Antenatal screening.. my results

[Brightxeyes]

Hey guys,

I had my antenatal screening done and I’m confused!

Results for Down’s syndrome is <1 in 10,000
My results for Edward’s and Patau’s syndrome is 1 in 762

I looked on the NHS website that the Edward’s and Patau’s is an average of 1 in 1500 births...

The letter says I’m not an increased risk. But I just thought that last number seemed less reassuring?

I’ve never had the screening before, just wondered what other people were getting on their screening too?

 

[Brightxeyes]

Anyone?

 

[xarlenex]

Sorry I cant be of much use, this is my first time having the screening and I won't get my results until I go to my appointment next week. However, if it states that your figure is still low risk then I can only say to try and trust it? 1 in 756 seems like such a low risk but I can understand why you would query it next to a 1 in 1500 chance

 

[Sarah369]

At our hospital they consider anything 1:150 or below high risk. 762 is a good number. But I understand how you feel versus the other result.

1:100 is a 1% risk so 1:762 is what something like 0.07% risk

Try not to worry about it. Xx

 

[Brightxeyes]

I knew the Down&#8217;s syndrome result is very positive, and very low risk!
I just had no idea if that kind of number for the Edwards and patau&#8217;s seemed.. well less positive. I opted for testing this time because I am older now (28), but yeah just had no idea if it seemed like anything to worry about.

I had no idea what would number would be deemed high risk, so thank you for clarifying for me xxx

 

[BunnyN]

I belive age is one of the factors they use to calculate your risk.

 

[amytrisha]

They don’t even send the actual figures out anymore here because people panic. If the doctors aren’t worried then you shouldn’t be either