Amnio dilemma

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Hi All,  I have to decide this week if I will get the amnio test or not.  All my tests results, including pgd, came out good and I am worried about the risk, although low, for miscarriage if I move forward with the test.  Let me know thoughts of others. :)

[thereeree]

I went in for an amnio almost 2 weeks ago.  My husband and i are both alpha thalasemmia trait and the only way to know right now to whether the baby has major thalasemia is through amnio.  And i will prolly be doing amnio everytime i get pregnant to because if the baby is a major thalasemmia it will give my baby and I some complications.  They do ultrasound to locate the best place to do the amnio and to also make sur3 the needle is no where near the baby.  

[Olagen]

Oh, yeah, and of course, the only reason to do any of these tests, is if you consider abortion in case the test comes out positive...

[Olagen]

Same here. I chose not to run this test, but  did the DNA blood test - in Israel it's called NIPT. I guess your doc should know what it is. It's quite expensive, but I prefer to pay and not to put my baby at risk.

[sew_cute]

No choose not to

[janetsullivan82]

I have chose not to run the test. In my opinion the risk to the baby is to high for results I will find out when it is born anyway. My doctor stated that the only reason to do the test and know now instead is if I planned to abort and I don't so I chose not to.

[noe17]

Hi there, my results for Down Syndrome came 1/410 possibilities, so medium risk, and my doc said that I could do the amnio to be sure. But I didn't want to risk losing a healthy baby (1 out of 200 amnios end in miscarriage) or hurting the baby (a friend of mine had to have it done 3 times! In the first they actually stuck the needle on baby's leg, the boy now 10 years old has a big scar on his leg, but it could have been anywhere else in his body...)
So I opted for the DNA blood test, it's 99+% accurate and it tests several diseases plus DS. Non invasive, though expensive. It cost me about 1000$, but it's because they sent my blood from Europe to California, therefore increasing the price. Maybe if you are in the US it'll cost you less... I don't know, if your results are good, I wouldn't risk it. Good luck!