Hi all,
I have read many threads on high fluid readings but the posts seem quite old. Here is my story so far...
Last Thursday I went for my 12 week scan and found out I’m 12 weeks and 5 days :)
Everything seemed very positive until she did the neck fluid reading. She also noticed some fluid on the baby’s tummy. She said normal readings were 3.5mm or below and our baby had a reading of 4.1. She asked me how I had been feeling and weather I had had an infection recently. I said no but I am a primary school teacher so I am around all sorts all day long.
We then got taken through to another lady (forgive me as I can’t remember her job title but I imagine she was some sort of genetic specialist).
She wasn’t all doom and gloom and talked us through the possible reasons for our higher than expected readings. They ranged from:
~ chance of DS, Edward’s or Pat
~ viral infection
~ heart problems
~ nothing wrong
The baby is the right size and had a nose plate but she recommended I do the combined bloods testing and virus bloods testing. We then talked about the Harmony test too (private testing which is more accurate as it actually tests baby’s blood for the three main chromosome problems).
She spoke about Cvs and Amnio but said she thought as the margin wasn’t massive, doing bloods first would be a good idea and then to decide from there. She also booked us a 16 week scan and said we would probably have an fetal echo too.
I am absolutely gutted and so anxious. Luckily, I have two beautiful, healthy boys (4 and 7) already so I know I’ve had a lucky ride before.
I’m just so frightened. I’m actually more frightened I’ve had some virus that I didn’t know about and that is could cause a miscarriage or birth defects.
Has anyone else been through this? Has anyone else had NHS test and Harmony results that didn’t match? (Also a worry).
Should I just have the amnio anyway?
We were meant to tell people at the weekend and we saw family but obviously didn’t say anything. It was so hard. I know we will need their support either way but we thought we would wait until at least the chromosome tests came back.
My partner is incredible and has been wonderful but in finding it so hard not to talk to the rest of my support network (Mum and sister etc). Mum was a midwife so I know she would be useful but she has been through a lot recently and I don’t want to add to her sad news.
Thanks for your time.
One worried Mumma xx