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Doctors' advice to soon-to-be-mothers who have recently
conceived is probably something that you think would stay essentially the same
from doctor to doctor and from mother to mother. A recent study published in News Medical,
however, finds that medical decision making often varies based on the method of
conception employed by the mother. The study, conducted by professionals from
the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Hebrew University, found, most
notably, that women who use assisted reproductive technologies are likely
to receive different prenatal testing
advice than those who conceive naturally.
One example from the study- one that really shows the
variations in medical decision making between the two conception scenarios- is
the finding that approximately 45% of doctors said they would automatically recommend
amniocentesis for a mother thirty-seven or older if she conceived naturally,
while only 19% of doctors would do the same for an older mother who had
conceived with the help of reproductive technologies. The exact reasons behind
this variation are not yet known, though further research is expected to be
done in the near future.
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