Re: triple screens, ultrasounds, amnio....

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From: "anonymous" <anonymous@obgyn.net> To: "Multiple recipients of list PREGNANCY-BIRTH" <pregnancy-birth@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 9:40 PM Subject: triple screens, ultrasounds, amnio....

> I am 35 years old and am trying to decide whether or not to have an
> amnio. I asked my doctor if I could have the Triple Screen first and
> then, depending on the results, decide about the amnio after. She said
> that they like to do amnio around 15 weeks and Triple Screens around
> 17/18 (plus time for the results). This doesn't make sense to me...why
> couldn't I just do the amnio later, say at 19 weeks? Is it because
> termination, if one was going to terminate, is more risky or difficult
> this late? Any thoughts would be appreciated, except from those that
> wish to debate the termination piece - this would be an inapproriate
> forum for that. Thanks....
>

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