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Antenatal tests

just got our CVS results back...

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luckyboy · 06/01/2014 20:07

Hi mumsnetters ...

first off, this is a man posting (!!) hope that's ok :-)

i am posting here because this has been a really useful forum for the past few days, which have been some of the most worrying of my life.

my wife went in for her first scan at 13 weeks and we got a nuchal transparency of 3.9mm which, combined with high PAPP-A bloods, and a high age (39) meant a 1 in 4 chance of chromosome problems.

We took the CVS on Friday at UCLH (she was amazingly brave throughout) and got the results back an hour ago.

All clear.

This weekend was, of course, just awful. Odds of 1 in 4 sound impossibly slim in the context of the thousands to one against you expect (or hope for anyway).

But four to one means three good chances and we lucked out I guess.

I am very aware that somewhere tonight, someone took a bad call and my heart goes out to them. I can only imagine now (thankfully) how terrifying that situation is.

But I kept telling my wife that we needed to stay positive. There may still be something in the full report. And of course there may be a heart issue which we'll see at 20 weeks. But somehow I think we'll be ok.

Anyway. I just wanted to say thank you to the wonderful mums who have shared their stories and experiences here and on a couple of other sites. Generally, googling medical stuff is a bad idea I think. But in this regard these experiences where a real source of hope to us through a rotten few days of dark imaginings.

Thanks for being there for us :-)

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starkadder · 06/01/2014 20:11

That's an awesome post and will be so helpful for people who come across it when panicking about their own results. Glad you got good news!

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MrsHelsBels74 · 06/01/2014 20:17

Glad to hear the news was good. Been there (although odds were not quite 1:4) and it's truly an awful time.

Anyway, enjoy the rest of the pregnancy, hopefully worry-free.

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CrispyFB · 07/01/2014 13:14

Thank you for sharing your great result! I agree, having spent far too much time reading results on forums, the more posts like this around, the better. All too often the only people who post are those who were the 1 in X, and the rest stay silent because they feel there is nothing to say. Which gives a very unbalanced "anecdotal" view of the statistical reality.

Hoping all is well with the rest of the results and future scans (am guessing she will be having a cardiac scan at 20 weeks?)

I've been a 1 in 34 and a 1 in 5 before.. both times baby has tested negative for the chromosomal issues they test for. It is scary, stressful and miserable!

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Mollymou1112 · 12/01/2014 10:30

I don't think age has anything to do with it. I am 28 my CVS result from UCLH showed trisomy 21. I think it's mostly about LUCK!

Congratulations on your good result :-) enjoy the rest of the pregnancy and the little baby :-)

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evertonmint · 12/01/2014 10:35

What good news!

I've not been in your position, although a couple of friends have and it's a horrid time. It can take a while to relax even after the news is good so be kind to yourselves over the next few weeks. But hopefully you'll be able to settle into enjoying a boringly uneventful pregnancy soon! Best if luck to you both

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luckyboy · 16/01/2014 08:01

just an update to say the full results came back from the CVS test and they were also clear.
I hope our experience comes up in the inevitable google searches you do when in the same position. Obviously not everything turns out this way, we have been lucky. But please remember that one in four, or one in three, or even one in two means a strong chance everything is ok. :-)
keep positive.