Nasal bone abscent

[lildrgn]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone had had their first trimester screening and the scan showed the nasal bone was abscent. After my bloodwork came back it showed a 1:17 chance for downs with my Papp-A at 75.1. The only marker that I had was the lack of the nasal bone.

Has anyone ever had this and the baby was delivered normal? (BTW I hate that word...are any of us normal??)

Thanks everyone
Hugs

 

[Jess137]

I didn't want to read and run. I don't have any experience but wanted to leave

 

[mafiamom]

sometimes that bone is hard to see at first. i have heard other moms say the nasal bone wasnt seen on u/s but every thing turned out fine.

are you thinking of an amnio or cvs?

 

[lildrgn]

Yea, I am planning on an amnio

 

[FEDup1981]

I had a 1:11 chance of downs and baby came back fine. I asked about soft markers at the time and i was told they were no longer classed as accurate, that the combined NT result and blood test was the most up-to-date accurate test.

I know its hell going through it, try not to lose hope. Thinking of you xx

 

[elfin2011]

I had a 1:15 risk of my baby having down syndrome, mostly due to a low PAPP-A score. At the CVS I asked them to look for the nasal bone but the baby didn't cooperate so they couldn't say either way.

I got the all clear on the results, the baby does not have down syndrome or any other chromosomal abnormality.

Claire x

 

[lildrgn]

Hi Claire,

Thanks for the information. I am trying so hard to take all this with a grain of salt. You said that you had a low PAPP-A score. Mine seems to be through the roof

 

[elfin2011]

Down syndrome is characterised by lower PAPP-A than average and higher bHCG than average. Do you have your results in MoM? These are indexed so that the average is 1, so the closer to 1 your score is the better.

For example, I had a PAPP-A of 0.39 which is very low, and bHCG of 1.65 which is higher than normal but not enormously so.

Claire x

 

[lildrgn]

O.k., well now that I'm looking at the results again, it appears that my PAPP-A is 75.4 and my PAPP-A MoM is .08. That sucks! My HCG is showing 26.1. I have always had low HCG levels my pregnancy even with my previous pregnancy. I feel as though I am striking out on this one. I have another ultrasound on Thursday to see if the anything has changed soft/hard marker wise for the baby. Prayers!!!

 

[Andypanda6570]

Sending many prayers and good thoughts.
Best of Luck

 

[lildrgn]

Thank you so much andypanda. This is really starting to wear on me. But Good thoughts and prayers from all always make be feel better

 

[mafiamom]

only one more day! hang in there sweets

 

[lildrgn]

Thank you so much Collen. I'm really hurting spiritually now. I'm having nightmares of losing the baby and to be honest it just seems as though I have so many signs against me right now, I'm losing hope. This day cannot go quick enough. I have lost another 3 lbs I just need so positive news in any direction. **sigh**

 

[elfin2011]

Hi, just wondered how the scan went yesterday? Hope you're ok.

Claire x

 

[mafiamom]

she updated in her other thread