Nasal Bone

[SandraCJohnson06]

Hello. I'am 20 years old and 20 weeks pregnant. This is my first pregnancy. I am half hispanic (my mothers from Honduras) and half white. The father of my baby is black. I am worried because at my 19 week ultrasound the doctor had some concerns that the nasal bone was not as prominent as he would like to see and I was referred to a high risk OBGYN. He too had difficulty detecting this nasal bone. I was told everything else was completely normal as far as growth, heart, brain, etc... He told me he doesn't think it is Downs Syndrome but I have been driving my self insane! My quad screen was normal, I don't remember what the numbers were. I opted to have the amnio done and wont have the reslults for another week!! I was just wondering if anyone had a similar experience and what the outcome was? Is it possible for everything to be normal except this absent nasal bone and still have a child with Downs?? I appreciate your replies. Thank you.

[mammo]

I can't answer your question, sorry.  But I have a friend whose baby tested positive for Downs during her entire preganacy, when she was born, she was fine.  

[cure65roses]

I bet your baby is fine.  Those tests and soft markers they look for give so many false positives.  All it does is scare us to death and in the end the baby is usually fine.  I would take comfort in your blood results coming back normal.  Hang in there, I feel like your amnio results are going to reveal a very healthy baby.  Good Luck!

[SandraCJohnson06]

Thank u for ur reassurance. I got my premilinary results today and so far everything is normal. =) I know the final results will tkae another week but I feel good knowing this. Thank everyone for your replies!