Nuchal translucency screening

abigail · Apr 9th, 2008, 18:12 PM

Anyone else having this done? I'm considered low risk but my OBGYN likes to screen everyone. I'm scheduled for April 25 and a bit nervous about it (although seeing the fetus on a sonogram is always cool).

I keep telling myself that the odds are stacked way in my favor, but there's always that slight chance...I'll be so happy when this test is over and done with!

dizzynic · Apr 9th, 2008, 18:15 PM

Hi i am going to have it done i am 30 and am not considered high risk either i just want a chance to see the little spud on screen asap.

abigail · Apr 9th, 2008, 18:33 PM

Haha, that sounds like a good reason dizzynic!

Oddly enough I've had three scans now--one on the first visit at 6 weeks, one to confirm the embryo's age at 8 weeks (either my math was off or I ovulated a week late), and another one at 10 weeks. It's pretty exciting to see it getting bigger so fast. And at the 10-week one (on Monday), the little bean was waving its arms and legs around. So cute!

luvbunsazzle · Apr 10th, 2008, 04:47 AM

Ive agreed to have mine done, although whatever outcome i have it wont change my mind on anything.

AquaDementia · Apr 10th, 2008, 05:14 AM

I did it, I was 25 when I found out I was pregnant, but I still chose to do it.
Gives you a piece of mind for sure.

Mervs Mum · Apr 10th, 2008, 06:34 AM

I'm having mine done on saturday - my trust dont offer is for free so I'm paying privately. I'm 33.

x

x-amy-x · Apr 10th, 2008, 06:37 AM

I did not have the test as i would have kept the baby either way.

xxx

bigbelly2 · Apr 10th, 2008, 07:45 AM

yup i had it done also at 12+3 i think but i paid privately aswell as its not offered routinely here...

def worth it... my avatar pic is the pic i got from it so was def worth it!!

h x

Mervs Mum · Apr 10th, 2008, 07:49 AM

Great pic Belly!! I'm dead nervous for mine. Not for the Downs part - just seeing that everything is still ok.

x

ryder · Apr 10th, 2008, 08:24 AM

Try not to be nervous guys! I know I will be too im sure... but the positive is, if there IS something, the doctors can monitor and prepare, which is the best thing for your baby.

I work in a hospital and the difference bettween drs knowing about a problem and being prepared, versus emerg staff having to be called, is a huge thing. Even minutes can be a precious commodity and mean a world of difference.

Apr 9th, 2008, 18:12 PM	#1
abigail Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 53	Nuchal translucency screening Anyone else having this done? I'm considered low risk but my OBGYN likes to screen everyone. I'm scheduled for April 25 and a bit nervous about it (although seeing the fetus on a sonogram is always cool). I keep telling myself that the odds are stacked way in my favor, but there's always that slight chance...I'll be so happy when this test is over and done with!

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dizzynic Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne UK Posts: 1,789	Hi i am going to have it done i am 30 and am not considered high risk either i just want a chance to see the little spud on screen asap.

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abigail Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 53	Haha, that sounds like a good reason dizzynic! Oddly enough I've had three scans now--one on the first visit at 6 weeks, one to confirm the embryo's age at 8 weeks (either my math was off or I ovulated a week late), and another one at 10 weeks. It's pretty exciting to see it getting bigger so fast. And at the 10-week one (on Monday), the little bean was waving its arms and legs around. So cute!

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Apr 10th, 2008, 04:47 AM	#4
luvbunsazzle Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kettering - Northants Posts: 4,507	Ive agreed to have mine done, although whatever outcome i have it wont change my mind on anything.
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AquaDementia Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,793	I did it, I was 25 when I found out I was pregnant, but I still chose to do it. Gives you a piece of mind for sure.

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Mervs Mum Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: somewhere over the rainbow..... Posts: 21,349	I'm having mine done on saturday - my trust dont offer is for free so I'm paying privately. I'm 33. x
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x-amy-x Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Teesside, UK Posts: 13,812	I did not have the test as i would have kept the baby either way. xxx

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bigbelly2 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: birmingham uk Posts: 2,378	yup i had it done also at 12+3 i think but i paid privately aswell as its not offered routinely here... def worth it... my avatar pic is the pic i got from it so was def worth it!! h x

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Apr 10th, 2008, 07:49 AM	#9
Mervs Mum Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: somewhere over the rainbow..... Posts: 21,349	Great pic Belly!! I'm dead nervous for mine. Not for the Downs part - just seeing that everything is still ok. x
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ryder Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Belleville, Ontario Posts: 25,719	Try not to be nervous guys! I know I will be too im sure... but the positive is, if there IS something, the doctors can monitor and prepare, which is the best thing for your baby. I work in a hospital and the difference bettween drs knowing about a problem and being prepared, versus emerg staff having to be called, is a huge thing. Even minutes can be a precious commodity and mean a world of difference.

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