PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for January, 2002: Re: AFP VERY LOW AND U/S OK, AMNIOCENTESIS

Re: AFP VERY LOW AND U/S OK, AMNIOCENTESIS

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 Jan 2002 16:24:44 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 31 Jan 2002, =?iso-8859-1?B?SnVhbiBKb3PpIGRlIGxhIE1vcmE=?wrote: >
>My wife and I are VERY concerned. We got a 1/10 chance of DS. She is 30
>years old and her LMP was 03/10/01. The test results show she has the same
>chances of giving birth to our baby with DS as a 49 year old woman.
>We had our hi definition u/s today and everything seemed ok, should we go
>for the amniocentesis?
>The AFP3 results were:
>AFP: 44.0 ng/mL 1.17 MoM
>uE3: 1.4 ng/mL 0.40 MoM
>hCG: 376.9 mIU/L 13.82 MoM
>
>We are really desperate, please give us some advise,
>
>Regards,
>
>JJM and Lourdes
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The people doing your US and counselling are the ones with the best info for YOU. In general, if your wife would abort a DS baby, then definitely an amnio is a good idea.

If not, it may also be a good idea. I would like to know if the baby has DS because it might make a diference in the management of labor and delivery.

Whether or nto someone gets an amnio done is a very personal thing based on religious, social, cultural, and theological considerations.

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R.Daniel Braun, MD  FACOG   FOG
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