Anonymous wrote:I was told the risk was about 1 miscarriage per 100 amniocenteses. Maybe the risk is less these days? I still wouldn't risk it.

No, it's way less than that. I think the quoted risk is, at most, 1/200. But these days the actual risk is closer to 1/1000. But I agree that the OP has fantastic odds, and the amnio is technically more of a risk than Downs, in this situation.

I was told the risk was about 1 miscarriage per 100 amniocenteses. Maybe the risk is less these days? I still wouldn't risk it.

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Anonymous wrote:The chance that your baby will die from the amnio is 30 times greater than the chance that they have downs. I would take those odds.

30 times greater? What's that based on?

Yeah...the math doesn't check out...

Anonymous wrote:The chance that your baby will die from the amnio is 30 times greater than the chance that they have downs. I would take those odds.

30 times greater? What's that based on?

The chance that your baby will die from the amnio is 30 times greater than the chance that they have downs. I would take those odds.

OP here. I'd terminate if I knew that something was wrong. I'm starting to lean towards 1/2900 being good enough, because my insurance does not cover materniT21 and I'm not sure I want to go through w/ the amnio.

I was 35 when I had my first baby and I had amnio after very good nuchal scan results (very low odds). I for some reason, just thought it was a given at my age to have amnio and did it, my OB recommended it and I also had genetic counselling. I also wanted to know 100%. The procedure itself was not scary and I am planning to do this again with pg #2. It is a very personal decision people cannot advise you. It really depends on whether it's a deal breaker for you and you are firm about terminating if something is wrong. In this case testing is important and you want to know 100% there is a reason. Scans do not give you 100% certainty. But, if your decision is not to terminate no matter what, then testing is a lot less relevant.

OP here. Thanks for all the input! I called Maternit21's billing and they are going to contact my insurance and see what is covered. I'm 34 but will be 35 when the baby is born. I also called my OB, I just haven't heard back. I'm leaning towards just getting the Maternit21.

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Anonymous wrote:Your risk of complication from amnio (1/200-1/400) is higher than the risk of down syndrome. Sounds like a no brainer to me.

It's not really a no-brainer. The risks are different not only in likelihood, but in character. Some people are more comfortable with the possibility of losing a pregnancy than giving birth to a child with an unexpected chromosomal abnormality. Put another way, some people are willing to trade the small risk of miscarriage from amino for the certainty it brings. These are highly personal decisions. It may be clear cut for you but it's not so simple for everyone.

That's perfectly fine but amnio only rules out some conditions. You may get the peace of mind that it's not DS but something else could be wrong at the anatomy scan. Or something could happen in childbirth. Or later in life. There's always going to be some uncertainty. It's scary but it's life.

Even if the risk of complication from amnio are low, it's a higher risk than OP's baby having DS. The odds of OP's baby having DS is 0.034%.

I understand your reasoning, but like I said, it's not as simple for everyone. This is not just a purely mathematical calculation because the risks are different.

Those are great odds!

I'd skip it. I might pay for MT21 if I was really uneasy, but I'm in the same boat as you in terms of risk and I did not do any more testing.

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Anonymous wrote:Your risk of complication from amnio (1/200-1/400) is higher than the risk of down syndrome. Sounds like a no brainer to me.

It's not really a no-brainer. The risks are different not only in likelihood, but in character. Some people are more comfortable with the possibility of losing a pregnancy than giving birth to a child with an unexpected chromosomal abnormality. Put another way, some people are willing to trade the small risk of miscarriage from amino for the certainty it brings. These are highly personal decisions. It may be clear cut for you but it's not so simple for everyone.

That's perfectly fine but amnio only rules out some conditions. You may get the peace of mind that it's not DS but something else could be wrong at the anatomy scan. Or something could happen in childbirth. Or later in life. There's always going to be some uncertainty. It's scary but it's life.

Even if the risk of complication from amnio are low, it's a higher risk than OP's baby having DS. The odds of OP's baby having DS is 0.034%.