I also had my quad screen, so that we can check for neural tube defects, such as spina bifida...the results will come back in about a week and a half to two weeks. Hopefully baby is okay in there. I popped into the gift shop up in the labor and delivery ward up at our hospital, which is on the floor below my obstetric office where my appointment was, and a new mom wearing a cozy bathrobe wheeled her little bundle in her isolette into the shop, and was browsing through some onesies. The baby was BEAUTIFUL, brand-new, and just so, so, so tiny. 
It made my heart about burst for this baby of mine!!! I miss my bigger kids when they were tiny and new like that. Such a precious time.
also if you do decide to buy one, don't bother buying the expensive Doppler gel-- just use lube, it's the same thing lol.
Oh my goodness lana how terrifying. I can't believe that no one is giving you answers... thats terrible! Wouldn't THEY want to know where the source of the bleeding is coming from?
Hmm I was going to say that if I were you, I would go to my GP and ask for another referral for a scan ASAP but seeing as you are seeing a consultant tomorrow then maybe it will be okay until then? Ah I don't know. You must be so scared and upsetso sorry. I really hope everything is okay. Big hugs.
Hi LittleLala,They are most concerned about my very low PAPP A levels. So low that I am below the 1st percentile. They are worried about still birth, IUGR, pre eclampsia and infant death (which is a common occurrence with pregnancies with levels similar to mine, and that is if the fetus is chromosomally normal).
So after I heard that, I went and friggen googled it. What a MISTAKE. and then I read studies and that freaked me out more.
However, I am taking aspirin every night to thin the blood to help prevent pre e and to ensure the blood flow to the placenta is easy or something, and last night before bed I was reading on forums about women who have had this issue previously (which resulted in stillbirths) but had in newer pregnancies taken aspirin and everything had turned out better. So that made me feel so much better. Amazing what a simple little tablet can do.
They have booked me in to have lots of scans to monitor growth- one will happen during the amnio, then 19 or 20 week morph scan (not booked yet, will do that through my GP), 24 weeks, 28 weeks, 32 weeks, 36 weeks, 38 weeks all booked at the hospital. So that's good. I will also have regular urine samples and my blood pressure checked regularly
Hi LittleLala,They are most concerned about my very low PAPP A levels. So low that I am below the 1st percentile. They are worried about still birth, IUGR, pre eclampsia and infant death (which is a common occurrence with pregnancies with levels similar to mine, and that is if the fetus is chromosomally normal).
So after I heard that, I went and friggen googled it. What a MISTAKE. and then I read studies and that freaked me out more.
However, I am taking aspirin every night to thin the blood to help prevent pre e and to ensure the blood flow to the placenta is easy or something, and last night before bed I was reading on forums about women who have had this issue previously (which resulted in stillbirths) but had in newer pregnancies taken aspirin and everything had turned out better. So that made me feel so much better. Amazing what a simple little tablet can do.
They have booked me in to have lots of scans to monitor growth- one will happen during the amnio, then 19 or 20 week morph scan (not booked yet, will do that through my GP), 24 weeks, 28 weeks, 32 weeks, 36 weeks, 38 weeks all booked at the hospital. So that's good. I will also have regular urine samples and my blood pressure checked regularly
I have been reading through a couple of November threads and came across your posts. Your situation is rather similar to my own as I have just had my screening results back and my PAPP-A is also low. Do you know what your MoM figure was? I am guessing since you came back high risk for DS your free beta HCG levels were high? As far as I can tell my PAPP-A is less than the 5th percentile and my free beta HCG is less than the 1st percentile which puts me at risk for all the compications you have mentioned (IUGR etc) plus the other trisomies (not DS). I also made the mistake of googling it!
Would you recommend the NIPT testing? I have my 16 week appt on Wednesday so I am hoping to discuss my results with them then.
Have you been on the aspirin for long? I am also going to ask about this on Weds and will probably start taking it after that. Have you considered Clexane (or equivalent?).
I am glad they have scheduled so many scans for you. Make sure they do a doppler scan at every appointment to check the blood flow from the placenta.
Best wishes.
Hi to everyone else too
but will probably ask my dr about it at my appointment on Thursday .
