Alibaby - You might want to check that the OB will do your scan then. I arrived for my NT at 11w 6d and had to go back again a few days later as my OB wouldn't do it until I was 12 weeks so might be worth checking that they will do the scan before that. The receptionist knew exactly how far along I was when it was booked and told me it didn't matter. It was quite annoying. I did get to have a sneak peak free scan done though so that was nice.
sakoon - the important thing to remember with this test is that it doesn't give you a diagnosis it just gives you a risk factor. For example I got a 1/37 risk of DS (mostly due to my age but also because of a high nuchal fold). This meant that of 37 women with the same risk factor 1 would have a DS bub. There's no way of telling from this testing if I would be the unlucky one or one of the lucky 36. Turns out I was one of the lucky ones as bubs was born without it. So basically even if you have a risk factor of something like 1/1500 you could still turn out to be that 1 person who has a DS baby even though the odds are against it. The only way you can have any certainty is to have an amnio or a CVS but normally they wont recommend it unless you get a high risk with the NT test. That's why some ladies don't bother with the NT test.
thanks for your replies. i will be 12 weeks pregnant on 17th August.
The receptionist says she has 18th August free for the test. Is that ok? or should i make it a bit later
I was told the test could be done up to but not past 13 weeks + 6 days. We decided to have it done as it is not invasive however, one thing to think about is whether you would go onto the further testing (amnio) should the result come back high risk.
We were advised that there was no point in doing the first test if we would not be prepared to go on with the second, as the reason is so the parents can make an informed decision about the pregnancy, if the end results meant the baby could be born with Down Syndrome.
Can everyone tell me how much they paid for the test?
i was told by my doctor it would be around $100 but when i rang up 'Sydney ultrasound for women' they said its $300
I had one done on Friday and it was over $300 but apparently if the scan is also to (double) check your dates, then there is a medicare rebate available. Not sure how much I'll get back yet.
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