At what age

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At what age is pregnancy considered more risky and you are offered tests ?(question for my friend)

35, isn't it?

I had dd when i was 34 and wasn't offered any extra tests- consultant said i was quite a young mum to be. so definetly over 34

Pixiefish, 34 isn't an old mum to be, but I think your consultant might have been being kind to say you were a young mum to be.

Kate- do you think? i was really chuffed when he said it... looking back i spose he was being nice as that's the type of man he is...
He made my day at the time anyway

in Dorset they offer nuchal fold scans to those over 37.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

I'll get over it I spose Kate...

Pregnancy after 35

pixiefish, when something (which i should add turned out to be nothing) got picked up on my 20wk scan, they made a HUGE deal about how i was 'a younger mother'... i was 34 and 10 months at the time

it's all to do with demographics. over 35 is considered 'older' in some hospitals, over 37 in others

nuchal folds are standard in many parts of London (for all ages)

I was asked if I'll be having an amnio this time (40), wasn't asked at 31/32. Most places don't offer nuchal fold scans though, as I've found out from asking on here

They offer nuchal fold tests to everyone at Kings, I think. So as an older mother I don't think I got any more tests than anyone else. I didn't go for CVS or amnio in the end, either at 38 or 41 as my nuchal result was good and no soft markers. I hope all is well, but when it came to it just couldn't face the mc risk.

(I know this is a tangent, but nuchal folds not currently offered at the Whittington in london, i may add... whatever your age

i rang to double check whether NF was available at the Whit 2 wks before my 12-wk scan, was told definitely yes, then on the day they said because of a new national standardising policy, they were no longer able to offer it.

made me spit, i may say, not least because at the 20-wk scan 2 soft markers turned up. thankfully all OK but, you know, the implications hardly bear thinking about)

Mothers 35 plus site may be useful.

I'm 38 & 5mths pg - was offered amnio as a matter of course and midwife seemed a little surprised when I refused. Nuchal scans aren't offered on NHS here so I had one done privately.