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?
can anyone help?
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