I am 13 weeks pregnant and had my nuchal ultrasound done xmas eve and got all the results back this week. The nuchal measurement was only 1.3mm so puts me in the low risk category for trisomy 21, but my free bhcg was .356MoM and my PAPP-A result was .223MoM. With these results my risk for the baby having trisomy 13,18 is 1:242. My doctor has suggested that I can have an amnio or just wait until the morph scan at 18-20weeks to see.
Has anyone else experienced these results and had a good outcome? With our first bub our risk for trisomy 21 was 1:252 and we had an amnio and all was fine, so we are in the same situation as with our son. I am so scared to have the amnio as we have had 3 miscarriages to conceive this bub and I just couldn't bear to lose this one also.
Anyone got any other reasons for the blood results and no abnormality? The doctor did suggest sometimes there is a problem with the placenta?
Hi Shannon - I don't have any advice for you but hopefully this will "bump" your post back to the front page of the new posts so if there is any experience out there they can help you.
Good luck
I'm not up to date on all the numbers for risks, but i guess it depends on what you want to do with the results. With our first pregnancy, DH and I agreed that if the results of the test were positive we wouldn't be keep the baby due to our situation. With this pregnancy we didn't even have the test as we would be keeping the baby no matter what. We are waiting for the 18 week scan to make sure there is nothing wrong with bubs and we'll know then.
It is a tough call to make but if I was worried about loosing the bubs, I probably wouldn't have an amnio and just wait for the scan.
I don't know if this helps but good luck with making your descision.
Oh what a terrible spot to be in! I'm so sorry I do not have any advise for you, I haven't been in this situation at all before. I just wanted to say it is 100% you and your DH's decision. If you think you would cope with a bub that may have problems, then there really isn't any need to have something as invasive as an anio. It would be such a hard decision for you both to make. I hope there is someone around here that maybe able to shed some light on this matter for you.
I wish you all the best with the remainder of your pregnancy. Keep us posted with the outcome.
hi thanks for your replies.
i could cope with a bub with a disability but the kind of disability this bub may have is fatal and the baby once born will not survive that is why i have been given the choice to have an amnio.
it is all too scary.
it really is a tough call - given you've had similar results in the past, i would suggest it might just be the way your body works with regard to the higher hormone levels you're carrying kwim? i would weigh up the risks - you have a 1-2% chance of m/c with with the amnio, only a 0.5% chance (well less really) of there being something wrong with your bubba. do you risk loss of an essentially healthy bubba when you've had similar results in the past with good outcome?
ultimately, this is your decision. my understanding is that you can't have amnio until pretty close to the 18-20week mark anyway (not sure though, so don't hold me to it) so would you put yourself through the heartache of amnio on a maybe, or just wait for the morph scan and see what arises?
hi again,
thanks for the replies. i am now 16 weeks and having an amnio tomorrow. We decided to go this way so then we would know for sure if this bub is ok or not. I have been so stressed about the whole thing that until I know I can't relax and enjoy this pregnancy.
I will get results as early as thursday or friday at the latest.
Wish me luck!!!!
ShanJackson, I am so happy for you. You would have no idea how happy I am for you.
I got the news on Monday that our baby is high risk for Trisomy 21 (1:2) and Trisomy 18 (1:6). Your odds were way better than mine are - my odds are completely shocking. I have to wait until Feb 18 until the amnio. As the girls in my belly buddies know, I am a mess at the moment and will probably be so until the amnio.
ShanJakson thats fantastic news i am having either a CVS or Amnio on Wednesday the 4th Feb, but great to see that there is so positives stories out there. I was told that the bub could have triploidy as my blood were unusual and the sizing of the bub was not in ratio. fingers crosses .......................... i too lestypuss am a mess at the moment.
hi,
i am so sorry about your results lestypuss. i know how you feel. i was terrified and so scared. i had trouble being happy with my son who is only 22months old and didn't know what was wrong with his mummy.
i pray that your results will come out fine just as ours did. my ob said he has had women with 1:5 risks before and all been ok. the test is designed to put 5% of the population in the high risk category so think positive and please if you need to chat im here.
all the best for the amnio. it is an horrific wait. can you have the cvs? we were offered the cvs at 14 weeks but decided to wait until the amnio.
take care
shan
I'm having a second scan today. I requested it, because I want them to be sure. I also don't want to sit idle until 18 Feb. I'm not one of those sorts of people. I want to be armed with every snippet of information.
Shan how come you had the amnio instead of the CVS , Im booked for either a cvs or amnio on the 4th feb depending if they can do the cvs last time they couldnt get to the placenta cause the bowel was in the way....
Lestypuss how did your scan go?
Bub1 I didn't have the cvs as i wasnt comfortable with the high risk of miscarriage with that test so opted for the amnio which we had with our first son so i knew what i was in for. i also wasnt comfortable with the actual way they do the cvs by taking samples of the placenta, rather than the amnio taking fluid from around the bub. if my risk factor had have been much worse i would have of course had the cvs to make sure.
take care
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