Bubandbump Great news at the cardiologist then! What a difference a week makes, I'll bet :) I am so pleased for you! Hope the rest of your results come back perfect!
Like you I was always adamant I'd never have invasive testing, but I have swung back and forward on the issue so much over the last few weeks. At one point I was actually about to book the CVS. It's only in the last week, coupled with finding research that indicates my high bHCG could just be normal for me, so not a marker and therefore I could possibly discount it (reduces my risk to 1 in thousands) that I've settled on the no invasive testing before good viability choice. I've felt quite pressured into it by doctors though.. I have to give my final decision in a few weeks but I think I have made up my mind now.
squeezytoy - yep, I am seriously considering declining the NT blood test next time round. My first two I had NT scan only and they were fine, like my third was. It was only these damn bloods :-( I must have wasted weeks of my life fretting, researching and dwelling on it all, not to mention paying out for private scans and as you say, chances are great it will all be for nothing. Just hoping it is!!
Yes, I'd definitely be testing in your two cases, no doubt about it. It's the being borderline that makes the decision tricky!
It does get a little easier when they're out, because you can go physically check on them a lot easier without forking out for a scan..! Then when they're teenagers and disappear off the face of the earth presumably it's similar to that but without the ability to purchase a scan.. hmm!