lilmamatoW
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So, I am posting this to encourage some of you who might be having some anxiety over your second trimester quad screen results. It's a bit long, but it's the whole story.
First I am 39 and will be 40 when my second child is born in June. I had my first child when I was 37. I did the first trimester screen with #1 and the results came back great 1 in 20,000 or something for Downs and so no worries. The second trimester quad screen came back with 1 in 10!!! It totally threw me for a loop and there were tears and sleepless nights and tons of internet searches. Well, I am happy to report that my first child, a girl, is beautiful and doesn't have Downs. I had a 20 week level II ultrasound which showed no markers or anomalies, so I was a bit relieved.
With my second pregnancy, I went in to do the first trimester screen at about 13 weeks and 2 days, well the baby measured ahead of dates at 14 weeks and 3 days, so I could not get the first trimester screen done. So along comes the second trimester and I had some second thoughts about getting the testing done as it had caused me so much anxiety the first time. But I did it anyway and thought I had prepared myself with, "well, I am old so I am probably going to get a positive screen just by my age..." The doctor called me a few days later and told me that my screen had returned with a 1 out of 22 change for Downs. So again, I was thrown for a loop, but this time with no first trimester results to offset the troubling second trimester screen results. So, I waited (didn't want any more invasive testing as I had MC last year and didn't want to take any chances), but not without anxiety and tears...as it is a scary time. Well, I had my 20 week level II ultrasound today and found that there were no anomalies and no soft markers.
So, if you are experiencing any anxiety or stress over results from the quad screen, please find some encouragement that sometimes that test really does throw some false positives.
First I am 39 and will be 40 when my second child is born in June. I had my first child when I was 37. I did the first trimester screen with #1 and the results came back great 1 in 20,000 or something for Downs and so no worries. The second trimester quad screen came back with 1 in 10!!! It totally threw me for a loop and there were tears and sleepless nights and tons of internet searches. Well, I am happy to report that my first child, a girl, is beautiful and doesn't have Downs. I had a 20 week level II ultrasound which showed no markers or anomalies, so I was a bit relieved.
With my second pregnancy, I went in to do the first trimester screen at about 13 weeks and 2 days, well the baby measured ahead of dates at 14 weeks and 3 days, so I could not get the first trimester screen done. So along comes the second trimester and I had some second thoughts about getting the testing done as it had caused me so much anxiety the first time. But I did it anyway and thought I had prepared myself with, "well, I am old so I am probably going to get a positive screen just by my age..." The doctor called me a few days later and told me that my screen had returned with a 1 out of 22 change for Downs. So again, I was thrown for a loop, but this time with no first trimester results to offset the troubling second trimester screen results. So, I waited (didn't want any more invasive testing as I had MC last year and didn't want to take any chances), but not without anxiety and tears...as it is a scary time. Well, I had my 20 week level II ultrasound today and found that there were no anomalies and no soft markers.
So, if you are experiencing any anxiety or stress over results from the quad screen, please find some encouragement that sometimes that test really does throw some false positives.
