12 week scan at 16+3. What?!

[learnasyougo]

This morning I received the letter with my NT scan appointment. I'm currently ten weeks and the appointment is for six and a half weeks from now. Surely that's too late for the NT scan. I'd have thought being relatively high risk (well, I'll be 37 when baby is due) would have meant they'd want to do it, but as far as I know, past 14 weeks is too late.

Anyone else had this?

This happened to my friend lucky they sent a second letter with an earlier date. I'm 8 weeks and so impatient I am struggling to wait till 12 let alone 16. Maybe you could pay for a private one I think there about 100 to 120 but put your mind at ease

You can pay for private or ring and try and get an earlier appointment.

I am in a sort of similar situation and they said they can do a second trimester Down Screening from blood results that gives a % risk also. I think its just not as accurate and also 16+ weeks is then quite late if you want/need subsequent tests.

Yep, it's too late past 13w6d. Give them a call and tell them, there's no point in an NT scan at all at that point, and there's no scheduled scans of any use around that time, so everyone's time would be wasted!

They need to slot you in somehow.. how, I don't know, that's their issue. It shouldn't be yours!

For what it's worth, with DC2 my dad passed away suddenly when I was 12 weeks. My NT scan had been scheduled for the day of his funeral, 300 miles away. They were able to slot me in earlier somehow with just a few days notice, because otherwise I would not have had a scan. They have to let you have that scan.

(I had to go private with mine this time because a locum GP screwed up my referral and the receptionists claimed he hadn't when I rang to chase it up, before finally admitting later on that actually there was no referral when it was too late)

Yep, the second trimester blood screening is not nearly as accurate and worse, gives a lot more false positive screen results. And yes, if you get worrying news, by the time testing has completed and you decide to act on it, you're much further along in so many ways.

I rang. They must have been a mix up. the receptionist recalculated my dates and my scan has now been moved to 11+4. yay! Good job I'm not a naive first timer and knew to question it. (not that all first timers are naive - far from it)

I'm glad to hear it, and that they were able to slot you in!