Anonymous wrote:I would also push for the NT scan — the fluid they measure also can be a marker for significant heart defects, which may not be picked up on an NIPT. Plus, at mine they were able to review a lot of other anatomy (like placental positions, checking to make sure the heart has 4 chambers etc). At minimum, it is mentally reassuring.
+1
2 pregnancies, had both the NIPT and the NT scan with each of them, and that was standard at both of the practices where I was seen. I've never heard of skipping the NT scan due to having a low-risk NIPT result.
NIPT isn't fully diagnostic, and things may be picked up on the NT scan that wouldn't be caught by the NIPT.