Decide about the NIPT and the 13-week scan
You are offered screening for chromosomal conditions (the NIPT blood test) and a 13-week scan that looks for physical conditions. Both are a choice, not an obligation. Checked against pns.nl on 20 September 2026.
- Who it applies to
- Everyone having a baby in the Netherlands
- On your timeline
- Paperbump schedules this usually between week 9 and week 14 of the pregnancy
- Official source
- pns.nl
- Last checked
- 20 September 2026
What else to know
Your midwife offers a counselling talk first so you can decide what you do and do not want to know. You pay nothing for the NIPT or the scans, and they do not come out of your own risk excess (eigen risico).
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