Age 39 & given 1.07% Down syndrome result

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Hey,

Firstly I am going to have my baby whatever as I love them to bits already.

I just wondered if anyone was around my age 39 and had a normal NT - mine was 1.7mm but then after the bloods had the midwife call them as the Down syndrome result came back higher category. It’s still like a 1 in 93 chance but it seemed like it must be either the bloods or mostly to do with my older age that made the chance higher.

Thank you so much.

Hi.

I am 38 and my son had an NT of 3.3 at the 12 week scan (the limit for normal is 3.5). I had a 1 in 22 risk of Downs, plus a 1 in 9 risk of Edwards' and Patau's syndromes. My age and bloods increased the risk.
I opted for an amniocentesis in the end and found out that all was fine.

I had normal NT but had also had NIPT previously which was 1/10000 so didn’t have the combined test as consultant said it would automatically be higher risk due to age.

Meant to say I was 40 at conception, 41 at birth.

Thank you xx am finding this pregnancy I’m just so anxious and I wasn’t like that with my daughter when I was 30. Just praying everything is ok. I think the NHS screening automatically makes it a higher risk due to being late 30s.

I think it's age-related. I had 1 in 88 when I was expecting my 3rd DC age 42. A midwife said I couldn't have got a better result.

Like you I was anxious, then I reminded myself that I wouldn't put my last tenner on a horse at 88:1 , or put another way I would have to have 88 kids to make sure of having one with Downs syndrome.

@BalloonSlayer your message has made me smile! Yep I said that to my partner - I was like would you bet on a horse if it had a 1.07% chance of winning!? We have decided to have no further tests but checks at 20 weeks. We will have baby regardless as we love it to bits already but I know it’s a really difficult issue and everyone has their own situation and choices. Thank you ladies for your comments it helps knowing others stories too xx

Thank you all So So much for your support on here xx it’s been so helpful. I had an NIPT in the end and it came back as low risk and I’m having a little girl! I already have a daughter and she is excited to have a little sister 🌸💗

Congratulations!! Glad to hear your test came back OK. x

So if you had 93 babies one might have DS. That's still a low risk in my book.