NIPT - to do it or not?
Hey girls, I am 28y.o, it’s my first pregnancy, I am 11w2d.
Just finished my antenatal scan with NHS and I opted for the combined testing for Down Syndrome etc.
I am not sure what is the difference between the NHS test and the private NIPT test? Does it make a huge difference? Is it worth doing it? Or do you think that NHS is enough?
Thanks for the advice!
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In my first pregnancy I just had the NHS combined testing and it all came back low risk. If it had flagged anything then I might have followed up with a NIPT but I personally didn't see any need to have a private NIPT test otherwise. I'm doing the same for this pregnancy
Only do the nipt if you get high results on the combined screening x
NHS screening has only 80% sensitivity for downs syndrome. So it misses one in 5, which is very high. Unfortunately I was 'very low risk equivalent to 18 year old' and then private NIPT came back as positive in a previous pregnancy. I would always advise people to do NIPT if you can afford it.
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