Does this sound right to you?

mcdev

My friend is 32 weeks and has GD. ?She has a C-Section scheduled for the end of May. ?Her Dr just realized that she is going to be on vacation the day she scheduled the C-section and needs to move it up a day. ?She won't do this however unless she does an amnio first to make sure the lungs are fully developed. ?My friend seems ok with this, but I think this sounds CRAZY. ?Why not just have another dr in the practice do the delivery on the original date rather than go through something as stressful as an amnio?! ?Does this sound right to you?

TriciaJoy

I'd have someone else do it rather than do an AMNIO.

1) an amnio comes with risks

2) it hurts!

 

preemieparent

That sounds absolutely wrong and very unnecessary.   The potential risk to her baby is not worth having a specific doctor on duty or having the c-section moved up a day.   I would say no for sure.

I've known several women who had aminos done and it resulted in their baby dying.  I wouldn't take the risk - esp. for something like that.  

  

tmp-303869625008161

Personally, I'd have someone else do the c-section. That said, it's not unheard of for docs to do an amnio to check lung development. I had a friend who had 2, possibly 3, amnios before the baby was delivered. Seemed a little excessive to me, but she had lost a baby late in her previous pregnancy, so I'm guessing maybe the doc was erring on the side of caution.

I agree with Tricia. My MFM had to poke me 3 times for my amnio. Not fun.

mcdev

Thank you. ?I thought I was the only one who thought this was completely unnecessary. ?I am shocked at my friend. ?I really don't know what she is thinking. ?I started giving my opinion, but when she made it obvious she was ok with it, I just got quiet. ?Maybe it's because I'm jaded and know things CAN go terribly wrong, but I think she is nuts. ?

jlc071903

1- an amnio is pretty standard before a c/s IF you have GD

HOWEVER, that's super weird that they are moving it up one day...my guess is however that she was going to need thte  amnio anyways so her OB decided to have this done while she was still intown in case she has to advise her to not have her c/s until after they can give her steriod shots for lung maturity, but I thought those shots were ineffective after 34 weeks....odd.

Grasping at straws here on why they are moving it up only one day.

stillhoping

one day is not going to make that big of a difference, she should tell her doctor if she is that concerned to give her the steroid shot, and how far along will she be by then. she is 32 weeks now, end of may she will be 38 weeks, lungs develop between 32 and 34 weeks. this makes no sence at all.