I'm curious how everyone is handling the stress. What are you doing to keep your mind off waiting for results?
I basically harassed the office for my NIPT results at 11 weeks. I got back my first high risk result from the second trimester testing, and I am not doing great. It was already a long week, and they want to schedule a follow up blood test to see if AFP levels were truly high. If I could just make it through this week anxiety-free, that would be great.
Are you reading? Gardening? What takes your mind off of tests when you have baby stuff starting to appear in the house (and you can't avoid it!)?
Re: How are you dealing with all the second trimester tests?
None of my testing has indicated high risk, but I’ve had cramping and bleeding, and I’ve had recurrent miscarriages- so my anxiety is high. I deal with it by staying busy. I stay off of google. I remind myself there is nothing I can do but love my baby.
my son’s AFP was elevated 11 years ago, and everything turned out fine. Was determined to likely have been a small neural tube defect that self corrected by my anatomy scan. I wasn’t able to access records to see the level/how high.
My recent pregnancy, my loss pregnancy in Feb had high AFP, MoM was 3.09. They got me in for an early anatomy scan and anatomically baby was fine. So AFP can signal neural tube defect, but can also signal placental issue (which was my case).