Lucky Mom

Apr. 27, 2006

Amniocentesis - Pros and Cons

So, I’m down to 18 hours pre-amnio and I’m still unsure and a bit uneasy about going through with this pre-natal procedure.

The pros, the cons, the negotiating in my head about it. Am I really going to wait until the exact moment of seeing the approaching needle to decide?

Will it depend on if the weather is nice in the morning? Or rather, if I got a good nights sleep?

Let’s do a sort of quasi T-Bar –

The Pros:

  1. Can find out the babe’s gender.
  2. Can say I did it and satisfy my OB.
  3. Husband will take the day off.
  4. I can relax the remainder of the day since ‘I’m told I should’.
  5. I can have a glass of wine afterward since ‘My OB said I should’. O.k., she said I ‘could’ but ‘should’ / ‘could’ whatever. They’re pretty much the same.
  6. Oh yeah, and that genetic abnormality detection thingy. Yeah, I’ll find that stuff out too.

The Cons:

  1. It’s not very fun. I’ve had one.
  2. There’s the risk of miscarriage involved though admittedly (or is it maybe more allegedly) small.

My current OB: “Oh, the risk is soooo small. In fact, I’ve only known one person in 17 years who’s lost the baby due to the procedure."

Last OB: “I’ve never known anyone during my entire time practicing that lost a baby”.

Um…o.k. so where do the 1/200 to 1/400 stats come into play may I ask?????

Anyway, I’m still debating in my head like a ping-pong game though I don’t know what side of my brain is pro and which is con.

I guess I’ll find out tomorrow what my decision is.

7 Comments Posted (Add Yours)

1

SO, how'd it go?? Do you get the glass of wine or not?? LOL
I have been thinking about you today?
Loves,
Dayna

2

Dayna M - why, you want a glass?

3

I lost my son at 16 1/2 weeks due to amnio. The autopsy showed the physician went through the placenta which caused an infection. I lost him 5 days later. Just ask yourself, if it is really worth it? It won't be for me in the future.

Note: The physician was in genetics and performed over 2000 amnio's a year.

4

I lost my baby after an amnio at 33 weeks. Major blood loss to the baby was the cause.

5

Sad and Anonymous - I'm sooo sorry to hear that. Does make a case for against doesn't it?

I did have one with my son and all it did was scare us for no reason, everything was fine.

6

then what do i do? do i go for amnio

7

what a ridiculous list of pros and cons. im trying to get some information here, as im sure other people might be too.

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