Testing at 12 week scan
I am currently 10w +3, I had my first midwife appointment last week. She mentioned about the screening for Down's syndrome, Edwards' syndrome and Patau's syndrome and that this would be done at my 12 week scan if we wanted it. I know it’s only to advise if the chance is higher or lower of the baby having this but I’m sooo torn whether to have it! Just looking for a bit of advice really, do most people have this testing done? Is there anyone that didn’t?
Thankyou
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We had it with both babies.
I would prefer to know personally, the other two can and do frequently cause miscarriage or baby not to survive very long after birth and a baby with Down syndrome often comes with other complex health issues so knowing in advance can allow the right teams and support to be in place for birth to give baby the best chance of a good start if you chose to continue with the pregnancy.
As everything it’s a highly personal choice but it’s not invasive to baby so I think it’s beneficial even if it wouldn’t change your mind on what you’d do x
Most people have the testing done. It’s not invasive, and good to prepare even if you wouldn’t do anything with a high risk result.
I think most people get it done, I got it done twice.
I had it done and the result came back as higher chance so I had to go for further testing (NIPT test). I had to wait a week for the results and I found it really hard mentally. The waiting and not knowing was really difficult. I was surprised at how much stress it caused me waiting for the results. The results came back as low risk and no further action needed but I don’t know if I would do it again due to how it made me feel x
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