How many weeks were you when you had an amnio?

SunshineMuffin · July 2012

Peri's office recommends between 16 and 20 weeks. I'm just curious when others had this done.

Jumpin4joy · July 2012

I was considered 19 weeks...so in my 20th week. My peri's office said the further along I was the safer it was for the baby because there would be more amniotic fluid.

SunshineMuffin · July 2012

Jumpin4joy:
I was considered 19 weeks...so in my 20th week. My peri's office said the further along I was the safer it was for the baby because there would be more amniotic fluid.

Yes, I was told the same. That's partly what is bringing about my curiosity. Thanks for the response

kirac · July 2012

1st time: 16 weeks.

2nd time: 14 weeks. I didn't know this option existed and the Dr. I did it with has a .2% miscarriage rate. He will say 1% rate before 16 weeks, but apparently, he says that for risk (his actual numbers are still below .2%) so I really think it depends on the skill. He won't do it that day if the circumstances aren't right.

footnotegirl · July 2012

We got ours at ... 37 weeks.

This was due to a) not finding out I was pregnant until 26 weeks in and b) first attempt at 35 weeks caused me to faint twice and they refused to try a third time.

We were getting it done because I was 40 and there was a soft marker, so even though we couldn't have ended the pregnancy by that point, we wanted to be prepared rather than finding out on the day of delivery. On the up side, being that far in meant that she just would have been born early rather than any danger of miscarriage (which is slight at any rate, even moreso with an experienced physician and our perinatologist does something like 3 amnios a week).

As it turned out, no chromosomal abnormalities, so the last 3 weeks of my pregnancy were much lower stress than they might have been.

leffe1 · July 2012

I was a day shy of 16 weeks.

drbethc · July 2012

17 weeks.

FyreFlyeRush · July 2012

*pops out of lurking* I was 15w3d and was told they had to make sure my membranes had fused. They had. *back to lurking*

Newsie96 · August 2012

I am 38 and my OB only does them if the NT and bloodwork indicates a high rate of something. I didn't have to get it done. I think I would have refused it anyway.

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