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Am I worrying too much? (Long post)
snheywood
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Just a quick recap. At my 18 week ultrasound all looked well except they found isolated choroid plexus cysts (linked to trisomy 18). My doctor was completely relaxed and found no further testing was necessary. My first and second trimester screen came back with 1: 10,000 chance of having a child with trisomy 18. This reassurance was all DH needed to hear and he was completely fine. I, on the other hand, had become a basket case about it. After many sleepless nights and bursts of crying/sobbing, I finally called my doctor back and requested a level 2 ultrasound be performed at a nearby hospital with a perinatologist. At 21 weeks, DH and I went to see the specialist for a level 2 ultrasound. At that point, the cysts had cleared up and all looked "perfect" on the ultrasound. The specialist then informed us that our baby had less than a 1% chance in having trisomy 18. With our blood tests being negative and the specialist finding no issues, he felt that all was well.Now I am at 25 weeks and I go through moments of worry. I find myself using Google to research more about the cysts. Sometimes I find people saying that they need to make sure the tech looked at both hands. I then start to worry and think, "did the tech look at both hands? Did I talk to the tech too much and distract her?" DH is completely against amnio and he doesn't feel that further blood tests (Harmony etc) are needed.Do you ladies think that I am really over thinking this situation? Am I spending too much time worrying about something that seems so unlikely? I just want someone (other than DH) to snap me out of this and tell me that I'm freaking myself out.Thanks for reading this long post!
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