Re: Amnio at 37+3 for lung dev.- pain? chances for maturity? TO MARIE

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Valerie

At Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Marie wrote:
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>At Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Valerie wrote:
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>I have been in a"non productive labor pattern"for sooooooo long...and
>the last55hrs have been very regular and very strong they kept me in
>the hospital overnight Weds to Thurs to give me morphine so I could get
>a little sleep and perhaps relax to dialate, but with no dialation they
>discharged me because I was less than37weeks(36+6 at the time...boy
>they are picky!:)
>
>at 37+3,we will do a amnio to verify lung maturity...>Dear Valerie,
>

You must be miserable&frustrated by now and I'm sure you've checked the
>archives regarding induction, which aren'tt always successful and more
>intense, my two were induced postterm, 1st w/striping membranes,2nd
>w/Pitocin, 12&16hour labors, contractions lasted 2.5min every3min,
><30sec rest between, during which I failed to dialate until the last
>minute, but needed only 1push to deliver.
>
>Normally lungs should mature enough by37weeks for delivery w/o amnio and
>use of asthma Rx/Prednisone used to mature lungs, you've been under
>stress for some time and there may be other questions answered by amnio.
>Have you ever been tested for alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency?
>
>--
>This even in recessive form may affect about 12% of the population, normally people
>are asymptomatic, but is related to lung and liver functions, people with histories
>of asthma etc. should be tested, phenotyping preffered, but AAT is acute reactant,your
>serum levels should double during pregnancy,you want levels at least above the mean
>and preferably on the high side of whichever scale is used. There's a chance that
>both lungs&liver may be immature.This is a maternal blood test,not a part of amnio.
>Good luck, it won't be long,
>Marie
>

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