NUCHAL SCAN 8 MAY
Had our appointment with the midwife at Central Clinic yesterday. When I met the midwife last week, I had told her we would want a Nuchal Scan to check for Pataus Syndrome. She didn't see a problem and said she would do the referral letter.
At the appointment we went through all the various paperwork - have you ever been in a mental asylum, any allergies, any drug use, is this your first pregnancy? Once this was all done, she went and got the doctor to go over the scan details. The doctor, after opening the folder of notes, started to explain how there was only a 1% chance of the baby having Pataus, I said, yes if it was a natural conception. Well reading you letter she said, blah blah blah 1%, blah blah blah, oh 10% if fertility treatment..... Well, anyway, having discussed it with the Genetics Department the chances of seeing it in a Nuchal Scan are so slim, she said, that's not really what Nuchal Scans are for, they are for diagnosing Downs Syndrome. I know, I said, but my friend had hers and the doctor told her, we're looking for Downs, something else, something else and Pataus. She specifically remembered the Pataus for me. Oh, said the doctor, your really better with an amnio later on, first trimester scans are rare. I know I said, but the information I got, was that after 12 weeks, you can get a better picture, and check for the Pataus. The doc said, you can do Nuchal Scans from 10 to 14 weeks, I wanted to argue that you can only do them until 13 wks 6 days, but thought better of it....
Anyway, I think she realised I wasn't going to budge, so she told the midwife to book a scan for next week - too early, I was thinking - and went off to phone genetics again. She came back about 15 minutes later, patted me on the shoulder and said, you were right. HALLELUJAH!!! She then told the midwife to change the scan date to a week later and said she would see us there. She even made the appointment her last of the morning, so that if she had any difficulty we could slip into the afternoons appointments.
RESULT!!!!
Had our appointment with the midwife at Central Clinic yesterday. When I met the midwife last week, I had told her we would want a Nuchal Scan to check for Pataus Syndrome. She didn't see a problem and said she would do the referral letter.
At the appointment we went through all the various paperwork - have you ever been in a mental asylum, any allergies, any drug use, is this your first pregnancy? Once this was all done, she went and got the doctor to go over the scan details. The doctor, after opening the folder of notes, started to explain how there was only a 1% chance of the baby having Pataus, I said, yes if it was a natural conception. Well reading you letter she said, blah blah blah 1%, blah blah blah, oh 10% if fertility treatment..... Well, anyway, having discussed it with the Genetics Department the chances of seeing it in a Nuchal Scan are so slim, she said, that's not really what Nuchal Scans are for, they are for diagnosing Downs Syndrome. I know, I said, but my friend had hers and the doctor told her, we're looking for Downs, something else, something else and Pataus. She specifically remembered the Pataus for me. Oh, said the doctor, your really better with an amnio later on, first trimester scans are rare. I know I said, but the information I got, was that after 12 weeks, you can get a better picture, and check for the Pataus. The doc said, you can do Nuchal Scans from 10 to 14 weeks, I wanted to argue that you can only do them until 13 wks 6 days, but thought better of it....
Anyway, I think she realised I wasn't going to budge, so she told the midwife to book a scan for next week - too early, I was thinking - and went off to phone genetics again. She came back about 15 minutes later, patted me on the shoulder and said, you were right. HALLELUJAH!!! She then told the midwife to change the scan date to a week later and said she would see us there. She even made the appointment her last of the morning, so that if she had any difficulty we could slip into the afternoons appointments.
RESULT!!!!
posted by Tony's missus at 5:23 pm
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