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Interview AN02

Interview AN02

Age at Interview: 36
Background: Children: 1 (age 6), Occupation: Mother - full-time mother, Father - management consultant, Marital status: Married.

Brief outline:1997 - nuchal scan and CVS confirmed Down's syndrome - decided to end the pregnancy. Has since had a healthy baby and is now pregnant again. Had CVS again.

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It was unpleasant waiting for hours for a repeat nuchal scan and being aware other people waiting were anxious too.
Print And what was that experience like when you went to see him? Can I remember? It was a terribly, terribly hot day and because the hospital was one of the few that specialise in fetal medicine there was an enormous queue of people that built up over the day, and I think we spent a good four or five hours waiting for that appointment in a very dark, sweaty, hot corridor. Do you know what other people, were other people waiting for...? There were other people waiting, and I was aware as I was walking down the corridor that doors were opening and closing, and that there were situations of distress happening. I could hear one or two women crying. And yeah, I was aware it wasn't an entirely happy place. But the other people who were waiting, none of us spoke to each other. We didn't discuss why we were there or our experiences at all.

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