Thanks India. It was a tough decision but I am really happy with my decision. The moment I explained my concerns to my ob, I knew I was doing the right thing. I think that it is not always made clear that this test is optional.
I am looking forward to the 12 week scan now, rather than worrying about it.
I had a friend who didnt test for the same reasons as yourself. YOung and for religious reasons wouldnt terminate the pregnancy regardless.
The test may just worry you for no reason.
I did the test with my 1st baby and got a really low probability of having downs syndrome. I am pregnant again and my DH doesnt think we need to do the test again. I just want to do the 12 week US so I can see the bubs.
Hi everyone,
this is a really interesting topic. I'm 38 and 10 weeks pregnant. My husband to be wants me to have the Downs scan. Our obstetrician said if you go through all the testing for Downs there is a risk of miscarriage. I really don't want to face that risk plus I wouldn't terminate the baby if it had Downs as much as I know the strain it would place on us as a couple. I'm in a real dilemma as my partner is quite upset that I don't want to do the test. What's the right thing to do in this situation? Would love to hear your feedback.
Pregnancy was never meant to be easy was it!?
First you go through the initial 12 or so weeks where you are dead set scared of m/c then you get to 12 weeks and have to decide whether to scare youself senseless by having the NT scan and b/t to see if your precious baby is all ok.
The only reason I wanted to have a 12 week scan was so I can see junior again. We ended up doing the scan first and had no intention of the b/t. However the nuchal fold was something like 3mm. The doc scared us into having the b/t done and I tell you it was a very tense wait for the results. My bloods were good and here we still are.
It is a personal choice and up to every couple about deciding what to do. When the baby is born it will all be worth it.
I have to agree with Suga..it was in fact the risk level for trisomy 13 and 18 I was worried about and having a diagnosis of incompatiable with life.Having worked many years with special needs children within our service the need to find out about services and networks within our small community was also important.
Again it is a personal choice and as somebody said to me..5 years ago they didnt do bloods only the scan.
It was for the me the most stressful week of my life and I was so sick with worry becasue of our results. Hindsight is a great thing but i probably would not have gone for the bloods.
Mum2be, I had my nuchal translucency scan yesterday. My age (39) had me as high risk, my bloods (which were good) lowered my risk, and the NT scan lowered it even more to 1:2000
I had decided that if my risk came out at 1:200 (the same as the risk of miscarriage after amnio) then I would proceed to amnio. If it was better (ie lower) then I wouldnt.
of course a 'good' result can be wrong too, but my OB said that it gets more accurate the older you get. It was non-invasive and was very exciting to see the water-beetle waving her/his little paws about.
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