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Readers Respond: To Triple Screen or Not to Triple Screen

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Updated March 29, 2009

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Triple or quad screen prenatal tests can provide helpful information to moms with a higher risk of having a baby with a chromosome disorder, but some moms are hesitant to have them given the high probability that any abnormal result would turn out to be a false alarm and cause unnecessary stress. How do you feel about prenatal screening blood tests? Would you have them without a second thought, or would you decline? Please share your reasons here.

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Yes I would, because I would want to know and be able do something if possible before it was too late. It doesn't hurt or take long to save a lot of pain in the future.
—Guest april

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