12 week scan

It will be fine LR, my MW told me anytime between 11 and 13 weeks, I had mine at 11/5 as well.

ETA: If they find that your dates are not accurate then they might have to invite you back for another look!

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Yep, go for it.

They won't do a Nuchal scan before 12weeks down here. But, you can only ring them and try

Seriously T-Rex...that pisses me right off, I was told it cost cause it's more involved. I did know about the scan in the first tri being free. They are after that if you have a community services card, which I keep forgetting to get!

Funding depends on the DHB I think - it depends what they've prioritised for funding. Possibly depends on the care provider too? I'm not sure.

Some places charge because you get the disc and photos. Other places don't but you can pay for the disc. You should not be paying other wise for scans. If you are, ring around and find somewhere else. Pregnancy care in NZ should be funded. It should not matter if you have a cummunity services card or not!!

Baby has to be a certain length for them to measure for down syndrome. I went in for mine between 11 and 12 weeks but she was too small so went back the following week. Because of this they revised my dates by a week.

Keep in mind that if you go in early thinking you will get 2 scans, they will quickly check bubs then tell you to come back later. You will then need another referal form from your MW and the first scan will not actually really happen. Mine was over in less than 1 minute. Got to spend ages looking at the second though.

Luckyred, they measure the fluid behind the neck. They won't give you the result straight away but when I went to mine, I had looked at a picture of 2 ultra sounds. 1 good and 1 bad. My little girl looked to have a small amount so I didn't worry. Sure enough it came back with an incredible low score. Even if the score is high though it doesn't say they are down syndrome. Just you are at a higher risk. They will then discuss further tests to rule it out.

LR I am having bloods done 2 days before the scan then have appt with mw the next week to discuss results. Did you get the first trimester combined screening pamphlet in your bounty pack??

Our radiologist was lovely and said during the scan that everything looked really good, but that full results would go with bloods to the MW. So we chose to tell everyone after the scan alone as I wasn't seeing the MW again until 14w and I couldn't wait that long! Sure enough, when I did catch-up with the MW, my odds were very low. Some radiologists don't like to say, so it might depend on who you get on the day.