Hi everyone I am new here and new to being
pregnant. Me and my husband are having
are first baby:) but I am really scared..I
took an afp test and it came back
positive...I am only 20 my husband only
22..I don't understand why it came back
this way?? I am not at risk of having and
down baby..I am very very terrified of the
whole process of an amniocentesis. Can
there be other reasons for testing
positive?? My doctor said that since my
mensteral cycle due date (which is may 26)
and the ultra sound due date (june 10th)
are off that could be why it showed up
positive but could that also mean that my
baby has d.S. And that is why it is
small?? I go in on tuesday for my test.
I am terrified
please if any one has anything that will
help please email me or respond.
Thank you
jo dee
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jonsbaby2003
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Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Minnesota
There Could Be Other Reasons... Posted: 01-06-04 01:56am
Hi!
When I was pregnant with my 5 year old
daughter, my test came back positive
twice, and I had to have an amnio. I was
21 at the time, and had had two healthy
boys before (they are 9 and 7 now), so I
was worried just like you. The procedure
itself was fairly painless. It's like
going in for an ultrasound. The
technician finds the baby on the screen,
then looks around it for the greatest
concentration of fluid. The needle is
inserted while the doctor watches on the
screen. After the fluid is extracted,
you may feel a liitle sore in the area,
but it goes away after a few hours.
Thankfully, the test proved to be negative
for d.S. And/or any serious birth
defects. However, I wound up having my
daughter two months early because she had
a block in her intestines which wasn't
allowing her to digest properly while in
the womb. What really struck me as
"funny" was that I had had an ultrasound
two weeks prior to going into preterm
labor, and the doctors did not see it, but
when I was admitted into the hospital in
another state for her birth, they picked
it up rather quickly. She had corrective
surgery eight hours after she was born,
stayed in the hospital for two weeks, and
has been a happy healthy, beautiful child
since. I believe that it was the
blockage that caused the positive result
for my two tests.
My advice is for you to have the amnio,
and if (and prayfully when) it comes back
negative, get another ultrasound and have
them really look at your baby. Good luck
and god bless!!
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