PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for August, 2003: Re: amniocentesis and abortion

Re: amniocentesis and abortion

From: Angie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 31 Aug 2003 20:14:42 -0500 (CDT)

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Falco,

I agree with you 100% and it is so nice to hear someone say that they really don't care to know if there is anything wrong with their child before birth. I am so glad to hear your response, that if there is something wrong, you will take care of your child. It just goes to show that maturity comes with age. I wish you the best of luck and am sure that there are reasons to have the test, but I too agree, if the only reason is to check for deformities, why is there pressure to have the procedure done? Good luck to you Falco and keep me posted! :) Take care, Angie

At Sun, 31 Aug 2003, falco wrote: >
>There is a lot of pressure on me since I am forty to get amniocentesis.
>For example, the ob.gyn I discussed it with said I need to be checked
>for "Down's, Tay Sachs disease, spina bifida, cystic fibrosis and sickle
>cell anemia." Later I read in March of Dimes site that sickle cell and
>Tay Sachs are strongly tied to ethnic groups that I am not in. The site
>also detailed that a lot of kids who have these disorders don't seem to
>do so badly.
>
>What nobody says but that I am hearing is that I had better have amnio
>so that I can have an abortion if there is something wrong on the
>results. Or is there another good reason to have it? Because to me that
>is not a good reason, I am
>having this kid, and if my kid has problems I will help them.
>
>Why all this pressure? Just stressing me out.
>
>--
>falco
>

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