If not, why?
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I almost didn't. I know- not what you asked- lol:). But I thought long and hard about it because it can cause a lot of unwarranted worry if any of the results are outside of range. It doesn't say "This is definitely what's going on," instead it says, "We need to investigate this further.". And many many times, everything is totally fine and the parents were worried sick for a tortutous couple of weeks for nothing. In the end, I decided to do it- mainly to be prepared. But I really struggled with the worry it may introduce!
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I didn't. We struggled for so long just to get pregnant we didn't want any unnecessary worry.
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We didn't. We would not have aborted the baby and didn't want to worry about anything we couldn't change/"fix" anyway. No NT with the first or the second, just the anatomy scan.
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I didn't, my doctor doesn't have them done for patients under 30. We would keep our baby regardless of test results. I did have the blood testing for downs at 15 weeks but again, it wouldn't have changed our minds in any way.
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Thanks ladies! We had the NT scan with #1 because it was covered under insurance. We're paying out of pocket for baby 2 since our new insurance doesn't cover maternity. The NT scan is $200 and the results aren't going to change our minds about having this baby, so we've decided not to test.
Thanks for your input!
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I'd considered not doing it because it wouldn't change much for us and given the high chance of false positives, I didn't want to needlessly worry. I thought I'd have to pay out of pocket because we planned a vacation out of country during the time frame and thought we'd have to pay out of pocket -- but it turned out we would return right on time and so we had it done the day after we arrived back home (free).
Looking back now, I'm glad we did it because we got really great views of the baby because of it and the results alleviated my worries. I'm 34 yrs old, turning 35 this year.
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Can I just add another perspective? I've seen so many people get blindsided by their diagnosis and then struggle for the first crucial months of a special needs child's life--- just when the baby needs you most.
I've just seen it too many times to think it's just an individual thing.
I'm a need to know kind of person, though... I'd want to do research on DS and get plugged into the DS community prior to the birth when there are a ton of needs on top of the regular baby stuff
I *think* I can also understand the ignorance is bliss approach, but that's just not how I operate and from what ive seen of new parents grappling with it, it's suboptimal as well.
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I didn't. We have zero risk factors - and I agree that I'd want to know about a disability ahead of time to be connected and informed. However, my OB agreed with me that since I was unwilling to do amniocentesis I would just fret if anything came back that indicated a probability that something was wrong. If they were able to tell you 100% with no chance for false positive, I would have definitely done the testing. But they can't, so we didn't.
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We didn't have it with either pregnancy but my doc didn't offer it.
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@Mrs. Jacks: I agree with you so I did it. It was covered by insurance and my doctor wanted me to have it anyway.
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I had one and will get one for my next pregnancy because it is covered and we would want to know about any issues.
@Mrs. Jacks: My friends found out early on that their baby was going to be born with a cleft palate and lip. They did a ton of research and talked to doctors and surgeons before the baby was born about treatment. Now he is 8 months old and you can't really tell he ever had a cleft palate!
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@autumnlove: That's exactly why we went ahead with it and will likely do it again for #2
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We had it. We didn't have any risk factors and it wouldn't have changed our mind about keeping the baby... but if there was a risk I would want to be prepared. Also, I had a prior miscarriage so I am a nervous nelly and I will take every chance I can to get a look at baby and see that he/she is doing OK in there. But it was an easy decision for us since insurance covered it. It would have been over $1,000 if we had to pay out of pocket so we probably would have skipped it if that was the case.
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We didn't. I talked with my OB , we were in the lowest category for risk factors so we went with a que serra serra approach.
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We didn't do it, for the same reasons as others have said. It wasn't going to change anything for us, and I would worry when I might not need to, which I would like to avoid!
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We're choosing not to. Instead, we're doing the basic bloodwork screening. Our logic is that we wouldn't terminate this pregnancy regardless of what results were found (not saying y'all would, just how we made our choice), but we would want to be prepared if something major could be wrong. If the labwork shows an elevated risk of something huge, we will follow up with more testing so that we can be as prepared as possible for how to accomodate various special needs.
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We did not, we were going too and hten at the last minute decided against it. We knew it wouldn't change anything and I didn't want any unneccessary worry.
Our doctor also informed us that during the A/S they are some signs that could also show similar results and if there were any questions we could do additional blood work/screening then if we choosed.
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We didn't do it either. Our doctor also told us that a lot of any potential issues could be found during the anatomy scan so we could rest easy. She supported our decision 100% since we didn't have any risk factors.
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Not planning to do it for the same reasons listed by others - no risk factors, wouldn't abort anyway, and don't want to worry for no reason,.
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We didn't have one because the dr did the prescreening blood tests and said we didn't need to do the NT scan unless we wanted to; we opted out and did the multiple blood screens instead...
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We didn't, because we'd have the baby anyway, and it would just cause more stress. They DID measure it on the ultrasound anyway, and it looks completely normal.
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