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I had MaterniT21 done after a finding during the anatomy scan (enlarged brain ventricles). I had opted out before but we wanted to know if a chromosome issue was causing the problem so we could prepare if necessary.

No, we didn't because I thought it would make more concerned if I had a "false negative" and there were no risk factors, although I know that those don't actually mean a lot. I know someone who was the same age as me when pregnant with her third and opted out of testing, saw an abnormal heart defect at anatomy, and gave birth to a child with Down's Syndrome. She had no other risk factors and had two children born without Down's before. When they saw the heart problem they couldn't say for sure he was going to be born with it, but it was a problem common to babies born with it. So I wonder if she had the genetic testing early on if it would have indicated those results.

So far so good with babe inside me right now. I regretted not doing it though because it would have given me an extra ultrasound and some peace of mind before the 20 week anatomy. Next time I am pretty sure we will do the IPS /NT that is offered.

No risk factors, but with both fertility clinics I worked with, they recommended the Counsyl test, so I did it. Once I was pregnant, I also did the Harmony test (I think similar to MaterniT21 and others) mostly because I wanted to find out the gender early! I did the NT scan also, but I regret that because we got a borderline result. They had me talk to the genetic counselor who scared the $@#! out of me with all of her warnings of what it *might* *possibly* mean. Turned out LO is perfectly healthy. Next time I think I'll skip the NT scan. Too much information for me.

Just the blood to see if I'm a carrier for SMA, CF and Fragile X and Thallassemia... but I'm opting out of the NT scan.