Comments on: How much do we really need or want to know?

By: nomie

nomie — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:53:31 +0000

We made the decision not to have extra tests done. With Master10 we had a 20 week scan then 1 at about 30 weeks as one of his kidneys was slightly smaller at the first scan – turned out to be nothing.
With miss8 we had a scan at about 12 weeks and one at 20 and that was it. Additional testing was offered but we decided not to have them done. We had decided that if there were any problems that the scan’s couldn’t pick up on, we’d deal with them when the baby arrived.
It’s a very personal choice, and I too agree with Megan’s comments & Bern’s to go with your gut instincts.

By: Jodie at Mummy Mayhem

Jodie at Mummy Mayhem — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:57:41 +0000

I think Megan raises a very valid point here. Will finding out affect your decision? We had no pre-natal testing, but had the 12 week and 16 week scans like most do.

I don’t know. Sometimes I think we have TOO much information these days, but on the flip side of that, I think knowledge is a good thing. Good or bad, I wanted to know everything when I was pregnant. When I went with my Mum to the Dr and I was asking about hormone levels etc, she was so amazed. They just didn’t know that stuff in her day. They went thru pregnancy not really thinking about it. That would be kind of nice.

But I’d still like to know. It’s an individual preference. x

By: Bern

Bern — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:07:56 +0000

Yeah it’s scary enough. I know when I had Sam, his 18 week scan showed cysts on his brain which could indicate serious problems. We had to go up to the mater and by the time we got there, they were gone. The nurse at the mater explained to me they are like blisters and they can come and go. Awesome. By the time we had Jack (5 years later), they don’t even test for it anymore because it’s a nothing. Just freaks you the fuck out.

I don’t know, go with your gut (instinct of course, there would be no gut)

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:05:52 +0000

With any test, I tend to think: ‘What will I do with that information?’ – so will it affect your decision to have children? Would they even be able to give you any definite answers, or just make you worry more that something is a ‘1 in whatever chance’?

And I agree – lots of information can be a great thing, but can also serve to freak us out!