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June 8th, 2018, 01:42 PM
#11
Right now I’m just doing the first trimester blood test and the nuchal translucency. I’m hoping for low risk and not have to do more.
I chose not to commit to too much just now. I’m happy to see no visible defects so far. I have pic but I’m not sure how to post it here.
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June 8th, 2018, 02:01 PM
#12
Swaying Advice Coach
Ok. Just be aware that when you get a "positive" on those, PLEASE do not panic, most of the positives are false positives and do not mean anything is wrong with the baby. Those darn tests have terrified people since they were invented and have actually caused people to abort perfectly healthy babies so I just want you to go in knowing that most positives you get on them are actually NOT positives, but are false positives.
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June 8th, 2018, 06:30 PM
#13
I read that a lot. I almost wish I had decided not to but here we are. I’m not going to have an abortion anyway, so hopefully I just get a negative in the first place.
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June 9th, 2018, 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by
atomic sagebrush
Ok. Just be aware that when you get a "positive" on those, PLEASE do not panic, most of the positives are false positives and do not mean anything is wrong with the baby. Those darn tests have terrified people since they were invented and have actually caused people to abort perfectly healthy babies so I just want you to go in knowing that most positives you get on them are actually NOT positives, but are false positives.
I had a false positive with my second baby. Was given a 1/3 chance that the baby was going to have Down syndrome. After doing much research, I coukdnt believe they were still offering that test. So much wasted time, stress, worry. Will definitely be going straight to the NIPT this time. Any idea at how many weeks they will offer this?
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June 9th, 2018, 12:02 PM
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that is my opinion too...I canNOT believe they are still doing them (or that the doctors were as irresponsible with them as they were in the first place, because no one was explaining to women how common the false positives were!)
The NIP-T are offered around 10 weeks.
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June 9th, 2018, 12:03 PM
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Swaying Advice Coach
Originally Posted by
Prettyplease
I read that a lot. I almost wish I had decided not to but here we are. I’m not going to have an abortion anyway, so hopefully I just get a negative in the first place.
If it is positive they may try to push you into amnio but you don't need to do that. Just have the NIP-T at that point in time.
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June 11th, 2018, 08:04 PM
#17
What is the NIP-T? I’m not sure what to ask for?
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June 13th, 2018, 06:24 PM
#18
Swaying Advice Coach
The Harmony, Materniti-21 and similar tests. Your doctor will have heard of them or you can Google them. They are way more reliable than the triple/quad screens and are not invasive like the amnio and CVS tests are.
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June 15th, 2018, 06:57 PM
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Based on the blood test and ultrasound, I got a screen negative (1:700) so I’m happily not doing anymore testing! Phew!
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