Nuchal translucency (NT) scan

[loganberry12]

Hi as im 42 will i be offered a NT scan automatically?

I have a severely disabled daughter who was left with less than 5% of her brain after suffering a stroke inutero, if I have more chilren I would not have any further scans or testing, 9 out of 10 babies with my dds condition are aborted which breaks my heart. I hate the attitude towards disabled babies and if it were my decision terminations wouldn't be so freely available for disabled babies

Duchesse the choice is yours its your life, your body and your child, i am only 34 and have had once with each pregnancy ( 18 weeks into second one) our cost £195 at local bupa hospital

I had a nuchal in Australia mid 2008 - offered automatically and I thought it was just the routine scan (naive). Scan revealed thickness of fold and other issues. Foetus had trisomy 18 and also other very significant problems. Had a CVS too with two agonising weeks to wait for results. Our decision was to terminate at 15 weeks - for two reasons - one, no chance of survival after birth and two, my overwhelming feeling that to continue might cause baby to suffer in utero.
I absolutely agree with the right to choose for parents who decide to continue with the preganacy and feel that the short time with their baby is worth it. And of course the issues are different where survival is not the question.
It just bothers me when people say "I would never terminate just because of disability..." - it seems judgemental. Esp when they perhaps haven't experienced it, or thought about all the things that can happen. These decisions are not just about Downs which of course does not preclude quality of life.
I came back to UK and happen to live near the unit which pioneered this scan, but after my experience I would pay for it and for bloods.
It is not currently universally offered on the NHS but is likely to become so in the future.

HI,

I am 9weeks pregnant at moment and my midwife has already booked me in for the nuchal scan at 12 weeks. Its free in portsmouth and all pregnant woman offerd it.

The nuchal scan is also now free in Oxford. However, my first scan wasn't til I was 13.5 and the baby was too big for the nuchal.

I agree, that must have been such a difficult situation for you toomuch. If I were in the same situation I would be very grateful that I could come to such moral decisions with my husband rather than being ordered one way or the other by the government.