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We had a similar situation with our (blessedly healthy and happy) son.
Wife was 35, tests showed a "higher than normal" chance for trisomy-18 - a severe birth defect that typically results in still born children, or severely deformed children who do not live for more than a few weeks. After several high-res ultrasounds, the OBs felt that the actual chance for the defect was miniscule - about 1%. Doing an amniocentisis would rule it out (or in) 100%, but the chances of the amnio proceedure causing problems (like a miscarriage or other damage) were relatively higher (3-5%) than the possibility of T-18 wiht no signs visible on the US. We declined the amnio based on that alone.
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“IN MY EXPERIENCE, SUSAN, WITHIN THEIR HEADS TOO MANY HUMANS SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF WARS THAT HAPPENED CENTURIES AGO.”
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