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Re: Help!! Positive Alpha-fetoprotein screeningFrom: Alex (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 19 Apr 1998 18:34:48 -0500 (CDT)
At Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Susan wrote: > >My sister in law is 18 weeks pregnant and just had the result of the AFT >test and was told it was positive and high. No number or odds were >given to her. Her ultra sound came back great? She is almost 35 years >old and this would be her 3rd child but from a different man. She lives >in a very rural town and the doctor told her not to worry he didn't >believe in this test anyway. She is very concerned. She contacted a >genetic clinic who told her they would look at her file. I would >appreciate any information you could give me. She is very upset Thanks Try not to worry too much about this. I'll tell you why. With my last child the afp test came back abnormally low. My ultrasound was fine but the doctor told me it could indicate very serious complications. She also told me that most couples would decide now whether or not to continue with the pregnancy. My only other option was amniocentisis, which is quite painful and may cause premature labor in and of itself. Plus, I would have to wait two weeks for the results. In the state in which I live it would not be possible to end the pregnancy at that time, however, I still wanted to know. So we had the amnio. done and waited our two exhausting weeks. The test results came back and could tell us nothing. They did not find enough cells to do the test. We spent the rest of the pregnancy in agonizing suspence to deliver a beautiful normal perfect boy.
-- Alex
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