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Re: triple screens, ultrasounds, amnio....
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri, 28 Feb 2003 19:50:16 -0600 (CST)
I would think that termination plays a role in the timing. Here in
Wisconsin USA you have to have a termination before 24 weeks. Since
amnio results take about two weeks to get timing does become an issue.
At Fri, 28 Feb 2003, anonymous wrote:
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>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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