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NT u/s OR Harmony, not both.
harmonicbabe26
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Hey guys,
At my appointment this past week the doc gave us the speech about all the different tests available and apparently we can get the NT ultrasound OR Harmony, not both. I had the NT with my first daughter, not sure the other stuff was available, but I was under 35 so i wouldn't have qualified. Is that the case with others too? You have to choose one or the other? For some reason based on what I had read here, I thought a lot of you ladies were getting both (or the equivalent of Harmony). Thoughts? Not asking for recs just wondering if others had both done.
At my appointment this past week the doc gave us the speech about all the different tests available and apparently we can get the NT ultrasound OR Harmony, not both. I had the NT with my first daughter, not sure the other stuff was available, but I was under 35 so i wouldn't have qualified. Is that the case with others too? You have to choose one or the other? For some reason based on what I had read here, I thought a lot of you ladies were getting both (or the equivalent of Harmony). Thoughts? Not asking for recs just wondering if others had both done.
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Re: NT u/s OR Harmony, not both.
1st BFP-8/17/12! Missed Miscarriage discovered @ 8 week US. D&C.
2nd BFP-2/13/13! Blighted Ovum discovered @ 8 week US. Natural miscarriage.
3rd BFP-5/22/13! By early June, progesterone plummeting. Another loss.
August 2013 - started Donor Egg process, but surprise BFP with my own eggs.
Dear Son born 5/28/14
My OB requires both. We had the Materniti21 2 weeks ago at 10 weeks and scheduled the NT for next week. I asked about why I would have to have both, and she said Materniti21, etc. is definitely going to replace the NT as technology gets better, but the NT (and the blood work that goes with it) can detect other things M21 does not. She said risk for fetal growth retardation can be found on NT, early detection of heart anomalies (high NT normal blood work - went through that scare with my son), certain neural tube defects like anaencephaly, etc and some other things - so it provides for closer monitoring. If that's what she wants, that's what I'll do.
We just got our M21 results back yesterday (all clear and we're having another boy). It was such a relief so compared to how I was with my son, I much less anxious about the NT because we already no there are no major chromosomal trisomies. Given the choice of one over the other, I'd probably do M21 because it's more accurate. Some of the other things would be tested for in the 2nd tri screening and looked for at the anatomy scan.
But the only thing is i will be getting both done on the same day. The earliest they would do Harmony would be 3 days before NT and I would have to drive half hour to another location, so I said fine let's do it together. I will have to wait 2 weeks for results anyway. I don't care. I will have confirmation if whatever result the NT ultrasound has.