I am regular but I have namechanged - with all the DM stuff at the moment forgive me for feeling a bit cautious.
I am 12 weeks pregnant with my third child. With my first two pregnancies I was offered nuchal scans at the local NHS hospital. Now I've been told these have been discontinued.
I had my dating scan last week and all was well. I've been told I can have a blood test for Down's at 14 weeks, but it is much less reliable than the CUBS test.
Here we don't get a 20 week scan. I didn't for my earlier pregnancies.
To be honest I don't know what I would do with the information if the odds were unfavourable from the CUBS test. As I've never had 20 week sans I've always been quite philosophical about so-called abnormality testing. I know there are many conditions a child could have for which there is no testing. I know many things could happen during a child's life. And I know how much anxiety these tests can cause to people having read a lot of threads here about it. But this time maybe because I'm older and it's my third pregnancy I feel more anxious. I could have coped with a child with more demanding needs maybe earlier in my life but things are more complicated now.
I and am considering having a private nuchal. It would cost me £230 which is quite steep - especially for something which was free to me before.
I would really appreciate any advice you can offer as I am a bit confused, and I'll have to make a decision soon as time is running out.
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Should I pay for a private nuchal?
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datingscanonly · 18/08/2009 12:40
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