Did anyone skip their NIPT and relied on just the scan for down syndrome instead?

Typically, those who opt for NIPT want higher degree of certainty. For me and hub, we know right from the start (frm the 1st born) that we will decide to abort the baby if there's a high risk of down syndrome. So for all 3 of our kids including the one I'm currently pregnant with, we don't mind spending the money for NIPT. So it's just 1 test for each baby, don't need to do multiple to confirm. We also got to know the gender earlier than if we just relied on the traditional scans. I also know of friends who never went for NIPT as they are willing to accept the baby whatever the results might be. One family member first went for FTS, results said moderate risk. Then she went for NIPT and came out high risk. But she still continued with the pregnancy and gave birth to a down syndrome baby and she wanted a kid so badly after almost 10 years of marriage. I've seen their struggles in taking care of the baby who is now alr in her teens. I know I won't be as strong a mom as her so that's why I decide I will abort if my baby displays risk of DS. So to each his own. Discuss with your hubby what's your biggest concern and priority.

NIPT (also known as Harmony) is quite expensive even though it has higher accuracy on Down Syndrome risk. However, the adviser at KKH told me that NIPT might not return any result by quoting that a previous patient did NIPT numerous times but it returned no result. And also, if you are on the subsidised route, NIPT will not be subsidised if you do it first. It will only be subsidised if you do FTS first, the FTS result returns positive and you want to do NIPT to reconfirm. Since FTS is time sensitive (has to be carried out between 11 to 14 weeks of pregnancy) and NIPT can be carried out at any time of pregnancy, I decided to do FTS first. It is really up to your choice if you want to take NIPT later to reconfirm your FTS result and get further assurance.

we did FTS first as depending on the results we got from FTS, we still can choose to go for NIPT. Our FTS had intermediate risk for T21 but Dr was not worried as the scan was good and we had the intermediate risk mainly because of the calculated algorithm based on maternal age and last history. I would only recommend NIPT if u need the peace of mind AFTER doing FTS. NIPT does not have subsidy and cost abt 800-900 at KKH

Me i skipped. Me and hubby just place our faith in god, and accept what HE has given us. Am currently coming in 19 weeks and diagnose with DM. Next week will be the more detailed scan as well as to know baby's gender. God willing all will go smoothly as long as you take ur vitamins, eat right, walk when u can for sme exercise :)

This is my second pregnancy, for the first pregnancy (2 yrs ago) I done FTS. And detected the birth defects and done abortion. This time I also just done FTS and skipped NIPT. Advised by doctor if FTS high risk only go for NIPT. This time round I get a good result in FTS, super lucky. Baby now 13 weeks.

I did the same this month. Also, went for FTS at KKH since NIPT is not subsidised and time sensitive. We were also told that NIPT can be subsidised, if you have a positive FTS, so we went with FTS first.

Yup. We didnt do all those DS test NIPT all. Just rely on the usual ultrasound scan. Partly cause idw any additional stress. All is good. Baby is a healthy 15m old now.

I did skip NIPT and went for FTS. It came back false positive so eventually still need to do NIPT. For a peace of mind, I will recommend to go ahead with NIPT

NIPT is 99.9% accurate so I will just take it one time and not pay for the rest of the tests.