I had my 12 week scan last Tuesday and had bloods done too for Down's Syndrome screening .
The midwife called me yesterday confirming that for DS I was low risk but she was sending out a letter along with my results that I should take to my GP in order for them to prescribe aspirin for me as part of the screening they do now looks at the blood flow to the placenta and mine isn't quite in the range they expect and consequently I'd also be referred to see a consultant at 28 weeks as well as having a growth scan at that point too.
I just wondered if anyone was in the same boat? I'm not overly worried as I spoke to my aunt who was a midwife previously but now carries out scans (but still works on an NHS maternity ward) but she has been off work since March as she's shielding and she thinks it's a new guideline as she hadn't heard of this before but agreed it wasn't anything to get overly worried about as she was aware that some Health Boards were researching something similar over the last few years.
Sorry if this has been asked already and I'm covering old ground - and for the long windedness of this post too!
Any comments and/or reassurance welcome
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Placenta blood flow - prescribed aspirin
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017HF · 12/08/2020 17:28
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