I’m after a little of bit of reassurance or just something that may ease the brain. I’ve been spending the last few days scrolling through endless threads that are similar, and researching to no end (it’s how I tend to cope) but I’m still anxious and worried if I have done the right thing.
Following our 12 week screening we got a call unexpectedly to say we are at a 1:99 risk for DS. My husband was all for the NIPT, but I kept panicking from the information we were getting in the appointment after our initial phone call about needing to go down the diagnostic route to give me a definitive ‘yes’ or ‘no’. We were asked to go back with our decision and we opted for the NIPT. This was done yesterday (Friday).
My hCG levels are within ‘normal’ range, as well as the NT measurement being fine, my Papp-A levels are low, although they were with my first child (just not low enough to trigger anything for screening). My BMI isn’t high, although it’s nearer to high than maybe it should be and I’m 27 years old.
I feel like I have googled everything and anything at this point and I still have so many questions and the big unknown just looming over me. I’ve been trying to do anything to give me a little reassurance of what we are going through.
I even started comparing our scan with other 12 week scans online and ended up worrying myself more as I cannot see anything relating to ‘nasal’ formation on ours.
I’ve seen people mention a random number generator and I’ve done that, but it’s not reassuring me and this whole situation is becoming all I can think about.
This wait to get a call is so much and we have been warned that we may not hear back before the bank holiday so have to be prepared for that. The wait is just feeling all too much.
Any advise, personal experiences or anything I’m all ears…