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What exactly happens during the NT scan?

tashaobrientashaobrien
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Beside the u/s, what else do they do during the procedure? Do they do any bloodwork?
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Re: What exactly happens during the NT scan?

  • RochellRochell
    They pinched my finger and took 5 drops of blood (or 4?)...but that's it.
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  • skioskio member

    Finger prick. Crying

    I'd rather get fifty shots in the arm over a finger prick.

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  • SkiesOfBlueSkiesOfBlue member
    They actually took a vial of blood from me.
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  • pawcallpawcall member

    Depends on what the specific procedure you're having is.

    Mine was the sequential scan - which was (in my case) an ultrasound and bloodwork at 13w, and then more bloodwork a few weeks later.  Both sets of bloodwork were a vial, not a finger prick.

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  • penguin-kissespenguin-kisses
    Mine was only an ultrasound. I didn't give them any blood, finger, vial or otherwise for any tests... though I'm really not sure why?
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  • pamalerjeanpamalerjean member
    I had an ultrasound followed by bloodwork (a few vials!  Checking iron levels and such too though...).  More bloodwork follows in a few weeks.
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  • TheQuietGrrrlTheQuietGrrrl member

    Ultrasound and a fingerstick for a blood sample.  Not all test blood, but the majority do, and you're probably better off doing it that way.  I didn't see the fingerstick coming Indifferent

    Oh yeah, that little drop of blood was more like sufficient blood to saturate about five or six spots the size of a thumbprint on a blotter paper.  The tech did enough squeezing and blotting that I had a bruise on my fingertip.

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  • ms12345ms12345 member

    For me, it was an ultrasound Big Smile and finger stick IndifferentCrying at 13 weeks, then had to go back for a simple blood draw at 16 weeks. And found out the results about a week later.

    I'd rather have 50 vials of blood taken the normal way than get one of those finger sticks. The stick lasts a millisecond, but I was still feeling it five days later. GAH!

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  • MrsTottyMrsTotty member
    Ultrasound and a finger prick.  Thats about it :)
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  • Artsywife07Artsywife07 member
    Mine was the ultrasound and blood taken from my arm at 12-13 weeks.  That was the first blood draw I'd had the entire pregnancy, I think my doctor tests for everything at one time that way.
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  • BluescarfBluescarf member
    During mine we first talked to a genetics counselor, who took down our family history, race, etc. Then after the u/s they took a vial of blood. I came back in at a later scheduled date where they took another vial of blood. I was mailed a card both times with the undetailed results, they sent the detailed results to my practitioner.
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