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Okay so this is my first pregnancy that did not terminate before 5 weeks. My doctor drew bllod today for the Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein Screening. Is there anything I need to worry about.

I am 28 years old, and have PCOS. No one in my family has ever had a borth defect. And neither has anyone in my boyfriend's family. But my doctor has me scared.

You shouldnt get too worked up about it right away. When I was pregnant with my son Tristan I had an ultrasound and the lady whom did the ultrasound came to the conclusion that my son would most likely be born with a defect due to the size of his kidneys. Apparently they were smaller than the average size. They booked an appointment for me to go get a second opinion from more qualified people. But from the time they told me that to the time I had this other appointment I was a mess and I became very depressed. But when I went for the second opinion they told me that they could not see anything being wrong and my son ended up being born perfectly healthy. So don't worry too much....as in my case you could be worrying for no reason. But if your really concerned I would say talk to your obstetrician (sp?) about it. You dont want to stress yourself at a time like this.