pregnancy tests, scans, bloods etc? whats the point?

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i mean,
if you are not going to end the pregnancy becuase there is a risk of Down's or any other abnormality, and you know you don't have syphillis, HIV and have been vaccinated for rubella,
why would you have the tests, except to see the pictures?

I had to go private to get the anomoly scan I wanted, as I only wanted the one... Not sure if that's normal but I live in west Herts and they did NOT score highly in the NHS / maternity rating published recently!!!

wow asur, thanks for posting your story. I'm really sorry to hear about your DS2.
Why did you decline all tests in the first place?

i'd like to get the midwife book, but amazon won't accept my credit card at the moment. grrr