At our 12 week scan last week my wife was told that our baby had an NT measurement of 4mm (it took the sonographer 35 minutes to settle on the reading). I was unable to attend the scan due to COVID meaning I couldn’t be there to support my wife on receiving this news.
Combined bloods came back on Friday at high risk with 1:33 for Down Syndrome and 1:29 for Edwards and Patau. We are devastated with the news and considering our next steps. This is also an IVF pregnancy which carries its own risks.
We feared we would be here again having experienced a similar situation with our daughter in 2015. Back then we received the news that our baby (not IVF) had a 3.6mm cystic hygroma and told our baby had only a 30% chance of being healthy and we should consider termination - it was all very grim. We didn’t get blood tests taken then as the specialist midwife said there was no point as it would be high risk and we opted for an amniocentesis which came back all clear. We now have a very healthy 4 year old who is the centre of our world.
To be back here again in a similar situation is heartbreaking and despite a positive result last time we can’t help but think that surely we can’t beat the odds again! We are being offered support to discuss options with consultants but we not going to bother as last time we just found them to be negative and they never provided any hope.
We are trying to be positive and say that we have roughly of 97% chance that everything will be ok but with the NT being higher this time and the bloods indicating high risk of the three main chromosomal issues it’s difficult. It’s no easier the second time around.
We are going to pay privately for a NIPT (which was not available 5 years ago) and then decide on whether we do a CVS or Amniocentesis.
Has anybody else had a similar situation?
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NT 4mm & High Risk Bloods
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Dad81 · 01/11/2020 12:50
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