NT scan yesterday

[hokiegirl82]

I realized that my other post had my name on the pic so I deleted it.

Try this again with an edited pic.

Doctor said everything looked good even though I won't get the official results for a week. Baby was super squirmy for the tech but it was awesome to see it again. I'll probably tell my manager at work since I feel more comfortable now and a bit less anxious.

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[browneyedgirl9]

Thats great!!

[hillarywhitney]

Yay for a good appointment!

[SJ]

Wow!!! It looks so much like a baby! The first US I had (at 6w4d) was just a white blob.

I'm so glad yours went well.

This makes me even more excited for ours, which is 12/18.

[smock]

Nice baby! We had our NT scan last week, and seeing the blob actually look like a baby this time was amazing! Plus it was just insane to see it move around like a little person. ha ha.

[speckledfrog]

Dec 4, 2013 14:49:26 GMT -5 jjwritergirl said:

My office doesn't do NT scans. What did the measure and look for? It definitely looks like a baby now!

Do they offer any prenatal testing? 

[catsarecute]

That is a great picture!!!

[D2M]

jjwritergirl, the NT scan involves an ultrasound and bloodwork. The ultrasound measures different parts of the baby's physical features, including the neck, to determine if there is an elevated risk for Down Syndrome and some other chromosomal issues. The doctor goes over your ultrasound results along with the bloodwork and then says whether there is a higher or lower odds for your age that your baby has issues. It doesn't definitively say whether there are problems, but if your results come back with, say, a 1 in 12,000 chance of having Down Syndrome, the doctor will explain that that is extremely slim odds and you should be OK. If there are red flags in your NT scan, some women will go on to do an amniocentisis. Someone with more detailed info can chime in, but I think that's the general gist. I got it done at 12ish weeks.