I saw the Sunday show interviews and must agree that the 12 week NT scan and the explanation given to prospective parents put in the "high risk" category is very lacking. We had a horrible time with our entire experience (which has made me somewhat apprehensive about any u/s) and the Dr we saw who gave us the news, spoke with us less than 4 minutes and didn't give us nearly as much information as we should have been supplied. I can't help but think that the u/s company look at CVS as a huge money making opportunity, it is $$, and do not look at it from the parents point of view. We had CVS done the very next morning but were not at all given the facts. If it wasn't for a caring co-worker who went through the same thing and rung to explain and reassure me I think I would have given myself a stroke in the wait for the results. All came back fine but that fear is still in the back of my mind.
At the 19 week u/s the u/s doctor clearly measures the NT and the measurement is changed numerous times on the screen which concerned me simply from our 12wk experience. I have the DVD to replay! The report sent to my OB all came back saying things were fine but the fact they measured so many times worried me from the beginning.
I only wish the Sunday show interview was released earlier so I could have benefited from that information, but i hope that future "parents to be" take note of the information and when told they are "high risk" do not jump to the conclusions that we instantly felt caused by such a short coming of real information about the risks of both our baby having a problem and also the risks from the additional testing.