did anyone else decline the triple test?

hellotasha · Oct 20th, 2008, 07:44 AM

i did & now im feeling guilty i dont know why, my midwife said they have a good chance of spotting downs ect at scans did anyone else get told that?
now im just startin 2 worry as usual x

beancounter · Oct 20th, 2008, 07:53 AM

i did, I wouldn't want an abortion or invasive testing so I couldn't see the point. I did have a friend who's baby had chromosome abnormalities that were spotted in a scan, but it was way worse than downs, she said it was obvious because the brain was enlarged and there were other problems. I think that alot of the time they find so called 'soft markers' that might indicate a chromosome problem- or might be absolutely normal.

But either way, I'm sure your scan will be perfectly normal

Serene123 · Oct 20th, 2008, 07:53 AM

I turned it down and never regretted it

Hevz · Oct 20th, 2008, 07:54 AM

I declined it as I could never, ever terminate....that's just my opinion though. My consultant said to me if you would never go as far as an amnio or terminate anyway there really is no point doing the test as the results can be misleading and upsetting. Eg; a high risk is 1 in 250....high risk sounds scary but you have more chance of having a miscarriage than having a baby with Downs Syndrome with those odds IYKWIM.

I know someone who got in such a state over her daughters 1 in 250 results that she spent the rest of her daughters pregnancy on sick leave with stress

. Obviously the baby was fine and all that hysterical stress was for nothing so nope....I declined mine.

I will love my baby, "perfect" or not

hellotasha · Oct 20th, 2008, 07:57 AM

same here my midwife said to me would i terminate if the spotted anything &i said no i wouldn't so she said theres no point in having the scan then xxx

dippy dee · Oct 20th, 2008, 07:57 AM

I turned it down as i wouldn't of taken it any further in respect to tests such as the amnio if we had been high risk and we wouldn't of had an abortion either, i did wonder if we'd done the right thing but for us it would of been pointless. I to have heard that things can be picked up on the scan.

**Vickie** · Oct 20th, 2008, 07:58 AM

We declined too

krissie1234uk · Oct 20th, 2008, 08:02 AM

We declined - same as everyone else, wouldn't abort and wouldn't have the amnio so thought there would be no point. I'm a real worrier anyway so I didn't want to throw anything else in the mix.

SwissMiss · Oct 20th, 2008, 08:10 AM

I don't even think they offer the blood test part here; they go right to asking you if you want an amnio. We declined. I'm worried, as we all are, but hoping that the odds are with us...

Blah11 · Oct 20th, 2008, 08:12 AM

I took it b/c I wanted to be prepared. I think I would have done amnio if I was high risk although I wouldn't have terminated.

Oct 20th, 2008, 07:44 AM	#1
hellotasha Other BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,554	did anyone else decline the triple test? i did & now im feeling guilty i dont know why, my midwife said they have a good chance of spotting downs ect at scans did anyone else get told that? now im just startin 2 worry as usual x

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beancounter Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,921	i did, I wouldn't want an abortion or invasive testing so I couldn't see the point. I did have a friend who's baby had chromosome abnormalities that were spotted in a scan, but it was way worse than downs, she said it was obvious because the brain was enlarged and there were other problems. I think that alot of the time they find so called 'soft markers' that might indicate a chromosome problem- or might be absolutely normal. But either way, I'm sure your scan will be perfectly normal

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Serene123 Other Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 32,048	I turned it down and never regretted it

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Oct 20th, 2008, 07:54 AM	#4
Hevz Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Swinton, Manchester, England Posts: 4,581	I declined it as I could never, ever terminate....that's just my opinion though. My consultant said to me if you would never go as far as an amnio or terminate anyway there really is no point doing the test as the results can be misleading and upsetting. Eg; a high risk is 1 in 250....high risk sounds scary but you have more chance of having a miscarriage than having a baby with Downs Syndrome with those odds IYKWIM. I know someone who got in such a state over her daughters 1 in 250 results that she spent the rest of her daughters pregnancy on sick leave with stress. Obviously the baby was fine and all that hysterical stress was for nothing so nope....I declined mine. I will love my baby, "perfect" or not

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Oct 20th, 2008, 07:57 AM	#5
hellotasha Other BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,554	same here my midwife said to me would i terminate if the spotted anything &i said no i wouldn't so she said theres no point in having the scan then xxx

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dippy dee Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Newcastle under lyme Posts: 3,185	I turned it down as i wouldn't of taken it any further in respect to tests such as the amnio if we had been high risk and we wouldn't of had an abortion either, i did wonder if we'd done the right thing but for us it would of been pointless. I to have heard that things can be picked up on the scan.

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Oct 20th, 2008, 07:58 AM	#7
Vickie Mum (Mom) Administrator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 75,714	We declined too

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Oct 20th, 2008, 08:02 AM	#8
krissie1234uk Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lancashire Posts: 1,799	We declined - same as everyone else, wouldn't abort and wouldn't have the amnio so thought there would be no point. I'm a real worrier anyway so I didn't want to throw anything else in the mix.

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SwissMiss Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bern, Switzerland Posts: 3,965	I don't even think they offer the blood test part here; they go right to asking you if you want an amnio. We declined. I'm worried, as we all are, but hoping that the odds are with us...

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Oct 20th, 2008, 08:12 AM	#10
Blah11 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 32,886	I took it b/c I wanted to be prepared. I think I would have done amnio if I was high risk although I wouldn't have terminated.

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