I am so weak right now, but having read some very hopeful threads on here I thought that maybe you could give me some hope under my current situation.
We had planned to have a baby, with me being 26 and my partner 35 we felt we were both ready to be parents. We fell first time and I have been so fortunate to have no sickness and I have been fairly energetic and well throughout my first trimester. I have absolutely taken this for granted and now my world has crashed.
I had a scan at 6 weeks to detect a healthy heartbeat and to check for twins as we have them in our family. A healthy heartbeat there we waiting until 11 weeks and 5 days for our next scan. The midwife confirmed how well baby was, active and how she had no concerns.
We then had our 12 week scan at the NHS and my world shattered. With a NT measurement of between 6.1 and 7mm we are in the highest possible risk category. To think I wasn't even going to have the screening at first is awful. I had taken my health for granted and seeing baby so well just 4 days before, no fluid was detected at all.
The fluid extends down babies back, which is the possible beginning of a cystic hygroma. This also puts us right up there with abnormalities.
We have seen our baby today, happily kicking and showing us their hands. That perfect silhouette and the growth progression is just right. The heartbeat strong, yet our baby is potentially very unwell.
I am waiting for CVS, but I wanted to post this for some hope but also to remind people not to take their health for granted. I had assumed my youth and my physical being to be enough to have a perfect child. I hadn't even realised this could happen to us and now it is, I'm still hopeful this baby will be OK.
The NHS gave me nothing but a termination leaflet and a piece of paper to confirm the abnormalities, they even gave me my scan picture for free out of sympathy. A quick in and out visit for formalities turned into the worst day of my life so far.