12 week scan
I am sure to have mine on wed. can I ask do they do the scan and let you know if there look like a high risk of downs and then you have the bloods down after that?
If they look at it and they think your a low risk do you still have to have the blood tests down and also what does the blood test tell you, it would say for sure will it if you will have a downs baby it will just put you in a rish factor thing right??
Me and hubby have kinda spoke about this and it would not matter to us at all if this was the case for us it would still be our little baby.
Kxx
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If they look at it and they think your a low risk do you still have to have the blood tests down and also what does the blood test tell you, it would say for sure will it if you will have a downs baby it will just put you in a rish factor thing right??
Me and hubby have kinda spoke about this and it would not matter to us at all if this was the case for us it would still be our little baby.
Kxx
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Different hospitals do things differently! At my 12 week scan i was offered a Nuchal Scan. This is where they measure the fluid at the back of the baby's neck. A high measurement can indicate a problem. Our baby's measurement was well within normal and we then had a blood test which gave us the final risk ratio (got results one week later) Luckily we are very low risk...but there's always a risk. These type of tests only give you a risk factor for a definate diagnosis you would need to have either and amnio or a CVS both of which only tend to be offered if you risk ratio comes out high (more than 1:250 i think)
Hope this helps. It's good that you've talked about it with hubby. Enjoy you scan it's fab!
Katstar xxx
[Modified by: katstar on January 26, 2009 11:28 AM]
[Modified by: katstar on January 26, 2009 11:29 AM]
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Yeah my mw said I needed my booking in bloods done so we did that. Then she said I would have the Nuchal Scan done and then they offer you bloods after the scan to see the risk even more.
I was told by my MW and the nurse at the hospital who did my bloods that I should always get the scan done first and then the bloods after?
It's really confusing with different areas doing differnt things eh?
K xx
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Wow only 2 days to go!
As you know our local trsut doesn't offer 12 week scans and we chose not to have the NT at our private one.
We were offered the triple test at 16 weeks but also turned that down as we knew even if it came back high risk we wouldnt have had an amniocentisis. Unless you have this invasive test you will never have a definitive answer (just a risk factor) so its worth deciding how much you would want to know.
My midwife advised against the tests, unless we would have the amnio, to avoid the potential worry that comes with being diagnosed as high risk but not knowing for sure.
Bec 24+3 x
Thanks for that girls will have a real good talk with hubby to make sure he still feels the same and then take it from there.
I still cannot believe I am having this scan done I can't wait to see our little baby again. My cousin who is a 2months infront of me has just found out she is having a boy
K xx
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Oh, you'll also be given the date of your 20 week scan before you go down to the scan midwife, and make sure you take you 5 pound coins to pay for your pic! xxxxx