Had my 12 week scan this morning and feel a bit deflated

[vitriolic_vix]

Hi everyone!

So I had my 12 week scan this morning and baby was there moving around and heart beating! woo

But my husband convinced me to get the downs screening even though i didn't really want it. Being with the 'its as much his baby as mine' school of thought I said yes to the test. Well when they scanned me they had to get a second sonographer in to look at baby because i'm on the limit of the neuchal measurements and at risk for downs it seems So they have given me some blood tests to see how they compare so that they can work out the risk. It was the worst thing ever when she said.. let me just go get someone to check this... my husband sat there looking all sheepish and i felt my tummy in my mouth. Because of all the looking and checking i barely got any time at all to sit and look at baby myself

Then after my bloods the consultant comes in and tells me that i have a 5cm ovarian cyst which they are going to closely monitor....FFS! I had a lot of pain a couple of years back and had a load of tests and looks like an ultrasound is the one thing they should have bothered with!

So although i am super excited to have met baby today i'm also feel kinda blah because it wasn't this magical experience i was hoping for and has left me with more questions than answers.

Has anyone had anything like this happen to them??

 

[gemm]

hun x sorry never had it happen to me

When do you get your results for the bloods?

So sorry to hear it was stressful!

 

[welshmummy2be]

try not to worry to much about you cyst i have 2 one is 68mm and the other got smaller to 23mm at my last scan...and im sure things will be fine, you pic is gorgeous by the way. al the best hunnie and dont forget you can talk to us on here about anything x x x x x x

 

[SallyJane]

Hi there,

Sorry you had such a tough time of it.. but I do think it's best to have the Downs test and then your mind will be clear once they get back to you with ALL GOOD results!

Can I ask what the risk ratio was for you? Doesn't the NHS make you do it if you're 1 in 200 or something?.. although I may have made that up? I'm interested to know at what point you decide to be tested? xx

 

[debgreasby]

Did they give you a risk ratio based on the NT measurement??

Both together will give you a more accurate picture and you can then make a decision obn whether to have further tests or not.