I wish you every best wish and all the strength you need.
The hard part is finding accurate information; I think you need to access real support networks and organisations and not just opinions. It's always difficult to pin doctors down to an opinion on what ifs. The hard part is that many opinions are linked to professional articles in journals and that can make it hard to decipher. So some that I have found briefly and seem useful:
Big hugs to you hun, I understand what you are going through at the moment. Three years ago I had a baby with Trisomy 13 which was detected at my 20wk scan. We had genetic counselling and were told that Trisomy 13 is not a genetic condition and happens to 1 in 10,000 people and it would be very highly unlikely to have another baby with this condition. I fell pregnant a year later and refused to have any testing done, I would wait until my 20wk scan and if anything was picked up there would consider further testing. I also felt like you, did not want to risk anything happen to my baby if it was healthy. It was a very long waiting game. It was the best day when we had our scan and were told our baby was perfectly healthy. I'm not sure on what the risks are with these tests and hopefully someone will be able to give you some figures but for me even the slightest risk of miscarry was too high. I really wish you all the best and pray that you will carry your baby full term and be able to hold a healthy baby at the end. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have.
Thanks diannescruffy- i do have one question- with your first baby who had Trisomy 13- had you had any scans previous to your 20 weeks scan? Like the 12 week NT scan or anything that may have shown indicators for any chromosonal problems?
I am kind of feel like either way i am setting myself up for pain- i am scared to get to the 20 weeks scan and need to possibly delivery a baby i wont keep - but i am equally scared to have testing done. I guess i want the confirmation it will all be ok without having the CVS or Amnio- and i am hoping that at least the First Trimester Screening might give us some indication either way.
I will have the screening done next week- so i will just wait and see how that pans out and decide the next step from there.
When I was pregnant with Emmanuel all I had done were the blood tests no NT scan and the bloods did come back high risk but we chose for no further testing. I know it's a hard decision to make and only you can make it. I really hope everything turns out all ok.
i have just been referred this morning by my ob to have an amneo test in a week. i am measuring 13.5wks and had nt scan and blood test results come back today. my adjusted risk was 1:737 but my nuchal fold was 2.77mm. ob said anything over 3mm was 'aweful' and i am close to that. report said i am low risk but he doesn't believe that. dh is away in perth til friday so i won't tell him til saturday. its a terrible position to be in about having the test and risking miscarring a healthy child. i don't think i would terminate if it was downes.
i am thinking of you and hoping everything goes well for you and bub.
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