I just had my first OB appointment today at 9 weeks 2 days (we have been with an RE until this point). I had several genetic tests done by our RE (blood only to determine if I am a carrier for anything which I am not).
Today the OB brought up this nuchal screen. DH and I are debating whether or not to have it. I have to call my insurance company tomorrow to see if it is covered (my previous genetic blood screen was covered).
My question is, however, what are your thoughts on this test? Is it necessary? OB seemed indifferent given my age (under 30) and the fact that I have no other medical issues.
Thank you in advance for your input.
Re: Nuchal Screening Test
Plus it's an extra time to see your lo
2nd pregnancy -TWINS lost DD1 twin at 8 weeks 6 days DD1 born 6 weeks early
3rd pregnancy- TWINS AGAIN lost both babies at 9 week appt
4th pregnancy- singleton- born at 38 weeks 1 day with the help of weekly 17P injections
5th pregnancy- CP in June
6th pregnancy It's a BOY
My insurance covered it with number 1 and they sucked and pretty much didn't cover anything. I actually would bet that under a lot of the revisions with the ACA and a lot of the expanded maternity care, that quite a few may cover it. However, you won't know until you check.
With that said, I don't have maternity (until January) with this one and will be paying OOP. I am still opting to have it done. And I am not AMA. It can possibly identify a lot of other things other than just downs, etc. The cash pay price I was quoted was $450.
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
May 2014 January Siggy Challenge:
This is pretty much how I feel about it. No matter the test results they would not change how we proceeded and I would be absolutely against doing other (more risky) testing to confirm any sort of suspicion that the nuchal screening revealed. We have never done it before and won't be doing it this time either, plus I limit the number of ultrasounds we have to ideally just the 20 week scan.