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can somebody recommend a good doctor &hospital to do amniocentesis test?
William Lu wrote:
Hi, DEAR ALL, I am in Rochester area, NY. I am at 21th week pregnancy. Can somebody recommend a good doctor and hospital do do amniocentesis test? I feel so nervous? How about you guys? My AFP result is normal. No ultrasound yet since the first time used to determine my due date. I got pregnant at my age of33.5 years. Just out of curiosity, why are you doing an amnio? Your AFP is normal, and you're not 35 yet (the cutoff many use for doing amnio routinely, though the rationale for that isn't necessarily the most sound)? Has something happened that indicates a need for an amnio? Is the information you're looking for worth the 0.5-1 percent risk of miscarriage? Would you do anything differently based on the results of the amnio (e.g., would you terminate the pregnancy or use the information to make different plans than your current plans)? I don't know what's available in Rochester, but the general thing you're looking for is someone who does a lot of amnios and has a good success rate. When you call around, ask how many amnios they do per month/year/whatever and as what their miscarriage rate is. The normally quoted average miscarriage rate due to amnio is anywhere from 1 in 200 to 1 in 100. The rate a doctor quotes to you may be slightly higher if they haven't adjusted for the "background" rate of miscarriage. Some number of miscarriages would be expected to happen within a few days of amnios just by coincidence, so studies on the miscarriage risk of amnio factor out that number of miscarriages and only count the *excess* miscarriages against the risk of amnio. Individual doctors may not do that, however, as they're generally dealing in smaller numbers. They'd be more likely to quote raw numbers of miscarriages happening within a few days of amnios. Doctors and labs *ought* to have this information available and ought to be willing to share it with you. Best wishes, Ericka |
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can somebody recommend a good doctor &hospital to do amniocentesis test?
Dear ALL,
Thanks for all response. Actually, we really did not see any sign for the need to do this test. We have so many nieces, and nephews in both our families, all of them are perfect. also, the pregnancy age of 33.5 is not so advanced. also, AFP is good. Anyway, I will not do this. Best wish to all moms here. Thanks again. JULIE Ericka Kammerer wrote in message ... William Lu wrote: Hi, DEAR ALL, I am in Rochester area, NY. I am at 21th week pregnancy. Can somebody recommend a good doctor and hospital do do amniocentesis test? I feel so nervous? How about you guys? My AFP result is normal. No ultrasound yet since the first time used to determine my due date. I got pregnant at my age of33.5 years. Just out of curiosity, why are you doing an amnio? Your AFP is normal, and you're not 35 yet (the cutoff many use for doing amnio routinely, though the rationale for that isn't necessarily the most sound)? Has something happened that indicates a need for an amnio? Is the information you're looking for worth the 0.5-1 percent risk of miscarriage? Would you do anything differently based on the results of the amnio (e.g., would you terminate the pregnancy or use the information to make different plans than your current plans)? I don't know what's available in Rochester, but the general thing you're looking for is someone who does a lot of amnios and has a good success rate. When you call around, ask how many amnios they do per month/year/whatever and as what their miscarriage rate is. The normally quoted average miscarriage rate due to amnio is anywhere from 1 in 200 to 1 in 100. The rate a doctor quotes to you may be slightly higher if they haven't adjusted for the "background" rate of miscarriage. Some number of miscarriages would be expected to happen within a few days of amnios just by coincidence, so studies on the miscarriage risk of amnio factor out that number of miscarriages and only count the *excess* miscarriages against the risk of amnio. Individual doctors may not do that, however, as they're generally dealing in smaller numbers. They'd be more likely to quote raw numbers of miscarriages happening within a few days of amnios. Doctors and labs *ought* to have this information available and ought to be willing to share it with you. Best wishes, Ericka |
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