Spina Bifida

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Super Worried..Red Reflex Question

M.L. asks from Tampa

Hi Ladies, have any of you ever dealt with a missing Red Reflex? My little has Spina Bifida so he is seen at CHOP - these doctors are world class, Harvard educated pe...

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Really Starting to Freak Out!

L.L. asks from Hartford

I had the results of my Quad screening back on Monday. The Dr said I was very elevated for spina-bifida and I would be contacted by a high risk OB and scheduled for a...

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Encopresis and My 7 Year Old Son and Awaiting an MRI on July 24th....I'm Scared.

K.F. asks from San Francisco

Please help me with advice with my son's problem with encopresis..... He was born with 2 mongolian spots and a sacral dimple.(signs of spina bifida) They did a xray...

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Abnormal Ultrasounds

K.L. asks from Bakersfield

I went for my fetal scan yesterday, the tech reported to the dr. that she saw three markers the spine the brain and the heart, Now tomorrow I have to see the perinalt...

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Pregnancy Complications

S. asks from Houston

Hi, I'm 22 weeks along in my pregnancy with a precious baby boy. At my 20-week ultrasound they found that I have venous lakes (pool of blood in the plecenta) and tha...

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22 Weeks Dr. Visits Stressing Me!!!

A.R. asks from Los Angeles

Hi Ladies. Yesterday I went to my monthly check up. I am 22wks prego and I have been having some stressful visits with the specialist. I am 38yrs old so my regular Dr...

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Positive AFP

S.B. asks from Tampa

I am 33 yrs old and expecting my second child. I recently took the AFP quad screen provided by my OB/GYN's office which tests for spins bifida, neural tube defects, ...

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MTHFR Issues

M.D. asks from St. Louis

My daughter just found out that she has tested positive for the MTHFR gene mutation. This is where your body does not process folic acid correctly. Apparently, my hu...

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Help/insight: Brain Abnormalties Discovered

C.H. asks from Dover

2 weeks ago I learned that our expectant baby has agenesis of the corpus callosum. Basically, the part that attaches the 2 ventricles of the brain & allows them to c...

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  • many false positives in 3 answers "I have heard of many false positives too."
  • having a child with downs syndrome in 2 answers "... were to happen and I found out I was having a child with Down's syndrome ..."
  • level ii ultrasound in 2 answers "... too had a positive reading on my AFP test and went in for a level II ultrasound."
  • false positive rate in 2 answers "That test has a 30% false/positive rate!! I too had to go to the perinatologist very ..."
  • had a false positive in 4 answers "I do know someone who had a false positive and that it the reason I choose not to ..."