I agree with most of the others--it's your choice, but chances are very high that nothing is wrong. My 32yo BFF had the NT show extra thickness at the back of the neck, and the blood test showed an increased chance of one of the disorders, and so knowing she likely wouldn't terminate anyways, she skipped the amnio and waited until the Level-2 u/s. There were a lot of soft markers then, too, but she just couldn't bring herself to get an amnio, and then finally it was too late (they like to do it before 22 weeks, which is weird b/c 2 weeks later if something happened, the baby would be viable outside the womb). Good thing she did wait b/c her baby was ABSOLUTELY perfect at birth, even though all sorts of "signs" showed up on u/s (kidney problems, soft markers on bones, etc). My BFF said that if she had to do it over again, she'd never have gotten the NT and triple screen b/c it absolutely ruined her pg with fear, doubt and worry.
I skipped the quad-screen and NT test to avoid exactly what you're going through. I had my level-2 u/s done by the Chief Attending MFM at a high risk OB clinic, and he was exceedingly thorough. There isn't really much they can't catch via u/s that can help them put the pieces of the puzzle together.
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