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Pregnant after 35
Feeling like a huge jacka$$ re: risk of DS
So even though I'm 35, I opted out of all of the screenings, etc. for genetic abnormalities including Down's. At my 20 week u/s, the tech was so reassuring about everything - she didn't see any of the "classic" signs for DS, etc. So I hear I am thinking all is well... Then I read this online:
"It is important to note that most fetuses with Down syndrome show no abnormalities on ultrasound. Often people are falsely reassured by a normal ultrasound because they believe it means that there are no problems with the baby. Unfortunately this is simply not true. Having a normal ultrasound is great and is somewhat reassuring, but it is not a guarantee that everything is perfect."
I don't remember my practice ever saying this - but I never asked either. I feel like a moron.
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Re: Feeling like a huge jacka$$ re: risk of DS
Even though I am 39 we didn't do any kind of testing and delivered a perfectly healthy baby boy on March 9th. Even with screenings there can be false positives. I've read about that happening on here. Hold on to the positive thoughts that you had prior to reading the info on the internet!! I'm sure everything will be just fine!
The screenings are terrifying! I just had mine come back last week showing that my baby has a 1:5 chance for DS and 1:65 for trisomy 18.
I had a week of pure hell waiting for my amnio results to come back that everything is fine.
The abnormality that did raise my risk was seen on the u/s. (the nt measurement)
DD#1 - January 2008
DD#2 - September 2010
Ditto what everyone else has already said.
I was 1:5 for DS and 1:65-ish for Tri18 as well and all of our U/S and the NT scan were perfect. We opted out of amnio or CVS because, really, what difference would it make? If we'd seen something on the 20w U/S to indicate a problem, I would have thought about amnio. But everything was better than normal, so we skipped. Our little boy is perfectly healthy.
At some point, you have to come to the understanding that a baby is not something that is completely predictable and guaranteed. If that were the case, hospitals would have return policies!!