NT results back

raceyrae

I'm so relieved!  I just got my results back and they sound great -- 1:5,301 for Down Syndrome and 1:9,301 for Trisomy 13/18 which is a great improvement from my age statistics (35 yr old) of 1:266 and 1:466, respectively.  I'm so excited!  We are definitely going to skip the CVS and amnio now which were suggested given my age (that whole "advanced materal age").  YAY!

Wifey1012

Great news!

Ivana_Stolichnaya

 Great results.

 

I was a little shocked with our results.

DD #1 got a 1:10,000 chance for DS back when I was 29.  I'm 31 now and with this pregnancy it went down to 1:550.  I kind of wonder if they made a mistake somewhere.

lisaNDmike08

Yay good!  Getting to opt out of a CVS or amnio is always a win in my book.  

pink100

What a huge relief that must be!

Belinda80

Thats Awesome. I have a dumb question (yes i'm a new mom so getting use to all these things) Do we request a NT or is it procedure? I'm about to go for my second dr. visit on thursday and I'm suppose to request an NT or does do Doctors usually do them when the bloodwork is done, I am suppose to get all my blood work done this week.

raceyrae

Belinda80:

Thats Awesome. I have a dumb question (yes i'm a new mom so getting use to all these things) Do we request a NT or is it procedure? I'm about to go for my second dr. visit on thursday and I'm suppose to request an NT or does do Doctors usually do them when the bloodwork is done, I am suppose to get all my blood work done this week.

You usually have to request it; it's usually done around 11 to 14 weeks.  The blood work they are doing is different than the additional bloodwork they do for the NT scan.  For my dr. office, I actually went to another place to have my NT scan and associated blood work don.

Belinda80

Thank you raceyrae! I will speak with my doctor about this on Thursday. This is another reason why this site is good, we get ideas and good feedback!

heatheroo

Great news!!!

526SadieSadie

My office suggested to schedule it, even if we weren't sure we wanted to do it, just so we wouldn't miss the window.  I know some practices don't call it an NT scan, but it's an optional test that they should tell you about.

raceyrae

526SadieSadie:

My office suggested to schedule it, even if we weren't sure we wanted to do it, just so we wouldn't miss the window.  I know some practices don't call it an NT scan, but it's an optional test that they should tell you about.

I think they also call it the First Trimester Screening.

Ivana_Stolichnaya

The Dr. asked if I was interested in it at my 8 week appointment.  It was scheduled for 4 weeks later plus I also had my 12 week appointment done that day too (2 separate appointments)

jgal84

That's great!!

raceyrae

Thanks gals!