Mother: I think at twelve weeks if you have a scan and they say “Oh, it's possibly something wrong”, I don't know how - again you're not, you're not getting a definitive “Yes, there is this; yes, there isn't.” It's further tests. Whereas it's kind of taken out of your hands to some degree by twenty weeks. Although I'm sure there's still abnormalities found at that point and people make a decision to terminate by then.
Father: In fact in a way that's what led us really, that's really moved the discussion on, I think, for [son] and for bump number two, was that it was the percentage indication of how accurate the test was. And I think, well, you'd sort of have an indication that the test may be positive for anomalies, which means another test.
And it was like, well - and then it was from then we were saying, “Oh well, if that's testing that, and you've got to have another test, and the worry of waiting between tests.” And then we'd say, “Well” - then we got on to, “Well, what would we do if the test was positive anyway and was one hundred percent correct. Would it change anything?” And then we sort of talked about it and from there really said, “Well, no.” And so what's the point in having the first test, which is not hugely accurate, to then wait and have another test, particularly given our ages. |
