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Zika has pregnant women in the U.S. worried, and doctors have few answers
By Lena H. Sun and Brady Dennis March 7 at 9:59 AM
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At a recent workshop held by the National Academy of Sciences, a leading obstetrician described the kinds of questions she and other doctors have been getting: If a pregnant woman becomes infected, how likely are birth defects for her baby? How do the risks differ by trimester? How often should ultrasounds be performed to look for abnormalities?
“A lot of these questions are unanswerable right now,” Newman said. “In most of the things I do, I have 35 years of experience. I’ve seen it all. I know what to expect, and I can give really good advice. The scariest part for us is that nobody has had any experience with this.”
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Newman told his patient that the results suggested her child, if carried to term, might not survive long and almost certainly would have “no chance for a normal quality of life.”
Last month, after the final tests results came in, the woman called and told him she planned to terminate the pregnancy.
“I just listened and sympathized,” he said. “I can only imagine how hard this was for her. ... It was one of the saddest moments of my medical career.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...de1_story.html
By Lena H. Sun and Brady Dennis March 7 at 9:59 AM
...
At a recent workshop held by the National Academy of Sciences, a leading obstetrician described the kinds of questions she and other doctors have been getting: If a pregnant woman becomes infected, how likely are birth defects for her baby? How do the risks differ by trimester? How often should ultrasounds be performed to look for abnormalities?
“A lot of these questions are unanswerable right now,” Newman said. “In most of the things I do, I have 35 years of experience. I’ve seen it all. I know what to expect, and I can give really good advice. The scariest part for us is that nobody has had any experience with this.”
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Newman told his patient that the results suggested her child, if carried to term, might not survive long and almost certainly would have “no chance for a normal quality of life.”
Last month, after the final tests results came in, the woman called and told him she planned to terminate the pregnancy.
“I just listened and sympathized,” he said. “I can only imagine how hard this was for her. ... It was one of the saddest moments of my medical career.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...de1_story.html