Congrats!
I wish there was a big banner here about bad results so women do not have to freak out.
I am 41 yrs old had 1:2 for downs, pretty much the worse one can get other than 1:1 (and even w/1:1, you can go on to a healthy baby)
The DR and everyone freaked me out and apologized as if my life was over and wisked me away to an amnio although we really did not want one.
I have a healthy baby boy coming.
Take all these tests with a grain of salt!!!
Congrats!!! I'm glad all worked out well for you and your little princess.
We got good news from the ultrasound! No worries and a big healthy baby girl!!!!
Those test often give false positives. I had a false positive when I was 32 for Down Syndrome. The amnio gives a more accurate result, but then it does carry a 1 in 200 risk for miscarriage. In my first pregnacy the amnio proved the blood test was false. My son was born healthy with no Downs.
Good luck to you.
Hugs,
Athena
Hi there,
Admittedly, I don't know much about the quad screen test but from what I've read it can't technically give you a "postive" for anything. It can show an elevated risk - like the ratio but it isn't really postive until you do some kind of diagnostic testing.
At the pregnancy 35+ forum there is a woman who had a 1:13 ratio and then got the amnio to find out she was carrying a healthy baby. As hard as it is try not to stress about it.
Are you going to get an amnio to find out for sure or will the ultrasound be able to tell you more than you know right now?
I'm also 40. With my first pregnancy I had some screening test. I'm not sure if it was the quad screen or something else but it came back with an elevated risk. I can't remember exactly the ratio. We were so worried that we got the amnio and now have a perfectly healthy 3 year old. With this pregnancy we just decided to skip any tests that weren't diagnostic as they tend to scare more than they help (at least I think at our age) We go in for our level II ultrasound and amnio tomorrow.
Good luck to you and keep us posted.
Kara
My dr told me that if you test too early sometimes people get false postitives. So he usually has his patients go later rather then sooner to avoid all the craziness/scareded un-necessary worrying. But thats all I know about these tests. I hope everything turns out okay for you!