Re: Amnio woes

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At Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Hannah wrote: >
>Arrrrggh. How frustrating it is to have options. Just back from the
>OB/GYN's office, where all did not go as planned. Was supposed to have
>the amnio last week, but membranes hadn't yet fused, so it was delayed
>for until today. Ultrasound normal except for fifth middle phalanx
>hypoplasia, which is a soft sign for Down's, but which many of the
>chromasomally normal have as well(including me!)
>
>The rescheduled appointment gave me a week to agonize, research and
>reconsider. Decided to go ahead with it anyway, but planned in advance
>to halt the procedure if anything happend that would make it more risky
>than usual. Specifically, I decided to do it as a "one shot deal": no
>more than one pass of the needle, whether fluid was obtained or not (two
>or more needle insertions increase the risk of miscarriage, but nobody
>knows by how much.) I was told that it almost never required more than
>one pass to get sufficient fluid.
>
>Alas, I was unlucky. 5mL of fluid was obtained, but then my uterus
>contracted and the doc couldn't get anymore. Stop, said I. Let's call
>it a day. The genetics counselor phoned the lab who said they'd be able
>to run the analysis with the amount of fluid they'd gotten, but there
>was a chance that they'd be looking at my own chromosomes rather that
>the kid's. So a "normal" result isn't necessarily to be trusted.
>
>Feel proud of sticking to my principles and not doing something to
>increase the risk of amnio still further, but the uncertainty may kill
>me yet. Filled with confusion and self-doubt, but that's nothing new.

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