The Battle of the Prenatal Tests
The young couple looked at me expectantly as I re-read the amnio report and tried to decide what to tell them.
�The ultrasound from 15 weeks looks fine,� I stalled, trying to present the good news first.
�What about the amnio?�
�Well, there is something unusual. It�s the Y chromosome. Part of it appears to be flipped. What we call an inversion. It�s a little like if the exits on a highway turned around,� I explained.
The couple looked at each other, puzzled, then back at me, and he reached for her hand.
�What does that mean?� they both asked.
�The ultrasound from 15 weeks looks fine,� I stalled, trying to present the good news first.
�What about the amnio?�
�Well, there is something unusual. It�s the Y chromosome. Part of it appears to be flipped. What we call an inversion. It�s a little like if the exits on a highway turned around,� I explained.
The couple looked at each other, puzzled, then back at me, and he reached for her hand.
�What does that mean?� they both asked.
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