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Re: Amnio woes

From: offpill (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:17:33 -0500 (CDT)

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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.

This may be silly, and perhaps they can't do it, but can't they run your chromosomes and compare them to your child's to see if indeed it was your child's they tested?

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