I had a 1:200 chance with DS, but like some of the PPs I thought they didn't use nuchal fold as an indicator past 13weeks as it was inaccurate.
I had no soft markers at my morph scan and my doctors knew it wouldn't affect my choice for the pregnancy so nothing further was said.
i had a 1/82 chance with dd, due to my bloods, the scan at 12 weeks she looked fine (her nt was 1.5mm which my specialist says is perfect and that anything under 2mm is what she considers normal but i guess they all have different requirements which is scary) i went for the amnio and in less than 24 hrs had DS ruled out, in 2.5weeks got the all clear for all abnormalities. had the 20 week scan where they told me they would likely find a heart defect, nope nothing again, had another scan at 32 weeks as they said my bloods at 12 weeks indicated the placenta wasnt working well and that dd would be small and preterm. again all a huge worry over nothing, she was way above average at 32 weeks and they then said woops looks like your having abig baby. so yep another good story here, they get it wrong so much.
my specialist said she would never take a nuchal thickness measurement after 12wks6days as it is completely innacurate. But as we've already etablished they all have different ideas and requirements.
goodluck i hope everythings fine, please post whenever you need to chat or vent.
We had a 1:3 chance of DD having an abnormality that would take her life, doctors was nearly confirming it via ultrasound and telling us to our face that she was going to die. We still opted to not have the amnio because we'd done our research and had faith. And DD is perfectly normal.
Sending plenty of hugs.
i was under the impression that the nuchal fold measurements were less accurate after the 13/14 weeks as well we had a 1:290 risk for DS at the 12 week scan this time - my bloods pushed it up - and i had a cvs. the results came back fine & nothing out of the ordinary was identified at the 20 week morphology scan as well.
sending lots of as you wait for the amnio - the waiting is really tough. but do stay away from google & come & vent here anytime.
My dd's nuchal was 3.3 and were told she would be incomatible with life, we had CVS done and then cardiac scans and was watched very closely. An extremely stressful, heartbreaking place to be in. I am sorry you are going through this now. My DD is very healthy, just was put through hell during the pregnancy.
THANK YOU ALL!
I really appreciate all your comments and stories.
I went to see my OB yesterday and she went through ALL the results of the 2nd Trimester scan
and said everything else was perfect and there were no other soft indicators. And the fact that the results from my first scan and blood tests
came out really positive then these should be indicators of a good result.
She said she would be nerveous but confident. And also said she would be surprised if the amnio came out positive.
So my Amnio is on Wednesday and I am paying for them to do the "Fish Test" so I get the results of some (including DS) within 24 hours.
So thanks to your posts and my chat with my OB and a genetic cousellor I feel better.
Still I think its going to be a restless couple of nights/days!
Hi Vienna,
I am sorry for the scare you are going through, but as you can see you're not alone! I agree with what the others have said - they usually only check the nuchal measurement between 11 and 13 weeks because that is the best time to check for DS.
I was given a nuchal measurement of 2.7 and some of my blood tests indicated a high risk for DS, so I was told there was a 1:15 chance which I was really scared of as I'm 30 and thought that wasn't very old! I initially wasn't going to go through with the amnio or CVS as I didn't want to risk a miscarriage (I've had 2 already). But after talking with the genetic counsellor, I thought I would go ahead with it because he said he hadn't heard of any incidents of miscarriage due to infection after an amnio at the hospital he worked at. I think the thing with the risk is that about one in two hundred women will miscarry in the second trimester, and the risk is the same for women who do or don't have an amnio. Anyway, I went through with it even though I was terrified as I really didn't want to spend the rest of my pregnancy not knowing, I wanted to prepare so that I could give this bub the best chance if it were to be born with DS. I was phoned and told that the baby doesn't have DS, such a relief! You will most likely be given the same answer, especially as there are no other markers and your 12 week scan was fine.
So the needle part really isn't bad, I thought it would be way worse! It's kind of like a blood test, it pinches as it goes through your skin, and then hurts a little as it goes through the uterus. Then you might feel like you have sore abs for the next day, just like you've done too many sit-ups. Nothing unbearable and not period-like or anything like that which is good. I would recommend you take the day and the following day off work just to take it easy as you don't want to over-do it.
Good luck! I will be thinking of you... Let us know how you get on.
Cobie
xoxo
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we had a 1:290 risk for DS at the 12 week scan this time - my bloods pushed it up - and i had a cvs. the results came back fine & nothing out of the ordinary was identified at the 20 week morphology scan as well.
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