Who else is scared by the nt scan?

atangiblewish · December 2012

So scared here. I'm scheduled for a week from today. Ill be 31 when baby is due. I know I'm not considered on the high end but still nervous.

Mrs.DeliaMarieP · December 2012

We've always decided against the NT Scan. I understand why some people choose to have it done, but for us, it is best not to. And you are definitely not on the high end age-wise, so don't even let that worry you.

kread8 · December 2012

Mine is on Wednesday and I'm nervous. But honestly, I'm more nervous there won't be a heartbeat. Worrying about the results hasn't really been in the forefront of my mind yet. Provided I see that LO moving and actually alive in my ute, THEN I'll start worrying about the other results.

atangiblewish · December 2012

I didn't want to. But then I figured if something is "wrong" it'd give me time to learn anything I would need to.

bananers · December 2012

I was terrified. In fact, I decided not to do it in the end. I'm not trying to talk you out of it, as it's a personal decision, but for me the fear was outweighing the positives. Plus, it's not diagnostic - you get a risk ratio back (e.g., a 1 in X chance). If the ratio came back high, I would just worry even more. I knew I didn't want to do an amnio or CVS (which IS diagnostic), so an NT result that was less than perfect would have just caused me more worry. It was a hard decision to make, and now that we're coming up on our A/S in 4 days, I'm terrified of that, since we didn't have the NT scan to give us any indicators one way or the other as to whether we have a healthy baby growing in there. It's pretty much terrifying no matter what you do!

I hope your fears subside and you have a great scan next week!!

lavril · December 2012

I was terrified. I am also 31, without family history of anything but still. Honestly I felt worse AFTER the scan too. The tech told me almost nothing and was pretty cold/all business. I had to wait a week for the results and they came back totally fine. I feel so panicky that night so I can totally relate. Big HUGS

lavril · December 2012

kread8:
Mine is on Wednesday and I'm nervous.nbsp; But honestly, I'm more nervous there won't be a heartbeat.nbsp; Worrying about the results hasn't really been in the forefront of my mind yet.nbsp;nbsp;Provided I see that LO moving and actually alive in my ute, THEN I'll start worrying about the other results.nbsp;

This was me too.

LitlePrety · December 2012

I'm scared too but not for the results. The NT scan is when we discovered I had a missed m/c last time so I'm definitely doing it again this time around if only for that extra u/s to comfort myself and hope for good results.

As for the actual results, they won't change our minds on having the baby if something is wrong, it just gives us time to prepare should something come back abnormal. DH has a mentally retarded sister so he's quite used to having extra challenges but I didn't grow up with her so it would be new for me.

Good luck to you for your scan though! I hope it goes well!

GraceInCA · December 2012

If you have the scan the odds are on your side that everything will be just fine. I loved mine - I got to watch the baby squirm and move and flip and rub its face for a good long time. If you want a less stressful and more definitive answer about the trisomies, you'd be better off with the simple blood draw that is virtually diagnostic - there are a few companies offering them like Harmony, Materni21, Verifi. Honestly, it's better to know than not know. There are certain complications which can arise with something like Trisomy 21, so even if you'd never terminate, you'd want your child to receive the best care at birth possible, and beyond. We are lucky to have access to those tests now.

My numbers came back excellent but I still ended up having a CVS because of an unrelated genetic condition for which I am a carrier. The CVS was a total breeze. Completely painless, quick, and I didn't so much spot a single drop afterwards. I went to "the guy" who has performed over 25,000 of them. For me, having concrete answers was very important, and the risk was incredibly low with that doctor.

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killian09 · December 2012

Mine is next week and I'm terrified. I think I mostly scared of discovering a mmc, but the chromosomal abnormalities are scary too. But I do really want the information, so I'm glad that I am getting it. I hope I get a beautiful image of a healthy LO. We'll see.

daillm · December 2012

I had mine two little over two weeks ago... I was terrified to all get out. My reason is they sent me to the geneticist to have it that and talk about the plan for a healthy baby. Last time I went there I was 22 weeks, found out I was having a boy and he had past. I worried and freaked out so much in the waiting room that when I finally had the NT scan they could tell and let me listen to the heart beat for a little bit before doing anything else. Then when they did they told me everything they where doing and telling me the results as they did it. Then the surprise of them taking a guess using the angle thing that I was having a girl. It was so right on that they said its 90%. The results was the lowest it could be... Last time it was a little higher.

Anyways, I told you my story so that you can maybe breath and try to get to the apt. Then when you see your little one and hear the HB you can enjoy. Try to not worry about the results until they come back bad.

HoolahZinger · December 2012

I was terrified to do it but thankful I am. Baby looked very healthy and we have very low risk chance. Added bonus was that I got to watch my little one wiggle about for 40 minutes!! I hope you have great results and get to enjoy your experience.

MrsPBandJ · December 2012

I'm also 31 and decided to do it to give us an extra chance to see LO and also because if something was seriously wrong, I think I would want that extra time to prepare ourselves rather than find out at 20 weeks.

MicroGirl · December 2012

I am terrified, but as mentioned above it is more because that is where my mmc was discovered last time. The reason we wanted to have one in the first place is so that we can know if everything is okay. Last time it was not, this time I am praying that everything goes well.

tdmd09 · December 2012

I was terrified, as I am for every single ultrasound ever, since I had two missed miscarriages. My last missed loss was from Down Syndrome, which puts me at higher risk of chromosome abnormalities in future pregnancies, in spite of my total lack of family hx and my age (I was 28 at the time).

So I popped a zofran before I went so I wouldn't throw up from nerves. The ultrasound itself was really cool. The baby looked like a person and would move and wiggle, which was incredible. Fortunately our results came back good and I felt very slightly more confident by the time we went for our A/S (but I still took a zofran before that scan too).

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