Re: Did anyone have a Down’s syndrome screening test?
You can get the test done around 16 weeks via your MW. The bloods are usually sent off for testing and you wait for the results in the post.
If the chances come up higher than average you are offered further tests, which are more avasive. They do indeed carry a small chance of miscarriage. But that’s only if the bloodtests or scan was to say the baby has high chances of being DS.
In the ultrasound they are basically looking at measuring fluid behind the neck area. It can be impossible-like it was for me as our baby was wriggling.