STRESSING!
posted 10th Dec '07
I got a call from my doctor stating my AFP came back abnormal and they want to send me to a specialist. I am way stressed out now...is there anyone that this happened to that everything came out fine? Any help/advice would be wonderful
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Which test is that?
quoteposted 10th Dec '07
Alpha Feto-Protein, it testsfor down syndrome...etc
quoteposted 10th Dec '07
O, i didn't know what it was called.
But i did go through a false positive.
Also had to go to a specialist. It turned out to be okay.
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did you have the amnio done?
quoteposted 10th Dec '07
No, becuase, They do a really long u/s (like an hour long) and look at absolutly everything!! Mine came back for high risk of downs syndrome, so what they did was look at the profile(for facial features like a downs syndrome baby), heart, looked for spots, etc.
They didn't find anything, they said she looked like a normal healthy baby and i could go ahead and get an amnio, but after him saying it was very very slim chance (since he did the u/s) i thought the chance of miscariage over did the pros, so didn't do one.
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Thank you so much for your input on this...it is helping. How far along were you when you had the u/s done?
quoteposted 10th Dec '07
I think i was exactly 16 week!
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Thanks again! I parentanked ya! That makes me feel a little better.
quoteposted 10th Dec '07
Your welcome!
Just know that there is alot of false positives.
A plus to go along with it, if your baby cooperates with you, u'll get to find out the sex!
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