Bad Nuchal Translucency results...high risk.

[wannabamommy]

Hi everyone. I just came back from my IPS testing to look for any chromasomal abnormalities like Down's syndrome, spina bifida, and trisomy 18. The baby's NT measured 4.1mm. Which is high and puts me at an increased risk for having a baby with down's, trisomy 18, or heart defect. So now I need to get more testing done...possibly amnio or cvs. Normal NT is less than 3mm. I'm soo worried, I can't stop crying and thinking the worst. Like what did I do wrong? I'm really scared about the results. I want nothing more than a healthy baby. Just can't believe this is happening to me. Anyone else have a high NT measurement and have a normal healthy baby. I'm worried b/c I'm still very young to be having such a high result. I also had blood drawn today to check for the proteins...don't know when I'll get the results....hopefully tomorrow. The wait is killing me.

[charlotte1990]

Hi all I went formy scan the Over day I am 12 weeks 4 days and had my nt as well witch was not good news it was 4 mm me and my partner are just u no what I mean had the blood test done on the same day hope tO get them back Friday and go from there going for a scan when im 16 weeks any one els had a 4 mm and turns out every thing ok

[beccalee82]

hi ladies....just wanted to give my update...had my amnio yesterday, it was uncomfortable, but not as bad as waiting almost 4 weeks to have it done, and then another 24 hrs for the results.
Got my FISH results today, and all is good my baby doesnt have downs syndrome or the t18 or t13....I get the full reading in 2 weeks for other rare abnormal stuff, but my doc is happy,
My nuchal test was at 12w.4 days gave us a 1:185 chance, we had a nuchal thickness of 3.5mm..but i had good bloods. I know odds were in our favour still, but i am happy with the choice i made, and know that the stress that  i went through is now over, and i can enjoy my pregnancy and live again...there is hope, i just want u all to know that...even though i had a 1:185 chance, it is terrible to hear that there might be something wrong with ur child.
I am in australia, and it was on the news yesterday that there will be a blood test available in about a year, that will take away the fear of anmio and cvs.....a year to late for us, but i am happy that there will be better testing, cause the pain of making decisions, and waiting long for proceedures is hell...
xo

[expectingandhopeful]

I just wanted to give an update that I had my twin girls and they are perfectly fine. No DS no nothing. Even though I had CVS I was still worried that maybe there would be something wrong. I will never forget that day when the nurse said after the ultrasound that it looked like both of them have DS. Waiting for test results is a nightmare in situations like this. Just wanted to give hope of a positive outcome to all the worried moms <3

[mummie656]

I wish you the best of luck.

I went for and ultrasound yesterday 12 weeks 2 days and have been told NT was 3.3 and to have a CVS would be wise, am 37 and have a 14 month old. So busy as you were when you wrote your post. Its stressful and hard to make any decision when given a statistic. Our first son is healthy and I feel even more lucky to have him whilst going through this hard time of testing and decision making

Kate

[kaygaz050912]

I had pretty much the exact same issue just last week. Im also 25 and i was given a 1:29 chamce of having a baby with all these problems. Although this sounds high and IS technically high risk, its still only 3%. Me and partner decided that we'd continue with the pregnancy no matter what, i was then advised not to risk losing my baby by having a cvs or amnio. Me and my partner are extremely positive about everything now and we'll get 3 more detailed scans over the next 2 months which would pick up any physical abnormalities or heart defects. I hope u can think positive too, most babies who are considered to be a high risk turn out perfectly healthy! X

[tiny321]

Yes with my 3rd I had a false pos. The only thing my baby had was her head was 9 days to small. That's why I didn't get one with this preg because I don't like to worry I'm love my child either way