have my ultrascreen tomorrow

bridgeybride

I'm 12 weeks today (whew!)  and have the ultrascreen tomorrow. I'm on the fence about the CVS and will make up my mind once the numbers come back.  Last time with my DD, my numbers increased my risk to 1 in 90 and so I had the test...  We want to see what it is like for this pregnancy.  I'm curious to know at what "risk" would you  do the CVS... what number is "safe"?   I'm 39 (2 months from 40) and my risk is 1 in 100.

When I did the CVS last time, all went well, nothing happened to my DD, but I still beat myself up over it.  The Catholic in me felt like I shouldn't be messing with my developing baby, but the realistic and educated part of me knew that it would be fine...that it was the smart thing to do..and that I would want to know/plan ahead.  It doesn't help that I had a miscarriage last summer.. so again.. more invasive testing is freaking me out a bit.

Anyone else feel the same way?

rpm22

I completely feel like this every day!!!!  I had a CVS last Tuesday, that didn't go well (they didn't get enough material, so we are waiting to see if they can grow the cells in the lab.....could take 3 weeks)......I have to decide if I want to do another one this week.  I swear, my choice changes every hour!!!!  Trying to balance out the fear of something going wrong vs. the need to know is very tough!!!!

 

I just hope you get a good result from your screen and the choice becomes more clear to you........good luck!

 

alliapistor

I'm in the same situation.  Our current plan is to have the NT scan and decide whether to do a CVS based on the results.  I'm not sure what level of risk is acceptable though.  At what point do we say, yes do the CVS?  1 in 50?  1 in 100?  1 in 500?  1 in 10,000?  IDK.

I also had a m/c last summer and have been super worried all pregnancy that something would go wrong.  So I don't want to tempt fate by doing something that is not technically necessary.

We do our NT scan in a couple of weeks.  Hopefully, we'll figure it out by then.  Please let us know what you decide.

tumble

It's a very hard decision.....My DH and I decided against the invasive testing.  It took us over two years to conceive and had m/c's.  If it were to have dissabilities there is nothing we can change and knowing ahead would probably just make us both sad and not enjoy the pregnancy.  Just like everything else in life we will just roll with it if it happens. If there wasn't a chance of M/C I would do it but I just can't take the chance.  No decision is wrong. Gl and keep us posted.