Firstly, I totally understand your concern. I had a high risk screening result of 1:71for my pregnancy and another lady I work with had an even higher risk on the screening. When I got that news I went into depression until I worked through it.

Let me try and alleviate some of your concern. 1stly unless your ultrasounds showed that the baby was small for its gestationaly age the chance of downs is next to nothing. 2ndly if you are really concerned maybe you should ask for an amnio. They don't really go for amnios unless you are high risk - and having had one I wouldn't recommend it unless you absolutely need the peace of mind. Bear in mind that the results take 10 to 14 days as the quick results are reserved for an even higher risk than mine.

When I had my amnio, the doctor said that it was just to confirm normalicy - in otherwords he felt that everything was fine.

If you are only worried about Downs, unless your nuchal fold is over 2.5mm I wouldn't worry. If you are worried about other genetic diseases, possibly ask your Ob for an amnio referal as you want to ensure that you don't end up with PND.

I am sure everything will be fine, I still have a week to wait until I find out if everything is fine.