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Probably outing myself as the hippy around here, but my wife and I opted out for all 3 of our kids. The entire traditional / medical / western / whatever you w
by Jgrubb 13y ago
Probably outing myself as the hippy around here, but my wife and I opted out for all 3 of our kids.
The entire traditional / medical / western / whatever you want to call it model of childbirth in New Jersey is very much about making you acutely aware of the things that you should be afraid of during the pregnancy. All of these things are detectable with a litany of very expensive tests! And you will be lectured and browbeaten to hell and back if you decline, so I imagine that factors heavily into the popularity of chromosome tests these days.
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoI hope it all worked out for you. Much of the testing has results that are not actionable (short of abortion) so that helps decide what's worth doing and what's not.
- Jgrubb 13y ago"not actionable (short of abortion)" Exactly, which we weren't gonna do. It's a complicated issue for sure, but it did work out for us. Thanks.
- PeterisP 13y agoThe value of information depends on how that information will change your actions. Current prenatal testing, in essence, warns you about some (not nearly all) harsh diseases, and people may choose abortion after finding that out. There are some diseases where it actually allows a cure/therapy even before the embryo is born; but currently that's rather rare; so in general, if someone has already decided that they won't do an abortion, then doing those tests has no practical value at all.