NT scan
I'm really undecided whether to have the NT scan (downs test).
Half of me is like, if it comes back high risk i'm gonna spend all the pregnancy worrying, i wouldnt have the 20wk test anyway coz of risk of mc, so whats the point, also if i was carrying a downs baby, i wouldnt abort anyway!!!
Then the other half of my is telling me, i'm having the scan anyway, its not a big deal, not like ive got to have a seperate test, its better ot be prepared. Also i'm only 22 so the chance of my having a downs baby is very unlikely although i no it does happen.
What's your opinions ladies????
Which of you lot are having it done?
love jess
10+4
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Half of me is like, if it comes back high risk i'm gonna spend all the pregnancy worrying, i wouldnt have the 20wk test anyway coz of risk of mc, so whats the point, also if i was carrying a downs baby, i wouldnt abort anyway!!!
Then the other half of my is telling me, i'm having the scan anyway, its not a big deal, not like ive got to have a seperate test, its better ot be prepared. Also i'm only 22 so the chance of my having a downs baby is very unlikely although i no it does happen.
What's your opinions ladies????
Which of you lot are having it done?
love jess
10+4
xxxx
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Just like I want to know the sex of the baby for me I would want to know.
Plus downs babies tend to have several soft markers, so if they knew they could further scan for heart defects etc, again being prepared.
As everyone says it is such an individual choice. My MW booked me for one anyway, and said if I changed my mind I could just say at the hospital that I didn't want it to be done.
I too would not have had an amniocentesis or aborted, but I did want to have the knowledge of the risk. I would not have worried about it if it was a higher risk, I am just one of those people who would have wanted to find out about local mums with downs babies/read lots of info etc.
As it turns out, my baby was very uncooperative and despite me throwing myself up & down on the bed we weren't able to get an accurate nuchal measurement, so that decision was made for me!
If one of my friends wasn't sure what to do, I would just say to them that if they weren't going to have further tests and they were just going to be worried then I would probably say it wouldn't be worth it to have the nuchal scan in the first place.
I wasn't bothered either way, I wouldn't abort or have further tests if the result was high, but I wasn't able to have the test with Elliott and the scan was over so quickly! This time arpund I decided I'd have it just as if they're checking for 1 more thing I might get an extra couple of minutes looking at baba!
As it was...I have such a little wiggler they couldn't get the measurement, but I had 45 mins of them trying and therefore me seeing our little button! xx
I'm G/C. We were given the choice and my midwife gave us as long as we needed to go away and discuss it. In fact we actually had to consent to the scan either with or without to get anything.
It is totally personal and nobody can tell you what to do.
My reasons for opting out were that I'd been poked and prodded enough through my medical history that I didn't want anything extra. For me the NT is just statistics and was never going to be a firm answer and I knew I wouldn't have an amnio let alone an abortion BUT did know that I would agonise over the decision if I knew i was high risk.
As an analyst I'd sort of figured that the odds of having an amnio on a healthy baby was more likely than having one for a Down's baby and I couldn't run the risk of m/c on those odds.
I'm a worrier anyway and I wanted my scan to be a happy occasion and not mixed with me worrying about test results.
We could very well have a Down's syndrome (or other condition) baby but the chances are low and we'll manage it when we come to it. For me the biggest risk was me being stressed out about the NT test and causing my perfectly healthy baby issues from that.
My MW didn't try to influence us either way but I got the impression she thought it could cause a lot of worry and heartache for very indefinite results for a lot of women.
My advice is do what feels right for you. Really think about how you'd feel given the news of high risk, amnio etc.
Best of luck x
A) to be more prepared
b) to have a longer scan