At 13 weeks I had an NT scan even though I am already in the low risk bracket. My resoning for the test was to prepare myself (if you can possibly do that) if baby was born with a prob even though I am only 21 and it is unlikely. Before having the NT we said if it comes back at a high risk we still wouldn't proceed with amnio. Whilst waiting for the test results I started asking myself if we should go ahead with further testing if I was at high risk, then if we did cont. with testing and there was something wrong we'd be facing the hradest decision of our lives. So many things went through my head and talking to the family honestly made it so much harder me.
All my panicing was for nothing. I was at a very low risk so for me there were no further decisions to make. With science these days (although far from perfect) it does give us a really good indication of what is going on and what further steps need to be taken if any.
It is a huge decision but what ever choice to make it'll be the right one!
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