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the Down syndrome one? honestly i dont think i want to take it due to all the false positives. and then having to go through the next test with that needle just to find out everything was fine??

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Are you talking about the test with the blood and the sonogram where they look at the babies neck?

I took it because if there was a chance my son had downs I wanted to make sure I was prepared to take care of a special needs child. I think the false postives are not very common from that test.

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i took it, however I had no idea it was optional. I thought it was just a routine thing. Everything came out fine.

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I took it and I would recommend it for peace of mind. Ive heard of less false positives then ya think BUT its not to say it doesnt happen.

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Are you talking about the AFP test, then amnio?

I opted personally not to take it for 2 reasons after careful consideration and many conversations with my hubby.

1-I wouldn't get the amnio if the results came back abnormal or terminate the pg

2-If the results came back abnormal, since I wouldn't get the amnio, I refused to spend the rest of my pg worrying.

I didn't get any testing done, no triple screen, AFP, nuchal test. I just went for my sono's and blood tests like CF, Thalsemmia (we have in our family) and the scheduled blood tests the dr normally orders.

It really is a personal decision after speaking with your dr and hubby.

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It's totally up to you. It sounds like you are talking about the ultra-screen, right? I took it and I'm glad because it has a lower false positive rate then the AFP which you take around 16 weeks.

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I had all the screening tests done.. but it's truly a personal choice whether you want to have them done or not ... I see both sides of it and I know it is not an easy decision.

Even though I am 36, I wanted to try to avoid having an amnio due to my previous miscarriage history - so after discussing my options thoroughly with my OB, I opted to take all of the screening tests offered me (ultrascreen also known as NT, nucheal translucency -- the AFP blood test, Level II, etc). We then felt we would make an informed decision based on the results of those tests whether or not I would have an amnio ..

All these tests came back OK, thankfully, so we opted not to have an amnio done..

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I did not have the NT test (finger prick and sono) but I did take the AFP because that also tests for spina bfida. They are not mandatory.

I know more people who had false positives than who did not, but thankfully for me everything was OK. I *believe* that most of the fals positives are with the finger prick test.

ETS: I did not have the NT test because if it did come back positive, I would not have gotten the amnio. It is a totally personal choice.

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I had both tests.
Thankfully I didn't have any positives at all.
It was VERY stessful to have the NT w/ the finger prick- the waiting had my in agony. But I'm glad we did it.

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I had the ultrascreen (NT) because it was recommended due to my age (35). Thankfully all of the results were fine. I don't think I would have tested further (no amnio) anyway. I actually debated getting the NT but I'm glad I did. Since it was non-invasive (other than the finger prick) and very low risk, I decided to have it done. They also did genetic counseling along with the NT, which was interesting, but not surprising. We have no history of anything nor are either of us high risk for anything genetic.

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Posted by mrsv1015

i took it, however I had no idea it was optional. I thought it was just a routine thing. Everything came out fine.

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i didnt take it with my son but with this pregnancy i took it knowing that even if it came back bad i wasnt gonna take an amnio it came back good thank god but you dont have to have an amnio if you dont wanna know know matter what the results are.

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I didn't take any of those tests.

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