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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I thought a pregnancy wasn't considered "risky" until the mother was over 35.
That said, I got very depressed the day I asked my OB's nurse what the giant, red "AMA" on my chart meant. Advanced maternal age, my ass.
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I laughed when I saw my diagnostic code was "elderly primigravida." Then I said to my OB, "I thought over 35 was the new over 25?"
My pregnancy was totally uncomplicated (thank heaven), and the little complication during my delivery had nothing to do with my age. The one benefit of being considered "high risk" was that BCBS would pay for any test - not that I took them up on it.
