[familyx5]

hi i am glad i have found this page i am 12 weeks and just been told my blood test put my baby at high risk of 1 in 245, dr gave no other info so hubby and i are going on monday to see her she was talking about having to have more tests but we said no, we will have all the scans in the world but nothing to rick our bub, everyone we told wants us to have the other tests so its great to know we are not alone in our thoughts

[custardjo]

this seems a loney group but thought I'd share my NT results! after getting good results on the scan my bloods have pushed my ratio to 1:86 for ds WOW! NT measurement was 2.2 papp-a 0.51 B-Hcg 1.23 which within normal limits but they like the bloods around the same level. I'm not planning on having CVS or amino at the moment will wait and see what the 19 wk scan shows up then I can do amnio if I want.

Familyx5 do you know want increased your risk factor?

This post has been edited by custardjo: 19/07/2011, 02:13 PM

[tintin22]

Anyone reading this thread? I would love to share with others like us who won't do further testing.. Our twins are due March 1st and twin 2 had a DS risk of 1:15 after nucheal fold of 5.2 mm and two cystic hygroma's

[Justaduck]

I posted in the other group because there were no posts here since July, but yes we are high risk (1 in 207, at age 23) and the long 7 week wait until the next scan. Worsened last night when I actually got the paper results of the scan - scan was great, but the bloods way out. My hCG was 6 MoM, haven't seen any higher than 4 with google, so quite confused.
My nuchal fold was only 2.1 though, so think we are a bit different there. What are the cysts you mentioned?

[tintin22]

Well good news today. We had out 20 week morphology scan and the cyst have gone. This is rare but excellent. It means the 5.2mm NT measurement might not be real IYKWIM - they were measuring the cyst and therefore can't say if there was an abnormal reading or not. Meanwhile both babies heart, brain and nose measurements were perfect so no physical signs that they can detect of any issues - so things are starting to look better.

[becs:)]

Hi everyone ( if there is still anyone posting in here)

I am due in April, have a 1 in 78 risk for trisomy 18, and my partner and I have decided to not go through with any further testing. I am 28 so never really expected to have such a high risk with this test, but we know termination is not an option for us, so we do not want to put a potentially healthy baby at risk of miscarriage.

Would love to chat to others who are also waiting out the pregnancy to find out either way, and holding out hope that each scan is positive.

[fireysusan]

G'day,

Thanks everyone for sharing your stories - they are really helping me through a difficult time right now.

I am 40 and will be 41 in July when my 2nd bub is due. This wasn't a planned pregnancy and with my son being almost 10 and my husband's kids being 19 and 21, he has had a hard time coming to grips with this pregnancy.

I was diagnosed with Graves Disease (hyperthyroidism) at 7 weeks pregnant, but this is now being controlled with bub safe medication by my lovely endocrinologist and I am feeling so much better.

I just had my 12 week scan last Friday and got some scary results re: DS - it's 1:5, with a Nuchal fold of 2.0 mm, BhCG of 4.01 and my PAPP-A of 0.25.

My hubby is freaking out about the DS of 1:5, and the obstetrician (who I only met today and don't like much at all) is pressuring me into an amniocentesis. He is also completely unsupportive of my choice for a home birth with this bub after a horrendous experience giving birth to my 1st child.

This is my last chance for another baby and I don't even want to take the smallest risk of losing her/him. While I hope (and feel) that our bub is fine, I could deal with DS, but my hubby is struggling. However, I don't want to feel pressured into an amniocentesis that I don't want just because he is having a hard time.

Any help anyone can offer would be gratefully accepted. Good luck to everyone out there dealing with pregnancy problems

[tintin22]

Here is an update for anyone who might read through this thread. We delivered our twins on 16/2 and twin 1 was a healthy 3kg exactly. Twin 2 the one that had two cystic hygromas that disappeared at 20 weeks and showed no signs of DS on scans and not heart problems and a good size on scans was also born. She hdoes have DS (we had a 1 in 15 chance) she also has a major heart defect that will require two open heart surgeries and her weight was 1.4kgs (a month before she was born her scan said she weighted 2kg!). We are very happy to have our beautiful twins with us and now we are starting on the journey as to what support there is out there for us. good luck to you all and please feel free to PM should you be going down this path yourself or have any questions.

[bees-knees]

Not sure if this groups is still very active, but I just wanted to say that is anyone wanted to chat about having a baby with down syndrome, please feel free to pm me.

My daughter was born two and a half years ago with Ds, and I'm more that happy share any info that might help someone.

[Justaduck]

Will copy my post from other Hi Risk NT group in here as we didn't have an amnio:

Hi everyone just thought I would update to give hope to those with hugely abnormal blood results.
I am 24 (was 23 when I was 12wks along) so from my age should have had a 1:1100 risk of down syndrome. My NT scan itself looked perfect, but my bloods were through the roof. The HcG was 6.01 MoM, and I think the Pappa was 0.83. Those blood results put me at a 1:207 risk for DS. We decided not to do the amnio, but at that time I was unaware at how huge the hcg was up.
Our baby girl was born on Thursday and has does not have down syndrome. We had a chromosomal blood test done just after birth for our peace of mind (get the results back tomorrow).
I hope that in sharing this it can help some of you with high blood results have some hope that their bubs will be fine and healthy when born.