My main motivation for the first scan was always to just see the baby. Yay for seeing the baby - there's one in there!!

I now realise just how dangerous these scans can be. I was given a risk of 1:2 of 1:6 of Trisomy 18, which I was not expecting at all. I was expecting to have a look at my little baby and that be the end of it.

I had to wait four weeks for an amniocentesis - we would have terminated as we cannot or did not want to look after a DS baby see what Nae Nae said - she hit the nail on the head. After six weeks of stress and mental pain ( with two weeks waiting for amnio results) we were told nothing was wrong at all.

They are dangerous in that they are not just you being able to view the baby, they may reveal something you may have to make a very difficult decision on or something that may change your life or scar you, even if everything ends up being OK in the end.

I would say that if you are not going to terminate - don't have it. It will cause you nothing but grief if they see the Nuchal Fold like how they want. I am very cynical of this test and believe it has literally scarred me and instilled a fear in to me - sounds a bit stupid, I know. I didn't understand the true implications of it, until it was too late. I believe the implications should be highlighted by doctors more than they are.

Just remember, that's my opinion and I'm still not very happy with how things went, or how I was treated by the medical establishment.