Let me assure those of you who get this test just to have a look at bubs that your pleasant experience of seeing bubs turns very sour indeed when you actually get a bad result like I did.

Even before I got the combined result I knew that the NT measurement was not good. I was in floods of tears in the reception area while I was trying to pay for the test. I'd had to go alone as DF couldn't get off work. It was just awful. Everyone was looking at me - all those hopeful mums to be looking so worried about me - wondering what on earth I'd just been told. Not an experience I ever want to repeat. I cried in the carpark, I cried all the way back to work, I cried at work. Words cannot express how distressing it is to be told this kind of info. I never in a million years would've imagined I'd have such a strong reaction.

That's why I say if you aren't prepared for further testing don't do it as it's a VERY stressful thing to go through if you get a high risk. Then again, if you are faced with a result like mine you might just find you change your mind & get further testing to get some peace of mind.