Hi all, sorry in advance for the long post. I am currently waiting for the results of the Harmony test, which we had done privately following our 20 week anomoly scan. Our baby has a thickened nuchal fold (between 6 and 7mm depending on the scan), and one of the posterior ventricles in the brain is right at the top end of the acceptable limit (8-9.9mm). Our hospital referred us to the Fetal Medice Unit who reviewed our scans and decided that everything looked fine, but the nuchal fold measurement had already been missed once so we felt we needed a second opinion.
We had the anomoly scan repeated with a private consultant who confirmed the nuchal fold was thick, and also was slightly concerned about the ventricle size, hence why we had the Harmony test done. The wait is agonising. It's already been nearly two weeks of trying to get answers from the NHS, and now another weeks wait for the Harmony results.
I feel like I'm grieving already, have been obsessively searching the Internet, crying constantly and generally feeling very low. I'll be 23 weeks by the time we get our results, so my only option if we don't want to continue the pregnancy is to terminate and give birth. I can't bear the thought of it, but it's all I can think of! I am totally disconnected from my baby, who obviously is happily kicking away, and just can't help but think the worst is going to happen. I KNOW that there are worst things than downs syndrome, but my partner and I have decided we won't continue with the pregnancy if that's confirmed. Please don't challenge me on this, it's not like its going to be an easy way out.
If you've read this far, thank you.