NT Scan Question

sparklingdiamond · October 2013

Did all of you do it or are you planning to do it? Since I am out of pocket for these things and I know this test is considered optional, I just wanted to see if all of you ladies had it done. :-)

fallbrideoct05 · October 2013

We did but only because we had insurance. I just wanted to see the baby.

BackseatDriver · October 2013

I definitely wanted this done but it was covered by my insurance. This is an expensive scan if you are OOP. I would call around for pricing and see if there is a discount if you pay up front for the full amount. Or you could look into the cost of MaterniT21 testing if you are interested in finding out about risk for chromosome problems like Down syndrome.

BackseatDriver · October 2013

All screening for genetic conditions is optional. Maybe your doctor could also review the differences in detection rates and "false positives" with the other screening tests like the serum integrated test which should be much less expensive. Mine had a pamphlet comparing all the screening tests.

alexisanna44 · October 2013

We opted out both times since we decided we wouldn't do anything differently and the anatomy scan would give us plenty of time to prepare for most things.

ream02 · October 2013

I'm doing it because of my age and because I just have a co-pay for it. Otherwise I probably would not as I didn't with DS.

iwalktheline · October 2013

I did it. I wanted to make sure that everything was progressing as it should... But ours was mostly covered by insurance too.

lb1117 · October 2013

alexisanna44 said:

We opted out both times since we decided we wouldn't do anything differently and the anatomy scan would give us plenty of time to prepare for most things.

This is basically what we decide to do as well. It was covered by insurance, but my midwife said that the wait time for the results would make me more anxious than it was worth. We wouldn't terminate either way, and the a/s would pick up on anything major. If that was the only option to see baby, we would have, but she wanted us to do a dating u/s since my LMP didn't make sense. This was scheduled for 11.5 weeks so we did that instead.

bridget0117 · October 2013

Ditto what @fallbrideoct05 said. I just wanted to see my little nugget.

bobcee · October 2013

alexisanna44 said:
We opted out both times since we decided we wouldn't do anything differently and the anatomy scan would give us plenty of time to prepare for most things.

This was us too.

skreedrake · October 2013

I did it, but I don't know that we would have had we had to pay for it OOP. I do not regret it, though it did cause some scares because the measurement was bigger than they would have liked and (along with my quad screening) gave me a 1:130 chance of DS. This lead to doing the Harmony test, as well. Next time, I'd go straight to the Harmony test if they will cover it.

But for me, it wasn't a matter of whether or not we would terminate if the results were bad... rather, we wanted to be prepared for all possibilities so we could make the best decisions for our family.

vitan · October 2013

We did both times and it was covered by insurance. My friend who was expecting twins did not do it because she said the results wouldn't change anything.

saisongbird · October 2013

We did it. Insurance covers it for us. Because of DH's family history of 2nd tri miscarriage, we wanted to make sure everything was ok, and if there were issues, we wanted to be able to prepare.

Whippet8 · October 2013

We did and we will again. Our insurance covers it. I wasn't planning on doing it again, but lsquared is a sonographer and had a lot of reasons why she advocates for it.

Amberley18 · October 2013

We did. Though I planned to opt out the first time but the MFM convinced me to do it.

Nicklet1081 · October 2013

I am so glad we had the NT scan done because it was at that time the doctors found Liam's club feet. It helped us to prepare for things like buying gowns and asking people to not purchase footed outfits because of his feet. I know his condition wasn't a huge concern, but if it wasn't found at the NT scan, we could have gone a much longer time without knowing. Plus, it was one more time seeing the baby.

cinderin · October 2013

we did it and we would do it again, however it was covered by insurance (at the usual coinsurance rate). I don't know if we would have done it if it were OOP. If we were rich, I would!

Smiley-1980 · October 2013

We did it and I would always do it.

LittleLady77 · October 2013

We did it, it was important to us.

AshleyMatt1215 · October 2013

We opted out. We agreed that the result of the test wouldn't change a thing for us, so it was unnecessary.

nightmare_of_beauty · October 2013

I am getting it done Nov 7th. I wanted an extra chance to see the baby and wanted to know asap if I need to prepare for anything.

Kaiene · October 2013

It would have been covered for us, but we chose not to do it either time.

If it's important to you, I would follow some of BSD's advice.

pennstated912 · October 2013

We did it. It was covered by out insurance. We did it because I'm a complete nervous nelly and needed to hear for myself that everything was okay.

amccul20 · October 2013

I don't know what we're going to do. It won't change anything for us, but I think I would be less anxious if I knew everything was OK.

spin25 · October 2013

We did it. We wanted to know if there was a problem so we could prepare ourselves accordingly, or we wanted to know the chances of a problem were small so we could relax a bit.

brij2006 · October 2013

I don't think we will choose to do it. My insurance is finicky about what it does and doesn't cover, and this is one of those that they will not cover unless it's medically necessary. So we will likely opt out.

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