Combined test positive - need help!!

[negrilbaby]

Just had call from the hospital. Had a nuchal scan last week and the blood test. The nuchal thickness was 1.4 mm and a nasal bone was visible, but the combined test has come back with a 1 in 60 chance of Downs. I am 43 (yesterday) so I know this puts me at high risk - but how much is age taken into consideration?
Have a meeting at the hospital next Monday to discuss the results but would welcome any advice.
Thanks

Try calling Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC) and see if they can give you more info - sounds like you had a good scan but perhaps your hormones have skewed the results. ARC may be able to tell you more about this... I know it is horrible to suddenly have doubts about how things will work out, but talking to people and finding out more information will give you more to go on. Don't feel that you need to make any decisions right now, it's best to find out what you can.

I am currently grappling with all of this myself. Your age is a massive factor and puts you at a high risk starting point. 1 in 60 as an overall result is better than what you would have been on age alone.

I can recommend ARC for more info and advice. Their website is useful and I have spoken to their workers who were great. However only you can make the decision about what to do next and this is what I am struggling with.

1 in 60 still means 59 chances that baby is OK.

I know it's hard. Keep your chin up and find out as much info as you can. Good luck.

Thinking of you negrilbaby - hope you have more information to go on at your meeting tomorrow. Ask them any questions you have, including the one about how age affects the results. If you are able, please do let us know how you are.

Had meeting at the hospital today. My PAPP-A level was 1.00 MoM but my Free beta-hCG levels were 3.26 MoM.
The mid-wife told me that the test did not take into consideration the sighting of the nasal bone - and that seeing that on the scan was very positive.
Have decided to leave it at that - no further testing - and to see what happens.
Any further comments on blood levels would be appreciated if anyone has anything to add.

I came back with a less than 1:20 risk after a nuchal scan. The GP told me that the bloods produce a lot of false positives and can be influenced by the smallest thing. He said that the "nut scan" (his words) was in his experience a better indicator of the risks.

If you turn your result in to percentages, it is a 1.6pc chance. That is in a 1000 people, 984 would have positive outcomes. The odds are overwhelmingly on your side (this is what I kept saying to myself).

Dd is a perfect little 5 year old now.

Thank you for coming back to update; I don't understand the technical stuff but you seem more assured about moving on from here. I hope all goes well for you in the journey ahead and that if you have later scans, they add reassurance.