FIRST TRIMESTER SCREENINGS
Something that put me a little more at ease during my pregnancy was the first-trimester screening I had at 12 weeks. It is a test that screens for chromosomal abnormalities and combines various factors such as your age, the results of your nuchal translucency screening (an ultrasound that checks for the nuchal folds in your baby) and blood samples to learn if your baby is in fact at an increased risk for chromosomal problems including Down Syndrome, Trisomy-21, also known as Edward’s Syndrome, and Trisomy-18.
