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My Due Date Predictor and Other Great Info

Due Date 8/8/2008                                  Conception 11/15/2007

Pregnancy Test 11/29/2007                  1st Heartbeat 12/13/2007

Quickening 3/6/2008                               Viabilty             4/18/2008

Week 1      11/8/2007                              week 34          6/27/2008

week 2      11/15/2007                             week 35         7/4/2008

week 3      11/22/2007                             week 36         7/11/2008

week 4      11/29/2007                             week 37         7/18/2008

week 5      12/6/2007                               week 38          7/25/2008

week 6      12/13/2007                             week 39          8/1/2008

week 7      12/29/2007                             week 40          8/8/2008

week 8      12/27/2007                             week 41          8/15/2008

week 9      1/3/2008                                  week 42         8/22/2008

week 10    1/10/2008

week 11    1/17/2008

week 12    1/24/2008

week 13    1/31/2008

week 14    2/7/2008

week 15    2/14/2008

week 16    2/21/2008

week 17    2/28/2008

week 18    3/6/2008

week 19    3/14/2008

week 20    3/21/2008

week 21    3/28/2008

week 22    4/4/2008

week 23    4/11/2008

week 24    4/18/2008

week 25    4/25/2008

week 26    5/2/2008

week 27    5/29/2008

week 28    5/16/2008

week 29    5/23/2008

week 30    5/30/2008

week 31    6/6/2008

week 32    6/13/2008

week 33    6/20/2008

Maternal serum Screening for birth defects

Maternal Screening gives you an idea of your risk for having a baby with birth defects.

Alpha-Fetoprotein AFP is a protein produced by a growing fetus.It is present in the amniotic fluid, fetal blood and in smaller amounts in the mothers blood.The AFP test is done at 15-18 weeks in most cases.This is when the test is most accurate! For the test a small smount of blood is taken from a vein in the mothers arm.Results are often back in about 1 week.

Some reasons a Dr might do this test is:

Fetus is older than was thought

Twins

The risk of having a baby with down syndrome

mothers age              Risk

20                                 1/1667

25                                 1/1250

30                                 1/952

35                                 1/378

40                                 1/106

41                                 1/82

42                                 1/63

43                                 1/49

44                                 1/38

45                                 1/30

Pretty Crazy!!