[tri-wings] Genetic Testing - Block 1

For mums, grandmothers, aunts etc - anyone of the female persuasion :-)
1. In what country to you live?

2. What year did you first fall pregnant? (this is the very first time you EVER 
fell pregnant, not necessarily a tri pregnancy) 

3. What was your age when you FELL pregnant?

4. Where you aware PRIOR to falling pregnant that there were tests done or that 
could be done during the pregnancy to detect the health status of your baby?

5. If the answer to Q2 was yes - How did you become aware?
eg - school biology lessons, friends who had become pregnant, your doctor 
explained this, pre-existing familial genetic problem etc Don't know is an 
acceptable response.

6. What tests were conducted during this FIRST pregancy?
a) CVS
b) Blood screening
c) Amniocentesis
d) Ultrasound
e) Cordocentesis

7. Where any problems with the baby identified? If yes please detail briefly 
what these concerns were (eg identified high risk for genetic problems, 
identified choroid plexus cysts etc)

8. What was the outcome of the pregnancy?
a) Live birth
b) Stillbirth
c) Spontaneous miscarriage
d) Termination

9. Was this birth related to a subsequent diagnosis of a chromosomal anomaly?

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