I have two DC. I had DC1 at 29 (28 at time of scan). All was fine at scan except for my bloods - had high hcg and risk was 1:300 which did unnerve me but thankfully, all was fine. I had DC2 at 31 (30 at time of scan). Again, all fine with scan, except for horrendous bloodwork - my hcg was 5.8 x normal and Papp A was a little low. My result was reduced to 1:107. My hospital only offers amnios for 1:100 or higher but I was offered more growth scans as a precaution. I know that in most other hospitals, I would have been offered an amnio and considered high risk. Thankfully all was fine again.
However, I was absolutely petrified during pregnancy with DC2. It was awful and I was stressed. Clearly, I tend to get high HCG with pregnancies. I should mention that a month before I conceived DC2, I had an early miscarraige so wonder whether this had an effect on my results?
Anyway, we are thinking about DC3 but one of the MAIN reasons not to is that I am so scared that my results are going to be even higher. If I have high hcg plus will be older (hope to conceive when I am 34ish), then I am bound to have v high results? I am not sure I can go through the trauma of the amnio and worry. Maybe I should be happy with the two healthy children I have..?
Has anyone had experience of high risk followed by low risk pregnancies? In particular, v high hcg followed by low hcg in subsequent pregnancies?
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Do previous high risk pgs mean you will definitely be high risk next time?
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Mamafoof · 22/08/2012 23:01
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