Overdiagnosed by Welch H. Gilbert & Lisa Schwartzl & Steve Woloshin

Author:Welch, H. Gilbert & Lisa Schwartzl & Steve Woloshin [Welch, H. Gilbert]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2011-01-18T05:00:00+00:00

I knew that my baby had 23 neatly matching pairs of chromosomes, that her spinal tube had closed and that she did not have a gruesome defect like anencephaly—no brain—that would propel me to have an abortion despite having struggled for years to get pregnant.

In sum, I knew my baby was healthy and magnificent, and had gone into the ultrasound expecting added proof of her splendor.

The obstetrician began discussing the scan results. Her tone was hesitant, clipped, distinctly not the voice of reassurance. A siren of panic began wailing in my skull. She said this was fine, that was fine, blah, blah, blah. Come on! I thought angrily. Get to the point! What’s wrong with my baby?

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