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Yeah i think if ur over 35 then highly reccomend u having one done. I though that u had to have one no matter what, i had it done.
i dont understand why you wouldnt want too...but its ur choice. I think it was pretty rude of the nurse not to explain or even say to u do u have any questions?
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The blood test combined with the 12 week scan will not diagnose, it will only give a risk. The only way of definitively diagnosing is to do a CVS or an amniocentesis.
I am not prepared to have either of those things as I have a history of miscarriage and preterm labour. So, I would get a "high risk" result for a test that couldn't be confirmed, with all the stress that would involve, and the risks of stress to a pregnancy are proven.
So, if there is no way I'm going to have the diagnostic test done, then the risk to me and the baby of having the screening done does not outweigh the possible benefits.
See, this is the thing that annoys me with the way the medical establishment can present testing sometimes - they often don't bother clearly explaining the downside and it's up to the mother to dig up the information so she can make an evidence-based decision.
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Just have to say that this is not true... for CVS anyway... it will rule certain things out but even then the things it rules out are not ruled out 100%, as I have found out...
So then you could end up in an even worse situation where all these experts tell you "something is wrong" but nothing is turning up on any of the tests...
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