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jrbaby
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Ultrascreen
I am going tomorrow for my Ultrascreen. Can anyone tell me what to expect?
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Posted 12/4/07 7:09 PM  |
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LJSMommy
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Re: Ultrascreen
What Is Ultra-Screen®?
Ultra-Screen® is a First-trimester prenatal screening protocol designed to provide patient specific risk for Down Syndrome, trisomy 18 and other chromosomal abnormalities. Ultra-Screen® combines ultrasound measurement of the fluid accumulation behind the neck of the fetus (nuchal translucency) with maternal serum markers and is the earliest and most effective Down Syndrome screen available.
I go tomorrow for mine! Where are you going? When they called to confirm, I asked if I needed to do anything special and she no.......eat & drink normally. I am pretty sure it will be a bunch of questions, a fiinger prick for the blood test & the sonogram.
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| Posted 12/4/07 7:33 PM |
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JustBrowsin
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Re: Ultrascreen
They look at the baby on a sonogram and take a whole bunch of measurements and then they prick your finger and put like 3 dots of blood in little circles on a piece of paper. It isnt like drawing blood, its more of a finger prick. They dont tell you anything right there, you have to wait for the results.
Good Luck!
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| Posted 12/4/07 7:37 PM |
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jrbaby
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Re: Ultrascreen
THank you. This was very helpful. I am going in Babylon. Do you know if the sonogram is internal?
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| Posted 12/4/07 7:39 PM |
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NJmom
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Re: Ultrascreen
it should be an external sonogram. the baby is big enough at this point to see it that way. good luck!
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| Posted 12/4/07 7:55 PM |
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jessbaby
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Re: Ultrascreen
Posted by jrbaby
THank you. This was very helpful. I am going in Babylon. Do you know if the sonogram is internal?
Are you going to Madonna? If so I just went last week. It's an external sono then an internal.
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| Posted 12/4/07 9:12 PM |
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Kierasmom
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Re: Ultrascreen
Mine was only an external sonogram and they actually drew a small amount of blood. The nurse said she felt that it's more difficult to get a good sample from a finger prick then it is to just draw a small amount of blood. I was nervous beforehand and in the end the whole test was not really a big deal. Try not to worry and good luck!!
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| Posted 12/4/07 10:05 PM |
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LJSMommy
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Re: Ultrascreen
Posted by jrbaby
THank you. This was very helpful. I am going in Babylon. Do you know if the sonogram is internal?
I am going to Babylon too tomorrow!!!
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| Posted 12/4/07 10:13 PM |
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jrbaby
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Re: Ultrascreen
I was there this morning at 8AM. What time did you do?
It really wasn't bad at all.
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| Posted 12/5/07 12:01 PM |
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MayMommy
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Re: Ultrascreen
Posted by maybeajunebaby
a fiinger prick for the blood test & the sonogram.
For me it wasn't a finger prick test. They took the blood from my arm.
Maybe every place is different, I got my done at Long Island Jewish.
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| Posted 12/5/07 12:08 PM |
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MayMommy
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Re: Ultrascreen
Posted by jrbaby
THank you. This was very helpful. I am going in Babylon. Do you know if the sonogram is internal?
Its external.
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