Prenatal Testing

Prenatal testing is a very dangerous procedure. It tends to take away excess fluid from the amniotic sac, which is not a safe situation to put a baby in during the gestational period. I feel that any testing that is necessitated should be held until after the birth of child to avoid retardation or slowed fetal growth. Prenatal testing has many complications that can affect the fetus. The only way it should ever be mandatory for pregnant women is if a procedure comes around that can safely test the fetus without possibility of endangerment. I have known several women, including my aunt, who underwent prenatal testing. My aunt went full term with the baby and the day she had the baby, the child was already dead. The physician felt that the still birth was linked to the prenatal testing she had done earlier in her pregnancy. I feel that this procedure is something that has so many risks that it should never be made routine.