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Interview AN22

Interview AN22

Age at Interview: 44
Background: Children: 4 (ages 20, 19, 6 and 4), Occupation: Mother - Vicar, Father - househusband/computer consultant, Marital status: Married.

Brief outline:Declined all screening except 20-week anomaly scan in two most recent pregnancies.

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Deciding to have screening is a real choice, which may involve you in further decision-making.
Print And what would you say to other women thinking about screening? I think probably I'd talk about the fact that they do have a choice, that it's not just a package you have to go through. But that actually whatever you choose has implications. So that if you have some of the screening, then you're going to have, or you may have decisions to make as a result. And if you don't have any of the screenings, you, you've got results that you're going to have to deal with. And it, it may all be fine, like it was for me, you know. You may end up with four healthy children and, and that's fantastic, but you may not. And really I suppose to try and find out a lot - you know, if, if a situation does arise where decisions are needed, to find out all you can about it. But it's, I think probably I'd want to push that you can choose what you do, but that there are repercussions.

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