nt results...someome please help

[babyblueshoes]

hello, we went for our dating scan on monday. I'm 30 and didn't really think i was at risk for any chromosome abnormalities. I was told my nt was 3.5mm which was too high for 11 weeks and 2 days and was made an appointment to see fetal medicine on friday. I've done nothing but cry and i can't sleep. has anyone else been through this? I've been offered a cvs. I can't believe this is happening to our baby...please can someome offer any advise, i don't think i've ever been so frightened or feel such a failure.

 

[Angelkissiz]

I'm sure everything will be fine, I've known other people who have had much higher, and there babies are perfectly fine, you will be ok, and so will your little one, take care, and keep me updated, I wish you the best!!!

 

[lizziedripping]

Hi love. Please try to stop stressing. The NT scan is just one of many risk factors which are looked at in combination to give you an overall downs risk. Even then, if the risk comes back as high, downs is far from a foregone conclusion.

Your age, NT scan and blood tests are combined to give a risk factor, then you can opt for further testing if you so choose. The nuchal fold can be thicker than average, but this does NOT mean you are carrying a downs baby. Hard as it is, try not to fret, and wait until you have seen more results. The stress isn't doing you or your baby any good hun - especially when all may well be ok in the end xxx

 

[Vix_2009]

I thought 3mm is the cut off point to which they say is to high or not. I had 9.5 and had to see fetal med's.. i've had an amnio which came out negative and been seen in London at a fetal cardiology department. All in which has turned out to be fine. The sonographer who did my last growth scan said baby looks fine and she could not tell LO had any problems. The consultant iniatially told me that due to the high measurement was going to put a lot of pressure on the babies heart i was likely to miscarry.. BUT i've / LO has overcome every hurdle!

The choice is yours about CVS/Amnio but don't feel a failure! It is not your fault, I know exactly how you feel though as I went through all those feelings!

 

[Caezzybe]

Screening tests are not definitive. I had a false negative: 1 in 560 risk, 1.9mm nuchal fold scan and a Down's baby, diagnosed the day after he was born - I love him to bits, but wish I had known sooner to enable me to prepare for his birth and read up on the condition. Others have "high risk" scan results and perfectly normal pregnancies and unaffected babies. You have three options: choose not to have any further testing, have CVS (which carries a risk of miscarriage) or have an amnio (which carries less of a risk than CVS, but you would have to wait a few weeks longer to have done). If you must know for sure, you need to have one of the definitive tests done. If (like me) it wouldn't make any difference if the baby had Down's or not, you might not want to test further and risk a miscarriage. I know the risk is very small though and you might want to take that small risk for peace of mind.

I would like another child ASAP (I'm 41) and if the nuchal translucency/combined blood test reading came back high I would personally not test further. I wouldn't believe a negative result after what happened to me last time and would actually take it as a bonus if a second child did not have Down's.

 

[lizziedripping]

As an aside, your bubba is an absolute stunner Caezzybe xxx

 

[Caezzybe]

As an aside, your bubba is an absolute stunner Caezzybe xxx

Aww, thank you

 

[babyblueshoes]

hello. We saw the doctor today and had another scan, no blood tests. The scan showed my baby moving around lots and showed the nt as 3.3mm. He said it looked like a perfectly healthy baby. We asked what are rating is and after number crunching we were told we are still high risk, 1 in 35 chance. I've been booked in for a cvs on monday. I'm so confused and don't really understand the rating and how it works. I feel no better about things and am worried about the risks of it all. xxx

 

[babyblueshoes]

sorry...i meant to thank you for all your comments, you are making me and my husband feel less alone in all this. Xx

 

[Caezzybe]

hello. We saw the doctor today and had another scan, no blood tests. The scan showed my baby moving around lots and showed the nt as 3.3mm. He said it looked like a perfectly healthy baby. We asked what are rating is and after number crunching we were told we are still high risk, 1 in 35 chance. I've been booked in for a cvs on monday. I'm so confused and don't really understand the rating and how it works. I feel no better about things and am worried about the risks of it all. xxx

Good luck with your CVS, let us all know how you get on. Here's hoping that you get the result you want and that everything goes well. Whatever happens, there are people on here you can talk to