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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is touching as a personal story but the facts provided are questionable/incomplete and I would expect more from a doctor who knows the field. For example, it is not true that any pregnant woman over the age of 35 is automatically considered high risk. Also, while she includes IVF stats by age group, why not include non-IVF conception stats as well? Including only IVF provides a skewed sample. [/quote]
I know that my OB automatically considers AMA pregnancies to be high risk. There is extra monitoring involved. It doesn't mean that all of those pregnancies will see complications. I had a baby at age 39 with no complications but it was still considered high risk simply because of my age.[/quote]

This is correct. All 35+ are considered high risk.[/quote]

In my experience, this wasn't true.  I had a baby at 34 and another at 38.  Exact same monitoring.  Nothing done differently.  I was otherwise healthy.  Both times with GW.  No one ever said the words high-risk to me the second time.

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Agree. I also had mine at 34 and 38, and I was high risk both times. The first time AMA was not a factor, the second time AMA was one of three factors. And the first baby was a premie and second was full term. [/quote]

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