[tri-med] Re: AFP and Maternal Serum Screens


> Who is offered AFP or maternal serum testing? Here in Australia if you go
to
> a private obstetrician then chances are you will be offered AFP testing
> regardless of whether you are 18 or 80. If you go to a public hospital
> clinic you probably will not be offered an AFP test unless you are 35 or
> over. I believe that in the US all expecting mothers are offered AFP's -


all dr's in Ontario are suposed to off the triple screen to all pregnant
women, I think many do  not explain it well, being biased one way or the
other, and many women decline the test, after age 35 all women in Ontario
are suposed to be offered an amino

Susan mom to Rebecca t18m


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