NFT ultrasound?

redhead0525

Anyone having this? My OBGYN told me today to go ahead with test for our own "piece of mind" she explained it was noninvasive and 99% accurate.....

 

Lil'Misa

I will be having it. I did research on it and read posts on girls that had it done.

Rlacap

what is it?

Lil'Misa

Rlacap:

what is it?

 

https://www.babycenter.com/0_nuchal-translucency-screening_118.bc

Pier1girl

I personally opted not to get screened because I am not high risk nor would I do anything to terminate the pregnancy if it came back positive.  I heard about a lot of false positives for these type of tests and for me, if anything was questionable, it would have made me worry way too much.  But that's just me.

ZacksBride

Pier1girl:

I personally opted not to get screened because I am not high risk nor would I do anything to terminate the pregnancy if it came back positive.  I heard about a lot of false positives for these type of tests and for me, if anything was questionable, it would have made me worry way too much.  But that's just me.

 

i had the nuchal translucency test done and i'm glad i did - it gave me peace of mind, plus i got to see the babe again! 

to say the test has "false positives" isn't all that accurate.  the test is a screening test designed to assess your risk of downs/spina bifida.  it basically adjusts the your baseline risk (based on age alone/family history) by looking at the u/s and blood work. 

if based on age, you have say 1/1000 chance of downs and based on the NT scan, they come back and say your risk is higher (like 1/100) and in the end all turns out to be ok with your baby - that doesnt mean that the test had a "false positive" - it means you were one of the 99 that were ok (you got lucky and weren't that 1 person).  The thing with this test is that it is for screening only, not diagnosis.  If the test indicated high risk, you need to follow up with a diagnositic test (CVS, amnio) to be sure. 

JinglesChic

Basically, researchers are not sure why but apparently the folds in the neck between the 11th and 13th week can signal if a baby has down syndrome or not. So they do an ultrasound and it has about a 85% accuracy rate in picking up Downs (the folds will be thick).

At first I told my doctor that I wasn't interested since I am low risk, but I think I'm going to do it if not for anything else the pictures of my baby They do take a drop of your own blood, but other than that it's a ultrasound so it's not invasive at all.

Before you wonder why your OB said 99%, it might be because of the blood test.