cvs

[aoife]

hi ladies

i got my BFP a few days ago and my last period was the 27/07. i have a chromosome disorder and have been to see the genetics nurse today and have been advised i have an early scan at around 8 weeks with a view to a CVS at 11 weeks. I'm a little worried about this as i have been told it increased miscarriage by about 2% (although they said 1% through the test and another due to it being so early in the pregnancy). i'm now torn as i would obviously like to listen to medical advise but am worried about miscarriage. has anyone got any advise or experience with this test? thanks x

 

[debgreasby]

If you don't mind me asking.. what chromosome disorder do you have?

Could you not wait and get the NT scan first?

 

[aoife]

i have translocation 4 and 10 chromosome disorder. i could wait for the normals scans and have the blood test followed by amniocentesis but they said that the blood tests might not pick all things up and that by that point things are a lot further on if problems were spotted and with my increased risk they advise that early testing would be good... i just dont know what to do really. this is my first pregnancy, GP not been for informal...

 

[debgreasby]

I lost my last baby due to Edwards Syndrome. His condition was suspected at my scan at 12+4 and i had a cvs 2 days later. I only had the CVS because we knew it was bad news and didn't want to have tests done "after" if you see what i mean.

You poor thing, it's certainly worrying and confusing. I'd probably be inclined to follow medical advise ... but make sure you get all the information available!

 

[aoife]

how was the cvs test? i read a lot of conflicting discussion on it so my minds all over the place...

 

[debgreasby]

I hated it ... it really hurt Plus i was really upset and scared at the time. After i got really bad cramps, but they eased off with some painkillers. I just went to bed when i got home and took it easy for a couple of days.

Don't mean to scare/upset you .. but i don't want to say,.. oh yeah it was a walk in the park, coz that wouldn't be fair.

 

[aoife]

no i appreciate your honesty... i dont know theres just no way of knowing whats best really. my main worry is that i'm having a healthy baby and i miscarry due to CVS, although they assure me its a very low chance.

 

[debgreasby]

I think that would worry me too ... what are the rough odds of your baby inheriting your condition/similar? Have they said?

 

[aoife]

they said 1 in 20 to 1 in 100.... which is really unhelpful. theres basically a 50/50 chance of them getting an abnormal chromosome disorder.. although i have one its balanced the problems occur when this becomes unbalanced although there is no history in my family and both my dad and grandad and sister and few aunties and uncles have this disorder.

 

[debgreasby]

It's all so complicated!! How does the condition affect you?

 

[aoife]

it doesnt at all, because mines and all my family that have it is balanced it makes no difference to me. its just that if it was to become unbalanced then there would be problems. she said theres 4 scenarios of what could happen, 2 resulting in a fine healthy baby and 2 meaning problems.

 

[debgreasby]

So really you have no answers at all! You still have a while before you have to decide. Hope it turns out well for you