Hello, hope somebody can help... i'm 7 weeks pregnant, first pregnancy,did a home test on Saturday which was positive,went to see GP on Tuesday, hoping that he will send me for some blood test or scan etc. just to confirm that everything is fine,but he only measured my blood pressure,weight and told me that hospital will contact me re 12w scan. I've asked him about the risks as I'll be 40 in few months but he just said "let's treat it as normal pregnancy " and that hospital will do tests in later stage of pregnancy, last trimester. I'm worried about the Downs, coz of my age. Is it ok to wait till my 12w scan or should I have some tests done /any tests before 12w scan? I keep reading about everyone having their blood tests, scans done like in 6-8th week to confirm their pregnancies, having their "risk test results 1/xx so I'm really confused and worried now that the only test I'm gonna have is my 12w scan. I got a letter from hospital today and my first midwife app.is in august, I'll be over 10w by then and scan on 19 august. I don't know much about nifty or harmony test but should I book one of those before my first 12w scan in hospital? Thank you.
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