Re: OT-Question about AFP test

[Guest guest]

> At a local support meeting some other parents and I were talking

> about the alpha fetoprotein test we had while pregnant and many of

us

> had this test come back indicating a high chance of Down syndrome.

I

> know these tests aren't always accurate, but I was wondering how

many

> others who have children with autism had the AFP test show Down

> syndrome in their child with autism?

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Now that you mentioned it, my AFP test was " lost " somewhere. When I

asked why I never got the results of it, someone told me it was done

at the wrong week, therefore wouldn't have given appropriate results.

Actually the test was done at the right time, but the date written on

the prescription was wrong, so they didn't consider it.

When I asked the nurse why didn't they go ahead and tell me when I

was still in time to re-do the test, she said " and if it came out

positive, would you have considered a termination of pregnancy? "

The deal was, that anyway it wasn't for them to decide, wasn't it?

So there is a possibility that it may have shown something, and they

didn't know what to do, so they threw it away...??? (military

doctors???) I can't accuse anyone, and can't prove it anyway; and

even if I did, I'd probably be wrong, or it may have not shown

anything (afterall, with my twins all the levels were normal); it

probably is just my imagination.

But I've always wondered about it.

So if anyone has infos on this, I'll be glad to hear that too :-)

Cristina-WA

Mom to 4.7 ASD & 23 mo NT twins

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[Guest guest]

I, too, had a question about the test results and

decided to have an amnio done-that did not show

anything. I wondered about this as well. WHY did the

test come back questionable?? Is there something that

makes these tests come back like that????

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