Firstly - congratulations Needadvice11 ! So pleased for you and I hope you can relax now and enjoy the rest of your pregnancy.
I would really appreciate some advice for our situation.
Second baby (first fine), we had our 12 week scan and nuchal fluid fine (1.72 mm) and NHS screening blood test was fine.
Four days later we went for our harmony test privately and with the package we received another nuchal fluid scan. The harmony test came back low risk, but the nuchal fluid had increased to 3.2 mm (just 4 days after the NHS nuchal fluid test).THe sonographer also noticed tricuspid regurgitation in the heart, however as we were only around 12 weeks it was quite early and I was told this could correct itself. i panicked, went back another 4 days later to the fetal medicine unit at the NHS hospital, and they found 2.6mm and tricuspid regurgitation was not present that day. I went back to the private clinic where they had found the 3.2mm and the owner of the clinic (professor nicolaides) came and checked the scan himself. HE said there had been no error, the fluid on the day I first attended the clinic was indeed 3.2 mm but not he could also only find 2.6mm and I didnt need to worry.
I have tried to put this to the back of my mind, but the pregnancy has made me quite anxious. I have had a few more heart scans, all were fine and they have discharged me.
I had a slight worry at my anomoly scan, as one ventricle of the brain had increased fluid of 9 mm but yesterday, 2 weeks after the 9 mm reading it was down to 7.2mm, and the doctor has told me it all looks normal but to decide whether I want an m stil.
The issue is that I was given a 1:64 chance of chromosonal abnormality because of the increased fluid being 3.2 mm. The doctor at the fetal medicine unit yesterday said that the fact it went down to 2.6 mm is irrelevant, because it was 3.2 mm at one stage, it was increased and that increases my risk. But the risk of the top 3 chromosonal abnormalities - pataus, edwards, downs - is very low given my harmony results. She has suggested if iam stlil worried, i have an amnio at 32 weeks because she said then the greatest risk is that I go into early labour and at that stage would not be dangerous to the baby to be born at 32 weeks. OBviously, there is the risk that the result would be positive for chromosonal abnormality and (1) we most definitely would want to know if that is a genuine risk, before the baby is born and (2) I am so sorry if this does offend people, but I would consider a termination if it was a serious abnormality that would seriously compromise its life.
I am so sorry for the long long message but I just dont know what to do. IS this a genuine 1:64 chance? would you have the amnio?
I feel people have looked at the baby so many times and not seen anything, and harmony was low risk, but why was the fluid 3.2mm? I know in singapore they do amnio if fluid is above 2.5 mm...
please can anyone help? what would you do? x