Quad test

Stacy Kurt 2013

I received a positive aft/ quad test at 258 which it should be 270. I'm so upset and nervious. I am doing the detailed ultra sound on Thursday. Everyone has said relax its gals positive all the time

PrimRoseMama

I'm sorry, that is frightening. What did you need? What was your question? How can we help?

KateLouise

I'm sorry you're going through this. I hope everything turns out ok!

Chryssa-72603

I just went through this as well.  From what I've heard, the rate of false positives is very high.  I had to force myself to not be too worried all week until I went for my ultrasound yesterday.  It turns out that the baby is totally fine.  The genetic counselor, sonographer, and doctor were wonderful.  They must have taken at least 200-300 images during the ultrasound.  They were very informative and super thorough.  The genetic counselor went over everything with us before the ultrasound, and she was very reassuring.  Of course she couldn't promise us that nothing was wrong, but she was very kind about it all and explained all of our options thoroughly.  Even before the happy results, I started to feel much better after talking to her.  Even though the sonographer can't really say much, she reassured us almost immediately that everything looked ok to her.  Even we could tell that nothing looked abnormal.  They were looking for signs of spina bifida, which would have been very obvious on an ultrasound.  The appointment lasted about 2 hours!  The awesome part about all of this is that we got to see a LOT of the baby!  Of course I can't tell you that you will definitely have the same results, but I hope that you will also have a great medical team to help you through (and obviously I hope that yours comes out like mine did!) 

delujm0

Something you need to keep in mind is that a higher than average risk is NOT a "positive" test. It just means something in your numbers indicates a higher than average probability of an issue. If it turns out that everything is fine, as it likely will (a 1 in 258 chance means that 257 in 258 will be fine), this was not a "False positive." A false positive would be if amnio results were positive for a disorder and then the baby was born without it. The quad screen is just a screener and does not yield positive/negative results.

Try not to stress and remind yourself that there us still a high chance of everything being fine. Good luck at your follow up.

Stacy Kurt 2013

Thank you. I am trying to stay positive everyone I have spoken to has said everything will be okay. I am hoping so. Thansk for all the positive thoughts.

DBecker84

Chryssa-72603 said:

I just went through this as well.  From what I've heard, the rate of false positives is very high.  I had to force myself to not be too worried all week until I went for my ultrasound yesterday.  It turns out that the baby is totally fine.  The genetic counselor, sonographer, and doctor were wonderful.  They must have taken at least 200-300 images during the ultrasound.  They were very informative and super thorough.  The genetic counselor went over everything with us before the ultrasound, and she was very reassuring.  Of course she couldn't promise us that nothing was wrong, but she was very kind about it all and explained all of our options thoroughly.  Even before the happy results, I started to feel much better after talking to her.  Even though the sonographer can't really say much, she reassured us almost immediately that everything looked ok to her.  Even we could tell that nothing looked abnormal.  They were looking for signs of spina bifida, which would have been very obvious on an ultrasound.  The appointment lasted about 2 hours!  The awesome part about all of this is that we got to see a LOT of the baby!  Of course I can't tell you that you will definitely have the same results, but I hope that you will also have a great medical team to help you through (and obviously I hope that yours comes out like mine did!) 

Exactly this!  This same thing happened to us, but 1 in 198 chance, so .5% that something was wrong (in our case also spna bifida).  We spoke to the same type of people and felt very reassured.  Just try to relax, as hard as it is.  You will not know until you get in there, but chances are everything is okay!!  Good luck to you, I hope that everything turns out happy and healthy for you all!

Stacy Kurt 2013

Thank you!