Nuchal Scan/ Combined test - anybody having or had before?
I had this test done without really thinking and have now had results which came back as high risk so starting to stress out!
only 1/2 % chance my baby could have an abnormailty but that 1/2 seems huge right now. :?
only 1/2 % chance my baby could have an abnormailty but that 1/2 seems huge right now. :?
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Do you have an appointment to go back?
The main thing is to not stress yourself out too much as baby needs you to be strong.
The tests that you refer to are screening tests, so they do not diagnose a condition, they simply highlight a potential higher risk of a certain conditions.
You should have been given a booklet explaining the types are antenatal tests available!?
Depending on how you have been dated, you may be offered a diagnostic test, such as CVS which is Chorion Villas Sampling, think this is before 12 weeks ( or 15 I can't recall) this is where they take a sample of the cells that are the placenta, or if you are later on they can do an amnio centisis where they take a sample of the fluid from around your baby. Both these contain cells which are the same as the make up of the baby and they will diagnose a condition.
Unfortunately there is approximately a 1-2% risk of miscarriage which is why these are not offered routinely.
You should be able to speak with a Midwife about the results and your choices.
Sorry you are going through this worry, I hope everything is ok. NB many women go on to have healthy babies despite a high risk indicator.
Yes i am a terrible worrier and when i got the phonecall to say i was "high risk" i instantly thought the worse and am ashamed to say i even took down my scan pic from the wall as felt too sad to look at it. I also cancelled lunch with friends as couldnt bear to talk about being pregnant and pretend everything was fine when i was worried sick.
I met with senior midwife on tues and discussed options and had the CV yesterday.. with a great Dr with 0% miscarriage rate from doing proceedure so felt secure in that everything would be fine. It was abit painful but over so fast. Sadly Dr called today to say the fibres they got cannot be read by the lab! so now im stuck waiting until 15 weeks for the amnio centisis at 15 weeks.
To be honest since i got call this morning saying they cannot grow the fibres ive decided to really really try and be positive..the risk factor i got was 1:75 so thats 98.5 % my baby is completely fine. Need to concentrate on that and not think the worst.
Scan pic is back up and just trying to pretend the last few days didnt happen. Never could have imagined id get quite this stressed during pregnancy.. need to be happy and strong for my baby who is most probably completely fine!
They showed me the Nuchal test results and my results dont seem to far off the norm. the only thing that skewed it from what i can see what the measurement 3.0mm. im 30, they said my weight was a factor... i guess am quite heavy for my height (5ft7) 11st 5 but am a small size 12 so cant see how that affects the test?!