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Pregnancy Termination for Medical Reason (TFMR)

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We have over a decade of experience supporting individuals and families around the following issues.

Abnormal Genetic Test Results Abnormal Prenatal Ultrasound Findings Other Support

Abnormal genetic test results, including:

Cell-free fetal DNA screening/noninvasive prenatal screening (MaterniT21, Prequel, Panorama, UNITY)

Material serum screening – also known as first trimester screening, Integrated screening, sequential screening, contingent screening, quad screening, or AFP screening

Abnormal carrier screening

CVS or amniocentesis results

Abnormal prenatal ultrasound findings, including:

All major birth defects

Soft ultrasound markers*

Fetal growth restriction

Cystic hygroma

Increased nuchal translucency

Fetal hydrops

All Areas of Expertise

*Soft ultrasound markers may include: echogenic intracardiac focus (EIF), echogenic (bright) bowel, choroid plexus cysts (CPCs), single umbilical artery/two vessel cord urinary tract dilation/pyelectasis, short humerus or femur bone, thickened nuchal fold, absent.hypoplastic (short) nasal bone

Birth planning following a prenatal diagnosis of a genetic condition

Decision-making following a prenatal diagnosis, including the options of continuing a pregnancy, pregnancy termination, and adoption

Communicating with friends, children and loved ones after a prenatal diagnosis

Miscarriage

Stillbirth

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Brain

Holoprosencephaly

Ventriculomegaly

Arachnoid cyst/other cyst in brain

Hydrocephalus

Dandy Walker malformation

Non-visualization of the cavum septum pellucidum (CSP)

Agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC)

Hypoplastic cerebellum

Splayed cerebellum

absent/small vermis

Craniofacial

Cleft lip and/or palate

Micrognathia

Facial cleft

Macrocephaly

Frontal bossing

Abnormal skull shape (strawberry shaped, lemon shaped, clover-leaf)

Fluid-related issues

Increased nuchal translucency

Cystic hygroma

Hydrops

Oligohydramnios/anhydramnios

Polyhydramnios

Pleural effusion

Pericardial effusion

Ascites (fluid in abdomen)

Lymphangioma

Heart defects

Fetal bradycardia

Heterotaxy

Situs inversus totalis

Atrial septal defect (ASD)/ventricular septal defect (VSD)

Double outlet right ventricle (DORV)/double inlet left ventricle (DILV)

Hypoplastic right heart syndrome (HRHS)

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)

Tetralogy of Fallot

Transposition of great arteries/vessels (TGA)

Truncus arteriosus

Pulmonary stenosis/ atresia

coarctation of the aorta

Aortic stenosis

Atrioventricular canal defect (AV canal)

Ebstein’s anomaly

Interrupted aortic arch

Cardiomyopathy

Rhabdomyoma

Vascular ring/right aortic arch/double aortic arch

Lung

Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM)/Bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS)

Other lung mass

Absent lung

Abdomen

Echogenic bowel

Duodenal atresia “double bubble”

Dilated bowel

Ectopia cordis

Pentalogy of Cantrell

Echogenic mass in fetal abdomen

Limb body wall/body stalk anomaly

Calcifications in fetal abdomen/liver

Abdominal wall defects (omphalocele or gastroschisis)

Absent stomach

Omphalocele

Gastroschisis

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)

Heterotaxy

Genitourinary

Ambiguous genitalia

Enlarged bladder

Bladder outlet obstruction/lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO)

Posterior urethral valves (PUV)

Absent kidney(s)

Multicystic dysplastic kidney(s) (MCDK)

Echogenic or enlarged kidneys (or both)

Duplicated collecting system

Hydronephrosis (renal pelvis < 10mm)

Hydroureter

Horseshoe kidney

Bladder/cloacal extrophy

Limb/bones

Missing/extra limbs

Absent bone (ie. absent fibula or absent radius)

Extra fingers/ toes (polydactyly)

Amniotic band syndrome

Clubfoot

Skeletal dysplasia

Arthrogryposis

Hemivertebrae

Neural tube defects

Spina bifida

Anencephaly/acrania

Encephalocele

Other anomalies

Enlarged yolk sac

Umbilical cord cyst

Soft ultrasound markers, including:

Absent or short (hypoplastic) nasal bone

Short femur or humerus

choroid plexus cyst(s) (CPC)

thickened nuchal fold (2nd trimester)

Two vessel umbilical cord/single umbilical artery

Echogenic bowel

echogenic intracardiac focus (EIF)

urinary tract dilation/pyelectasis

Abnormal genetic test results from from cell-free fetal DNA screening/noninvasive prenatal screening, maternal serum screening, carrier screening, CVS or amniocentesis, including:

Monosomy X (Turner syndrome)

Jacobs syndrome (XYY)

Klinefelter syndrome (XXY)

Atypical finding on sex chromosomes

Triple X syndrome (XXX)

Down syndrome

Trisomy 13

Trisomy 18

Increased risk for triploidy, trisomy 18, or trisomy 13

Nonreportable/Insufficient fetal DNA/low fetal fraction

Triploidy

Any chromosome condition, including chromosome mosaicism

Any genetic condition