Re: Amniosentesis.....????

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At Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Claudia Twisdale RN wrote: >
>1st off, why is OB saying amnio is needed?? It is not a "routine" OB
>procedure
>
>At Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Amy wrote:
>>
>>Hello,
>>I have been told that next week I have to have this big needle put in my
>>stomache and I'm not very excited. I was kind of in shock when the
>>doctor told me what we had to do I forgot to ask a couple of questions.
>>Like does it hurt? Do they just shove it in there or do they give me
>>drugs or numb the area? Should I be worried about this amnio causing
>>extra problems? I once read that it was a risky thing to do. Thanks for
>>listening (reading) bye bye.
>>
>>--
>>Amy
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