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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m pretty rich and I don’t know anyone who got an amnio unless something came up on the earlier tests. Extra scans? Sure! But amnio has serious risks. [/quote]

Wealth doesn't matter. If you're over 35 or have a problematic genetic history, amnio is recommended as a matter of course.[/quote]

Is this based on personal experience? I had my first at 37 and the doctor was very much of the opinion that it was up to me. There are less invasive tests with less definitive results, most people do those first and will only do amnio if something comes up, because amnio carries a risk of miscarriage. It's as high as 1 in 100 amnios result in miscarriage -- that's extremely high! So I did not get one after earlier tests were clear (and with no history of genetic abnormalities and no flags raised on my early ultrasounds).

However, I do think wealth plays a role. There is a difference between "pretty rich" and Shiv Roy. We're talking about the richest people in the world. As I mentioned earlier, Shiv is not just going to a regular OB. She's going to doctors who only service the ultra rich, probably do a lot via house call, likely sign NDAs before working with them, etc. Shiv can afford to pay for the doctor whose done 3000 amnios and never had a bad result, so if she wants to get an amnio and be assured of the most limited risk possible, she can. She's not a Big Law attorney, she's a billionaire.

These people are not like us, any of us. And that extends to healthcare, pregnancy, risk assessment, etc. They make decisions differently than we do.[/quote]

DP.  Good grief, could you possibly stop fixating on the amnio?  Plenty of women, including me, have had multiple amnios.  It's a test that is regularly done, especially if the mother is 35+.  Move on![/quote]

Thank you!!!! I get that this is a moms board (I’m clearly a mom too) but the mention of an amnio on a phone call, to establish that a character is pregnant basically - and has been for a while- is not a major plot point. It was a tool to convey that shiv is pregnant. Move on![/quote]

+1. It's not like they were going to show Shiv in the bathroom with a pregnancy stick. She's too far along for that. Plus the amnio highlights her ambiguity about this pregnancy. The amnio was a tool to convey all this, but wasn't a major plot point.[/quote]

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