I sometimes lurk here so hoping some of you might have experience with this or know of others who do. On Friday afternoon I received the news that my babies (identical twin boys, 16 weeks) have a 1/15 chance of being born with down syndrome. While that is a 6% chance, this was quite shocking and devastating as not only did we do genetic testing of our embryos prior to transfer, but a few weeks ago received the results of our Harmony 21 as having a 1/10,000 chance of them having Downs. FYI, I will be 37 when I deliver.
We are in a state of shock and confusion. I suppose anything is possible, but I can't imagine that the wrong embryo was implanted and that the Harmony results are false. From reading a lot online I have read that a lot of people have shown a high risk and ended up with them not having a baby with Downs. I have also read the quad test is not very accurate with multiples.
I am waiting to get scheduled for a level II ultrasound and in the meantime riding this roller coaster of emotions.
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So yes you will read lots of stories of people who had similar risk levels and ended up having perfectly healthy babies, as is the overwhelmingly most likely thing to happen in your case as well, especially because you did testing before.
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That was my thought as well. If you need a definitive answer, you may want to consider an amnio.
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TTC since May 2006. After 3 failed Clomid cycles, 2 failed Injectibles/IUIs, 2 failed IVFs and 1 failed FET, we moved on to adoption!
Last ditch FET resulted in BFP, and identical twin girls!
Dx: PCOS and MFI
3 IUIs, 4 IVFs = BFFN
3rd RE: IVF #5/FET = BFP
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1st u/s=TWINS!
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This is what my OB said also. We did have the u/s to check lengths and my baby B had a higher chance of Downs then her siblings she is fine. Good luck.
Same for us. I'd defer to your Harmony results. I bet they are perfectly fine.