromosomal abnormality is born? – both are direct consequences of our choices… tough. To Dr. Wang and his wife I wish them the best .. the wisdom to choose adequately, the acceptance of their choice and to their Doc – strength and caring. Ef. Ef. At Fri, 24 Jun 2005, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: > >In a message dated 6/24/05 11:00:49 AM, l.glazerman@rcn.com writes: > >> Agreed, although in my experience, the question about whether the pregnancy >> would be terminated often enters into the decision about whether to have an >> invasive test performed. IF the patient would not choose to terminate even >> an abnormal pregnancy, many of them choose not to have a test. I do agree >> that some patients will choose testing just for "advance warning" of a >> problem. >> >Well, one datum point which can be put in the old computer is that a lethal >defect, while maybe not convincing the parents to abort, can be used as a >reason to NOT perform a c-section for "fetal distress." Since many, if not most >abnormal fetuses show fetal monitor evidence of distress when stressed, you'd be >doing a c-section for no reason if the defect was ultimately lethal. > >Joe P. -- I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sounds contribute toward me. ~walt whitman~ Next message: Larry Glazerman: "Re: Oligohydramnios, dolicocephaly and elevated AFP" Previous message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Incompentent Cervix?" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Oligohydramnios, dolicocephaly and elevated AFP" Next in thread: art fougner, md: "Re: Oligohydramnios, dolicocephaly and elevated AFP" Reply: art fougner, md: "Re: Oligohydramnios, dolicocephaly and elevated AFP"

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