Has anyone been told they are at risk for
having a down syndrome baby? I just got
told on the 1st that my last ultrasound
showed that the babies nuchal fold was a
little big (high end of good is 6mm and my
babies was 7mm). My doctor said he was
going to send me back for another
ultrasound soon, to have it rechecked. We
also decided on not having an
amniosentesis, it increases the risk of
having a misscarriage, and I don't plan on
aborting the baby (it doesn't matter if I
had planned on it, because I am to far
along) but i've heard a lot of stories
from family and friends since I found out
this news that people they know where told
the same thing and the baby came out
healthy. I'm just kind of upset and
scared. It's totally not news that I was
expecting, and I had my ultrasound several
weeks ago...So I thought when they didn't
call back the hump was over. Not to
mention they called the night before my
18th birthday...Lol! I thought that was a
crappy gift. But I talked to my doc and
things seem a little better now, but I was
wondering if anyone on here had any
information, etc.
Kimmeh, at 16 weeks did you not have the
mss test done? This tells you what
percentage there is that your baby could
be at risk for down syndrome, trisomy 18
and an open neural tube defect. It's
optional.
The test goes by your last regular period
and is also based on your age.
I had that test come back 1 in 8,000 with
my first son(age 17) and was told at first
that with my second it was 1 in 116! That
was pretty scary...They made a mistake by
my lmp. It turned out to be 1 in
10,000.
No I didn't have that test done, and it
was never offered to me...There was a
different test offered to me on the same
day as I got the referral sheet to get the
ultrasound done, and they told me to think
about it, but I chose no, because I didn't
want to be stressed about the
unessesary...Lol I probably wouldn't have
gotten these results back anyways before
the other test that was offered to me.
Thanks for your help.
sorry for the really long wait...I forgot
that I was going to make an update for
this. Basically a couple weeks after that
ultrasound at 19 weeks I went to a
specialist and they did a very intence
long medical ultrasound. They looked at
everything. And when they came back they
said that everything looked perfect. The
heart was shaped nicely and all the valves
were there and connected, there was no
holes, etc. The limbs were of good size
(sometimes people with down syndrome will
have a shorter limb, such as an arm,
etc.). The only thing they were unable to
check was the nuchal fold because after 20
weeks it isn't accurate anymore. So they
said with there findings and with my age
that it comes down to about a 1 percent
chance of the baby having down
syndrome...Or like the girl said...A 99
percent chance of it not.
I still think about it every once in a
while, it'll be awful if she's in that 1%
catagory...But I doubt she will, and no
matter what I will still love her. But
yeah I try not to dwell on it to much and
stress about it.
Kimmie
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~*~Jillian~*~
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 1759 Location: Tennessee, USA
Posted: 01-19-06 15:14pm
kimmeh
wrote:
michelle1981
wrote:
no problem.... Let me
know what
happens.
sorry for the really long wait...I forgot
that I was going to make an update for
this. Basically a couple weeks after
that ultrasound at 19 weeks I went to a
specialist and they did a very intence
long medical ultrasound. They looked at
everything. And when they came back they
said that everything looked perfect. The
heart was shaped nicely and all the valves
were there and connected, there was no
holes, etc. The limbs were of good size
(sometimes people with down syndrome will
have a shorter limb, such as an arm,
etc.). The only thing they were unable
to check was the nuchal fold because after
20 weeks it isn't accurate anymore. So
they said with there findings and with my
age that it comes down to about a 1
percent chance of the baby having down
syndrome...Or like the girl said...A 99
percent chance of it not.
I still think about it every once in a
while, it'll be awful if she's in that 1%
catagory...But I doubt she will, and no
matter what I will still love her. But
yeah I try not to dwell on it to much and
stress about it.
Kimmie
i was just wanting to add this thread a
little bit ...
My cousin was told her baby could possibly
be down syndrome...We worried and worried
about it..While she went into labor thats
all the family could worry about ...Then
when he came out ...He was perfectly
normal...So sometimes doctors are wrong..I
thought maybe this story might calm some
people that have been told this ...
:wink:
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yellow ribbon
Especially EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 5554 Location: FL
Posted: 01-19-06 15:39pm
Im sure everything will be alright my
friends mom had the amnio thing and they
told her my friend was very likely down
syndrome and they almost aborted her but
she came out just fine.
Kimmie, i'm very happy for you that
everything appeared to be fine. I know
you'll love her either way :)
best of luck!
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~rubmybuddahbelly~
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Posts: 752 Location: :( N.O. Evacuee now in TEXAS
Posted: 01-20-06 03:30am
I've had the test done and I have to go in
actually tommorow to genetics because the
father of my baby's little brother has
down syndrome so they want to run more
test. Probally do an amniotecetics I
think thats how its spelled...Lol
Goodluck buddahbelly :) I am sure
everything will be okay. All i've heard
are about a million stories of how doctors
have said that people are going to have a
down syndrome baby and they don't.
Obviously the testings are not very
accurate. So I wish you the best of luck!
Don't stress too much, and let us know
how it goes.
Kimmie
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~rubmybuddahbelly~
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Posts: 752 Location: :( N.O. Evacuee now in TEXAS
Posted: 01-20-06 22:59pm
Hey yall well I went to the doc today and
they havent gotten my results in yet for
the test they did. But the lady told me
she dosent think I should be at any risk
for the baby to hav down syndrome so...
Yippppppe
hey yall well I went to the
doc today and they havent gotten my
results in yet for the test they did.
But the lady told me she dosent think I
should be at any risk for the baby to hav
down syndrome so...
Yippppppe
let us know when you find out!
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BabyGirl05
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Posts: 47 Location: NJ
Posted: 01-21-06 17:53pm
I'm in the same situation. I took the
triple blood test and they said that my
baby is at risk of down syndrome. I
started to freak out at first so I called
my ob/gyn and talked to my nurse which
calmed me down a whole lot. On jan. 19th
I had my u/s done and they said that
everything looked good. But the only way
I can know for sure is to have an amnio.
But i'm confident that everything is
healthy so i'm not going 2. Plus it turns
out that the test is less than 70%
accurate and that it shows up positive for
a lot of women, where in the end nothing
is wrong. So imagine the people that
decided never to have the test and
everything turns out fine, but us that
decided to have it are left freakin about
the results and everything turns out fine.
Azlso it's not that common to have an
down syndrome baby at a young age and if
there's no family history everythings most
likely fine.
