Hi, I just wanted to share my story with u and hopefully this can help u a little bit with ur decision.
I was 20 when i had a nuchal test (12 week scan) done last year. My results came back that i was a high risk patient and my ratio was a 1:5 chance that my bub would have Downs. So i was referred for a CVS (Similar to Amnio but done earlier in a pregnancy and gets a sample from the placenta and not the amniotic fluid). While i was there, it turned out that someone somewhere had mixed up my birthday and had me down a year younger which when i corrected the mistake, it put my risk up to a 1:4 chance. As u can imagine, i was a COMPLETE wreck for around 2 weeks. Waiting for the results is the hardest. I had a phone call and the results showed that my bub had NO genetic/chromosomal abnormalities. I was so relieved and happy. I had spent 2 weeks of my precious pregnancy stressing, crying, preparing for the worst. So i do not believe that they are correct in giving a risk factor. I do believe however that they are a stressful experience and would not influence my decision this time around. I am planning to keep my baby at any cost so this 12 week scan is just a chance for me to see and say hello to my beautiful baby. I think, unless u are planning to terminate the pregnancy if u were to find out something was wrong then go ahead, but if u really are not too concerned and do not want the added stress, then i would suggest just having another scan or see ur GP so they can check the baby's heart beat (with a doppler)before u have ur morphology (18-20 week) scan.
Hope this has helped a little and let u know that it's not the be all and end all.
Good luck and just follow ur instincts x
(Just so u are not confused, i lost my little girl to other developmental problems that they picked up at a 16 week scan)
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