Thick Nuchal transluency at 12 weeks, had 16 week scan!

[BrightLights]

Hi All

My baby boy at 12 weeks had a nuchal transluency of 8mm, we had a CVS which said that there was no chromosomal abnormalities. I've spent the last 4 weeks worrying anyway but had 16 week scan yesterday and the large NT has now resolved and is within normal range!!! I'm so happy! We also had in depth heart scan and all was healthy.

Just wanted to post for anyone else that has gone through stress of enlarged NT, positive things can happen!

X

 

[Emma867]

Thank you so much for posting!

Our 16 week scan is next Friday, counting the days! X

 

[charliesmom]

So glad to hear

 

[maxalias]

Oh wow! That is wonderful! I think sometimes they can be enlarged if mum is fighting an infection too, I may be wrong but Im sure ive heard that. Fantastic news, So happy for you

 

[cupcake0406]

Aw how lovely! Xx

 

[BrightLights]

Thank you so much for posting!

Our 16 week scan is next Friday, counting the days! X

Fingers crossed for you! Hope all goes well, let us know how you get on! Im now having scans every 3 weeks just in case but thats only because of the complications of my last pregnancy I think.

xxx

 

[ceebs2013]

Thank you so much for sharing this! As I am going through the same thing right now it is so nice to hear all of these positive stories! Really happy for you that it has resolved itself, I have my fingers crossed that I am one of the lucky ones too!! xx

 

[BrightLights]

Thank you so much for sharing this! As I am going through the same thing right now it is so nice to hear all of these positive stories! Really happy for you that it has resolved itself, I have my fingers crossed that I am one of the lucky ones too!! xx

I hope you are too, fingers crossed for you xxx

 

[maybebaby3]

Great news!

 

[snj]

Hi All

My baby boy at 12 weeks had a nuchal transluency of 8mm, we had a CVS which said that there was no chromosomal abnormalities. I've spent the last 4 weeks worrying anyway but had 16 week scan yesterday and the large NT has now resolved and is within normal range!!! I'm so happy! We also had in depth heart scan and all was healthy.

Just wanted to post for anyone else that has gone through stress of enlarged NT, positive things can happen!

X

I am really happy for u that the cvs gave u clear. Tchwood. But i dnt understand how cld it resolve it on your own. Of what my doc explained to me is that the skin behind the neck can only be truely viewed from week 10 to week 14 then later on true measurement cnt b known. Anyways as long as your CVS came out clear there is no worries in any case. So glad for u

Hoping such miracles happens to me nd other ladies in the same place too. All this is quite stressing. My baby' NT came out to be 5mm pray for me too folks

 

[Tower6]

I am so happy to find this thread! I just had my world crash this morning as I went with my hubby so happily to our scan just to find out an hour later at the next appointment that the babys nt was 5.7 I feel so sick and so scared and like I kit want more info but it's all just a waiting game now. This thread makes me feel like I can see the light. Thanks for Sharing and I pray all of us going through this will have outcomes like yours!

 

[LovelyFay]

Tower6 I'm sorry your going through this. I know exactly how you are feeling!! When I went in for my NT scan at 14+1 my baby's measurement where along the same as yours 5.1mm was the lowest ... My baby's also has an irregular heart beat but that's a whole other problem.. Well at. 16 weeks I had an amnio and my baby is fine in that area NEGATIVE for T21 , T13 and T18 ... My chances of chromosome abnormality was 1in5 before amnio and when I arrived my perintalogist said I was looking at 1:4 abd im only 22. So don't give up hope or worry ...

 

[Tower6]

That is so so awesome! I left the dr office completely in shock I feel like it wasn't even real! I had always opted out of the testing with my other kids but then I found out it was a scan and thought it would be really fun to see the baby... Horrible idea. I have don't nothing but worry the last 24 hours and just try to come to terms with how this even happens. Reality though is that it does and also that it is commonly resolved. I'm afraid to do the amino but I also really want to just know. I'm still waiting on my blood to come back and that I think means more than the scan? Not sure. They said based on that result I can do the materniT21 test which I think is really accurate. I feel so overwhelmed and as we all do, I just pray my little one is ok :/ thank you soooo much for your posts!

So as far as Edwards downs and turners you are totally cleared? Was that what those numbers meant? I had no idea any of the syndromes besides downs even existed before they told me this yesterday and they still didn't tell me what they were, they just listed them off and I googled.... Baaaaad idea

 

[LovelyFay]

Yes I was clear for all of those. Some chromosome abnormalities are not compatible with life. I don't know what state you live in but i live in california and regardless of your blood results In california if your NT scan is higher than 5mm it automatically puts you in a 1:5 risk. I wouldn't trust the bliss results there have been so many false positives and false negatives. The amnio honestly isn't painful and 99% accurate ad they give ou the results for downSyndrome with in 72 hrs.

 

[LovelyFay]

My dr was very very cruel no bedside manners. Right away told me that my baby would probably not survive to my next appointment. And my OBGYN was almost certain my baby had Down syndrome . I came home and cried myself to sleep. I know how worried scared you must be but try and keep calm ... It's easier said than done i know.. There are a lot of wonderful ladies on here that are very supportive..

Hey I even read a story about a lovely lady who had a NT scan measurement of 6mm and she has a perfectly healthy baby boy

 

[Tower6]

I am from California but actually live in Idaho so I guess once my bloods come back based on that result they will send me over to Spokane Washington where they offered the materniT21 testing. I love all the positive stories I've read and to be honest it seems like 95% of the times it was a false positive the baby was a boy. From what I've read the only little ones that did indeed have what the scan showed were the girls. I just feel like they should have done the scan and when they got my blood work back given me the news then. They didn't even give me a ratio they just said the fold was very high and that it could be wrong or right for these syndromes that I had never heard of (besides downs) and then said that in 10 days when we get the bloods back we will go from there. The first dr just told me the number 5.7 and asked if I wanted to terminate and I was like" umm I guess I don't know whats wrong" I was shocked. So then she said all that and sent me home by saying buuuut we don't really know anything for sure till blood work. I was thinking- then you should get that first before you say this?!
This is why I never had this scan with my 3 girls. I never knew about a false positive but just was totally naieve I guess.

I did talk to my dr after for just a minute and she said that the u/s tech did say though that the baby didn't have any of the other signs that they typically see with this measurment like swelling, webbing or heart/brain problems. So that was very good news but the tech literally only scanned me for maybe 10 minutes tops so I don't feel like she really looked for much of those signs. I want to ask for another scan or even a second opinion but I feel like they just sent me home with nothing to say cuz I was in shock. They just made my appointment for 4weeks from now and will call with the lab results. I wish I could be followed up sooner than that because the thought of loosing the baby before that and not knowing is,as we all know, terrifying.

Sigh!

 

[snj]

Hey.. My nt value was 5.3mm at 10w4d... Is it possible that it increases as weeks go by?

I do not plan to do amnio or terminate my baby... And i think these doctors just want to be on safe side and lay down all the possibility thngs that can go wrong with the baby so that we don't sue them or blame them later that we were not warned about such possibilities.

I just hope and can only hope n pray that all of us end up with realy really healthy n cute babies....

I knw its a worrying matter... But at times we have to go with what god has planned for us wither way. So lets stay positive on this

 

[johnfather]

fantastic..our 16th week scan will be done soon.. god bless you.. i m so relieved.. my wife is scared coz NT was high (read my post).. thanx for posting such good news..

 

[Tower6]

Just wanted to say thanks again to OP and to all of you who have shared the details of such such deeply personal experiences. It is such a hard wait while they send you home with so many possibilities. I have found myself wondering if baby is still alive, if there's no hb anymore, wondering if the LO will even make it to my next appointment in 3 weeks yet also thinking about how I could be worrying for absolutely nothing. It's not like we can help the way that we feel, these are our precious children, whom we already live and adore more than life. Its so hard to deal with things while pregnant, as I've never had to be in this situation with my other children. I feel like its just all unknown and the unseen whereas when we have our children in our arms we can watch for sickness (ect) and take them to the dr. It's almost a helpless situation, but NOT hopeless I'm praying for all the babies in these threads as I know exactly the fear and worry that is in every heart anxiously awaiting their births.
I'll be checking back to hear any updates that everyone is willing to share, it does help to not feel so alone.

Take care!!

 

[Tower6]

Today my blood came in and the baby I'd for sure negative for T18 but stil high risk for downs the ratio for downs is 1:75 now, so i went and did the marerniT21 test and that will give us results of 99.1% accuracy. I really pray this is the last test and it goes great because the waiting periods are so hard