I am prepared to accept that I may be wrong or unreasonable here - I am definitely hormonal which is probably why this is upsetting me.
I am 7 weeks pregnant with twins. My hospital offers the triple test for risk of downs syndrome (scan, bloods, age combined). I asked to have just the likelihood based on nuchal scan. This is because I have read the the blood tests are not accurate for multiple pregnancies - to the extent the some hospitals refuse to do blood tests for multiples, due to the risk of false positives, and rely on the scan instead.
My hospital has refused to do this and will not do the nuchal scan unless I agree to bloods as well. If I come back as high risk they will not tell me what the risk is on the scan alone. They say this is the most accurate way to do it and this is just what they do.
I know a girl who had a false positive with twins and then lost both babies during the amnio. I accept that the hospital consider the triple test to be more accurate but I don't understand why they can't just give me the information I am asking for and then I can make my own decision based on that information. It is perfectly possible to do a nuchal scan without blood tests and I could have it done if I paid privately.
I have to call the hospital back today to book the scan. Should I just give up and have no tests at all, or should I try harder with the hospital?
Any thoughts or experiences would be appreciated.