Hey ladies - this is my first time posting on here. I really just wondered if anyone has been in my shoes cause now I am totally freaked out and wish I had never done this testing. Trying to conceive has not been easy for us - partial molar pregnancy 7/2012, MC 4/2013, MC 5/2013 and then saw a fertility doctor for IUI and clomid in June. Got pregnant with the first round and everything until now seemed to be going great. Just got a call yesterday that my risk for DS was 1:68 which sent me on an emotional roller coaster the last 24 hours. What a nightmare! Our ultrasound looked great and we left the appt last week so excited and confident that everything was ok. I think it's increased risk because I'm 31 and my HCG numbers were high. They want a MoM of 1.0 and mine was 2.76. Now what to do? Should I freak out? I had a bunch of blood work done today and got the NIPT blood test which is new. Scheduled an amino for October 17th but really not sure if I want to do that. Anyone had this happen and then have a positive success story???
Re: High risk after NT scan results for Down Syndrome
I feel like there are other options besides an amnio though...I'm sure other ladies here would know better (we don't do any early testing) but I feel like there are safer, less invasive options that will still give you a better idea of how the baby is doing.
The same friend got pregnant again, got another high risk result and decided not to have the amnio. Her daughter was/is perfect!
She then went one to have another child and refused to even have the NT.
I only have the NT for the ultrasound. I think it's pretty ridiculous.
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I know it's hard, but try not to panic just yet. I found plenty of stories on this board and others of people being in similar situations and their babies being perfectly fine. Just wait to get your blood results back and go from there.
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Hope this helps. I know it's scary.
Just waiting on more test results and we will see. I go in for my level 2 u/s but not until oct 17th and amnio is scheduled then too. We have time to decide and also weigh all the other results before we go through with it. The waiting is the hardest part!
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Edit: I do understand why you would freak out of course. I freak out about everything so I would never say don't - but maybe thinking "ok, if these are the cards we are dealt then it's not all bad" can ease the freak a little
Not sure if you are religious or not but my feelings have always been that God sends us exactly what HE knows we can handle, I would do your research and take peace knowing that tests are really just guesses
And as many other posters have said, 1:68 is still really good odds. It would be really hard for me, but stressing a ton will only make you feel worse. I'll be keeping you in my thoughts.
I am pregnant of 36 weeks, when I was 14 weeks, I got my NT results showing high risk 1:24 because I'm 35 and because the NT was 3.3. I decided to wait two weeks for the triple screening tests and I freaked out when the doctor told me the results weren't any good either 1:42. I decided not to go for the amnio because I had some bleeding at the beginning and I could end up losing my baby, so I paid for the harmony test, which came just fine...
After reading a lot about it, and doing some research, I realized my triple screening was not good either as they take into account your NT results. I wish I had never done any of these tests, I would have had a better pregnancy and that tension is not good at all, I even could have lost my baby. In addition, I would have saved myself the money I had to pay for the harmony test (which I did cause I needed the peace of mind for the rest of my pregnancy).
I have a friend who was told that her baby had terrible defects and she was advised to have an abortion, she was desperate and didn't know what to do. She decided to go on with her pregnancy and waited until the end. Her baby was a healthy boy and had no health issues. She was absolutely grateful and happy she didn't listen to what they told her because of the "bad results"