1 in 30 result today - CVS tomorrow. Can't stop crying.

[monkeybumsmum]

Not sure what I'm hoping to achieve by posting this - am terrified, and I suppose I'm hoping to hear from someone who's been where we are now and had it all turn out okay?

What should I expect from the CVS? Feels like it's happening too fast to really think about it...

Any advice/stories would be appreciated x

sorry you're going through this, must be very worrying.

Have no advice, but am bumping this for you.

I am so sorry to hear you're having to go through this and my heart goes out to you. I had a CVS in December (following odds of 1 in 2 for Downs and 1 in 2 for Edwards) unfortunately my story didn't have a happy ending as my baby had Edwards Sydrome.

When is your CVS booked for?

I just wanted to say that the CVS wasn't too bad, it was a little uncomfortable but not painful. Do you know how quickly you'll be able to get the results? Mine went through a fast track system which we paid for privately and I had the results within less than 48 hours.

Also remember that for everyone woman in your situation 29 of them will have a good result, I know it's hard but try to cling onto this thought and be strong.

I really hope you have a positive outcome and your baby is ok, am keeping all my fingers crossed.

Good luck - there have been people with worse odds than you who have had good outcomes so it's not all cut and dried.

Try and get your results in 48 hours and for that time, put your feet up, watch TV, read Heat....whatever. It might go quicker than you think.

Thank you ellie and helen.
Helen I'm so sorry to hear about what you've been through. All this worry is bad enough, without having the worst confirmed. You are lovely to be trying to reassure me - it's very difficult to imagine there being a good outcome though.
The CVS is tomorrow morning at 10.30. They said it'll last about an hour and then I'll have to rest there for about an hour - was that your experience too? We should get the basic result on Friday the guy said, with the full karotyping coming in a couple of weeks.
It must've been just horrific for you going into this with those odds. You must be very brave. Thanks for your advice x

Only have experience of this from a friends perspective but I wanted to make sure you knew that you can pay to fast track the results as other have said.

One set of friends were told they could do this and got their results within a couple of days, the other set weren't told and waited for weeks!

Remember what helenlouisey said - with those odds, 29 couples out of 30 will have a good result.

Good luck

X posts, sorry!
Fifitot I've been reading some other threads and I've seen quite a few good outcomes which is encouraging. The negative part of me keeps saying there's always got to be the one though. I should just ignore that shouldn't I! My fab dad is coming over on Wednesday to give moral support (am in Belgium) and have my fingers crossed he remembers to pick up Heat for me!

Lockets That's great to know, and belated congratulations! I shall tell dh when he gets in. He's really angry as we've had such a struggle getting pregnant and staying pregnant - he's taken taken ds (3) off to work off frustrations on the golf course. It is an awful feeling getting those results - I just kept on repeating them to the poor guy giving them out, hoping I might've misheard. We had the scan last week which gave a slightly high nuchal measurement (3.1) so we have been bracing ourselves, but hoped it wouldn't be this high a risk

FioFio Is the result for the combined nuchal test - ie 1 in 30 risk of having chromosomal abnormalities such as Edwards, Turners, Patau's or Downs Syndrome. Apologies if you knew that already

Rewing 4 year and I was in almost exactly the same situation.

I was 25 and given 1 in 25 chance of Down Syndrome. It knocked me sideways. We had an amnio the next day and 48 hours later were given the all clear.

You'll have all sorts of emotions. Personally, following the phone call we couldn't decide what our ultimate decision would be WRT actions, but we felt that we had to know for SURE one way or the other so went for the amnio.

The procedure itself is fine, no worse than a blood test really.

Best of luck

Thanks GoldenSnitch We should only have to wait til Friday which isn't too bad......... Am sure it'll be three days of terror though

That should say REWIND!

It's shit isn't it. I had 1:9 and had a very healthy baby boy. His was high due to very thick nuchal, nothing to do with my bloods and I was under thirty.

Good Luck, the CVS is scary but it doesn't hurt too much.

Thanks blowninonabreeze and thank goodness it turned out well for you. It's such a shock to hear it isn't it.
We haven't even thought about what we'd do if... Am praying we don't have to think about it.

Posie Did they say whether anything else can cause the thick nuchal? The guy on the phone told me that my bloods on their own gave us a 1 in 400 risk, but it was the thick nuchal measurement that's adjusted the risk so much.
I'm only 34 and I keep thinking about my scan and the fact that the baby was just so wriggly and active - that's got to be good hasn't it?

The nurse who did our counselling said most people haven't decided what they'll do when they find out their results, most just feel the need to know.

I remember that whole week so vividly. We weren't going to finsd out the sex but following the amnio results asked them to tell us as a treat!

With DD2's pregnancy 2 years later, I didn't have the blood test as didn't want to go through that week again.

Best of luck

Same here blowinonabreeze

I was 24 given 1 in 42 result for downs with dd1, I never went for any further testing, and dd1 isn't down syndrome

I didn't have any tests done with ds & dd2 as I didn't think the stress was worth it

Good luck for tomorrow

I'm so sorry you're going through this. We were given a 1 in 8 chance of having a baby with Downs Syndrome so I can understand what you're feeling. I couldn't think about the 7 in 8 chance that everything would be okay and was certain that my baby was that 1 in 8.

We decided to have a CVS as we wanted to know for certain whether there was a problem.

We had our CVS at Kings College in London and they were fantastic. I'm very squeemish and usually go a bit hysterical at a simple blood test so I was terrified of having a CVS. I watched a video of the procedure on YouTube the day before I had mine and although it did scare me, it helped to actually see what is involved.

On the day the doctors were helpful and the procedure itself was quick and painless. The needle they put into your tummy isn't too large and they do the whole procedure using an ultrasound to ensure the safety of the baby.

After the procedure I felt a bit sore for a couple of days afterwards but nothing too major. The worst thing was waiting for the results, and going over and over what we would do if the test result was not good.

Two days after the CVS, the hospital contacted us to let us know the baby was fine for trisomy 13, 18 and 21. Around two weeks later we got a letter through the post giving us the full results and got the all clear for other genetic disorders they also test for with the CVS.

I really hope everything turns out okay for you, please keep on posting and let us know how you get on.

It can be an indicator of heart problems too and maybe other chromosomal abnormalities. The tests do produce a lot of false positives.

I knew if anything came back positive after the test I would have aborted. I also found out the sex at 13 weeks!

Hi Monkeybumsmum (great name)

I am so sorry you are going through this.

I haven't been through the same, but I have had 2 babies with fatal conditions diagnosed at 12 and 20 weeks respectively and have done a lot of research on this... My not very scientific research would suggest that 3.1 may raise your risk of abnormality but is actually not very high. (Mine was 8.8; I had a 1 in 2 chance of chromosomal abnormality, and in any case a baby deemed unable to survive). You may have come out high risk but the chances are (97%) that your baby is absolutely fine. Which is pretty good odds. And the bloods go in your favour, it's just the raised nuchal, which a) isnt that raised and b) can lead to false positives.

So please don't give up hope. The chances really are that all is fine.

But I do know just how it feels to be faced with this, and I echo the others - we'll hold your hand through the testing and the wait. GOOD LUCK!

I completely know what you are going through. I was recently given a 1 in 3 chance of chromosomal abnormality. It absolutely knocked me sideways.
I opted for an amniocentisis at 14 weeks and to my utter surprise came out clear.

When I was at school a girl used to have the motto "she who expects nothing shall not be disappointed" and that was my way of coping through out this. I geared myself up to expect the worst.

I don't know if the CVS is the same and an amnio but I can say that the procedure itself was incredibly easy and not painful at all. What I will say is that I was an emotional wreck. My hormones were rampaging at this stage in pregnancy (Even the X factor could set me off crying!) and I did find it hard at times to hold it together.

The wait for results will seem to be endless. It might be worth asking the hospital when and what time they will contact you so that you don't jump sky high when the phone rings.

I don't know if you have other children but if you do I found it helpful to have someone looking after my 2 little ones when I took phone calls from the hospital so that I wasn't too distracted.

I also tried to keep busy whilst I was waiting for the results so I didn't have too much "thinking time".

I wish you all the very best. Human beings are incredibly strong and you will get through all this whatever the results are.

Hi Monkeybumsmum, I'm new to mumsnet and have not posted before but I wanted to tell you that I know how you must be feeling - I just had a CVS yesterday following a scan which has given us a 1 in 5 risk of Downs Syndrome and a 1 in 3 of Edwards or Patau syndrome. We had a raised Nuchal of 2.6, very fast heart rate and the nasal bone cannot clearly be seen, so its not looking good for me. I have not been able to stop crying either and just in total shock as we have a 2 year old daughter and no history of anything like this.

Wishing you the best of luck this morning, I found the thought of it was worse than actually having it done and it was over in about 10-15 mins. We have been told the results will be in by Thursday evening so about the same timescales as you (we paid for the CVS privately to get the results before the Easter weekend).

Its really great to hear stories like peckhammummy's, and I totally agree that I have found that keeping myself busy has really helped pass the time.

Everything crossed for a good outcome to this for you and for this whole nightmare week to be over.

Wishing you all the best monkeybumsmum and goosie.

Hi monkeybumsmum and goosie. I'm so sorry to hear you're having to go through this and I hope you get some good news. I went through the same last year - 1:4 risk after a nuchal scan and a CVS and I remember all too well how difficult those few days waiting for tests and results was. I remember feeling very detached - as if I was just watching myself go through day to day life waiting for the phone to ring. I didn't discover these threads until after I had the (bad) results unfortunately, but I can tell you that reading and posting on them has been an absolute godsend. It seems to help so much to write down how you're feeling, and there are so many women here who can really understand and support you. My only advice at this stage would be just take the next couple of days as easy as you can with as many distractions as you can find, and I will keep my fingers firmly crossed for some good news. x

Hi Goosie So sorry to hear you're in a similar position, I really hope that despite the odds you get a good result.
I had the CVS this morning, so a little sore now, but all in all it wasn't too bad. We had a scan before the procedure, and saw a couple of soft markers - have just been researching these and seen that basically, we have a 0.5% chance of having a healthy baby. I am pretty certain about the result on Thursday/Friday, and we are just trying to come to terms with it and figure out what an earth to do.

It is just an absolute nightmare isn't it.

Thanks everyone for your kind messages of support, it means so much. Unfortunately I'm still throwing up at 13 1/2 weeks and today is not a good day (probably to do with all the stress) so am off to lie down and try to keep food down. Apologies for the lack of personal replies, but I have read all your messages, and really value all your support - thank you x

Sorry to hear you're not so good. What soft markers did they find?