It's a tricky one. Given your age I'd say just go for the NT & see what the result is. Then again it is only a screening test so it's not like it gives you a result, just a risk. I had a similar experience to you but opted for an amnio. I think if I was pregnant again I'd ask if I could just skip the NT & go to the amnio, but I am almost 10 years older than you so my risk is going to be high regardless.
Don't think of it as a false positive cos there's no such thing. It only gives you a risk factor therefore you were not given a false result.
Amnio has half the risk of miscarriage of a CVS & as I had a history of m/c it seemed the best option. To be honest both my OB's (I had changed) both recommended amnio rather than CVS.
Last edited by satya; February 9th, 2009 at 11:41 AM.
yep, I thought that would be the reason. Even though it's done later on in the pg...
well, I have an ob app this week. Will hear what he thinks and then decide... either one or the other though... I don't like to not know, iykwim.
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What an awful experience that must have been for you... I can understand why you would be anxious about getting a misleading NT scan again after having been through what you have.
When we were deciding whether or not to have the NT scan my OB had what I thought was an interesting take on the situation. Basically he suggested that we decide whether or not we would terminate the pregnancy if we did find out that our baby had Down Syndrome before deciding to have the NT scan. If we would terminate, he then said that we should go ahead with the NT scan and any other testing that was necessary to determine it. But if we were of the mind that we would keep the baby he recommended that we not do the NT scan, because then if it indicated a problem you would be risking miscarrying a child you intended to keep with an amnio or CVS.
I'm not necessarily sure that I agree with the logic, but it is an interesting take on what is a terribly difficult decision...
Thanks MissExcited,
we have already decided with our first baby what we would do and we maintain the same decision for baby No 2. We had a mc between No1 & No2 and we know how it feels loosing a baby.
On the other hand we can't bring ourselves to give life to a baby that may suffer from day 1. We have done lots of research and we have talked a lot about it and we have reached our conclusion. We respect others opinions and decisions on the issue, but we have reached our own.
Hence my need to know and the choice between different tests.
I do appreciate your suggestion, it is exactly the thinking we used with our DD. I am glad everything ended up fine with her and that she is the happy toddler I love so much!
good luck with your pg.
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