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If you were offered an amnio, did you get one? Any other tests you just didn't see the point in having while pregnant and you refused?
Or do you think most of the tests have merit?

In my case I would say the amino was merit. With my daughter I had complications from the get go. Then at 33 weeks I went into premature labor and my water broke or they thought, and I was transferred to Shands. I was having contractions and they say my water didn't break but had a puncture thats why some leakage. Knowing I was have contractions still so early in my pregnancy they had to do the amino to see if her lungs were developed. If so they would of let me have her. Its a procedure I didn't want repeated though. They did it through my abdomen and it hurt especially why contracting. But was neat seeing it all on ultrasound the needle and my baby girl moving all around. Her lungs weren't developed so I was given meds to stop my contractions and put on bed rest. Needless to say w/ my case the meds didn't work as good and long as needed. I started having contractions again at 38 weeks so I was induced and had a beautiful 7 lb 8 oz girl!

Since I turned 35 during this pregnancy, they offered amnio to check for genetic issues. However, I asked what the benefits would be to find out about abnormalities. The dr said it would help us determine whether to keep it or not. I told him that wasn't an option so why else should we do it. He said we could prepare financially and emotionally. My hubby and I thought it over and talked it out. We decided there wasn't any extra money to put away even if we had a child with disabilities nor would it be helpful for us to stress during the 9 months about whether or not our child would have problems. Since we'd had a miscarriage a few months prior to this pregnancy, we opted not to have the genetic amnio done.

I was given the choice of amnio but chose not to do it when it came right down to it. I was 35 and delivering my first and ONLY child. There were too many cons as opposed to pros. I was ready to accept my child whether she was healthy or had a disability. I figured God was going to give her to me for a reason so I was ready whatever the choices were. Although the level 2 ultrasound that I had also played a part in my decision as well. When the doctor did the level 2 ultrasound he said everything loked perfect and he could see no signs of a disability (There was chance my duaghter could have had Down's Syndrome). The level 2 ultrasound was so extensive that therefore I took the doctor at his word and chose not to have amino.

I was told that an amnio would be an option for both of my pregnancies because of my age (I was over 35 when we got pregnant with our first child). My husband and I were very concerned about having the procedure done because I had two miscarriages prior. We decided to go with the level 2 ultrasound and the quad screen (blood tests) with both of my pregnancies. If anything abnormal showed up, we would of had to reconsider the amnio, but luckily all of our tests showed two normal healthy babies. If our tests had shown otherwise, we would of had the amnio because we would want to know in advance what we would be dealing with, so that we could prepare ourselves emotionally...but we would of loved our babies just the same.