NT Results high - help! Worried sick

[babyblueshoes]

Hello,
My husband and I went for our dating scan (11 weeks and 2 days) and got told that the NT is 3.5mm and that there is a risk of chromeosone defficiency. we have been made an appointment for the fetal medicine where we can be offered a CV test, as long as the placenta can be reached. We are both obviously worried sick and upset...has anyone else been in a similar situation or can offer us any information?? Also i'm 30 (31 in November). xx

 

[louise85]

Hi there hun, I had my nuchal at 11weeks also and the measurement was above 3mm and got referred to fetal medicine in Birmingham.

I had another nuchal there at 12weeks and the measurement had gone down to 2.8mm with no other markers and the nasal bone was present (make sure they check that) I was given a risk of 1:89 but decided not to have any further testing apart from bloods.

With my bloods combined I had a risk of 1:270. I had further detailed scans were no other markers were found.

My son was born in June absolutely healthy. He was 9lb 10oz with loose skin on the back of his neck, hence why I think he got that measurement.

Hope everything works out. Feel free to ask e any questins if I acn help you

xxx

 

[babyblueshoes]

thank you, its hard to know what to think but you have given me hope. I just feel like this is my fault, although in my rational mind i know its not. Xxx

 

[JaniceT]

Babyblueshoes, it's not your fault at all, so don't ever feel bad.

Try following the steps that Louise did. Make sure doc check for the nasal bone. Down syndrome babies tend to lack a nasal bone.

Also, take the blood test, it can change entirely the risk percentage. Statistically, 3mm is only a guideline for the nuchal scan. From my reading, many babies with more than 4mm were born entirely normal

 

[louise85]

It is not your fault at all hun, but I know how you feel.

I did A LOT of googling throughout my pregnancy, looking whatvthe signs were etc, and found that in majority of cases even with nuchals as high as 6 or 7mm babies were born unaffected.

The only thing I would say is because I didn't have amnio or cvs my whole pregnancy was tinged with that doubt and every time I had a scan I would come back home and google his measurements, thinking is that too big is this too small.

I really hope everything goes well

xxx

 

[babyblueshoes]

your story gives me hope. I'm so nervous for tomorrow, having the cvs done then, which in itself has been a tough decision to make! Xxx

 

[Trying4ababy]

Our baby nuchal fold measured at 5 mm....

Further testing shown that our baby is perfectly fine

 

[A3my]

Hi there my babies NT measurement was 4.8mm and combined bloods risk was 1:18 for downs. It was such a hard time, I know how hard it is I had a CVS performed at 13 weeks and found out 2 days later my baby was chromosomally normal. He had a detailed cardiac scan when he was 17 weeks which was also normal. Fingers crossed you have some good news, do let us know - the support on here makes a huge difference, you're not alone xxx

 

[babyblueshoes]

i had the cvs test done today which was uncomfortable but went well apparently, un complicated the doctor said. Got cramps now but was told to expect that. So worried about misscarriage and am already counting down the days for the results. The waiting is awful and i can't shake the worrying. Xx

 

[A3my]

The waiting is the worst bit I have to admit even with the clear results I didnt stop worrying the whole pregnancy. But on the positive I did loads of research and its such a tiny percentage of babies with large NTs that do have problems and a result of 3.5mm means you have a very very good chance your baby is fine and its just one of those things.

Take it easy and make sure hubby looks after you - I lay on a chair all day for two days afterwards becasue I was so worried about miscarriage, but again, the chances are 2 % I think and you had an uncomplicated proceedure

 

[babyblueshoes]

hello, i had some of my results back from the cvs test, and was told they came back normal for downs. I phoned up for the second lot of results today and was told i would have to wait another week as the chromosomes are slow growing. Does anyone know what this means?

 

[A3my]

wonderful news for me they told me the initial results like youve just had showed baby was clear of downs syndrome, pateaus syndrome and edwards syndome and that the sex chromosomes were normal. they they grow the full set of chromosomes to check for any rare very genetic abnormailities. try not to worry you've had fantastic news. it does take a while for the full set to be checked and it feels like forever

 

[Transania]

Hi babyblueshoes,

I know this post has a while, but I would like to know if everything turned out OK. I got the news yesterday that my baby has NT of 5mm and I am devastated. The worst part is that the docs were very pessimistic about it.

I am worried sick. I cannot stop crying. I am 35 and 11 w 4 d. I also read that some of you had measurements like mine or higher and babies are healthy. Please any words of advice will be appreciated.

 

[louise85]

Hi hun, my baby's measurement was 3.9mm so not as high as yours but still high! He was born in June completely healthy (although on the chubby side , lb 10ozs)

Have you been offered a blood test to go with the scan results? And a detailed scan? They look for all sorts of things such as a nasal bone, heart problems etc.

 

[louise85]

Hi hun, my baby's measurement was 3.9mm so not as high as yours but still high! He was born in June completely healthy (although on the chubby side 9lb 10ozs)

Have you been offered a blood test to go with the scan results? And a detailed scan? They look for all sorts of things such as a nasal bone, heart problems etc.

 

[A3my]

Hi there, my babies measurement was 4.4mm - they were also very pessamistic about my son but he was born perfectly healthy and normal last May. goodluck, I know how hard and worrying it is xx

 

[mafiamom]

so glad everything came back ok. i am assuming the rest of your results are normal as anything that comes back in that round is EXTREMELY rare

 

[secretbaby]

I had a 1 in 15 chance of downs after having the test done. I decided against further testing as I could not risk a amnio (i lost my last son due to pprom where my waters went without warning at 20 weeks gestation so I could not risk any messing with the fluid). My 20 week scan showed no markers - but it did say on the report that (something like 50% of children with downs syndrome markers will not be seen on the 20 week scan).

I 'spoke' to a couple of mums on here through posts and pm who actually have children with downs syndrome and it really made me put things in perspective and I was totally at ease with my decision not to test further - and for the possiblity that our baby had downs.

My daughter does not have downs syndrome. It was very hard at first not knowing but once I accepted the situation and felt at ease either way then I was able to put it to the back of my mind it was only when i saw posts on here that I kind of remembered(where as first few days/weeks It was constantly on my mind).

I would say here knowledge is power, so look into all your options before you go ahead or decline cvs etc....

I hope that whatever you do you get good care and advise (((hugs)))