There was a slight problem with that one because I missed the original, because you can have it as a blood test, and then they have another one where they go through your belly or something?.....I refused to have the one through the belly because they said it was too late for my blood samples to show whether it was, whether the baby was Down's syndrome or not.
But one of the midwives spoke to like the senior nurses there and they basically decided no, he's fine, and that it wasn't a problem if I didn't have that one through the stomach basically……But it was me, I missed the blood deadline, the blood test deadline.
And then when I went back there they said I was, I'd gone over the limit for me to have it by blood. I needed to have it by the stomach and that's what I refused…..I'm petrified of needles and couldn't bear another blood test. So I was like, "Oh next week, next week," and then when I went back, finally plucked up the courage, they said, "Oh no, it's too late"….
Why did you decide you didn't want to have the CVS?
Because it's through your belly and to me it was just like if my child's got Down's syndrome, he's going to have Down's syndrome, so I just preferred not to. I don't know, it just felt like - not an interference, it's not the right word - but like an intrusion, do you know what I mean? The needle through the belly. It was like, “No, I can't do that.” And I'm really squeamish when it comes to needles as well, so I'd have most probably passed out, to be quite honest. |
