Hi ladies, we got some answers today we didn't want to hear.
Firstly we found out that it was Zoe's heart beat we heard in the assessment unit ( we were told it was mine they picked up), dr showed us the print out, her heart rate was normal for a while then dropped dramatically, picked up again and was normal. Dr said in his opinion he would have taken me straight for an emcs after her heart rate dipped, instead i was monitored for another 30 mins then taken upstairs for induction. Zoe passed away in the time taken for me to get upstairs. the placenta had a condition called defective placental maturation, but his alone did not cause her death he said it was most likely that Zoe was laying on her cord which caused hypoxia.
We were also told that Zoe had downs syndrome which we were very shocked about as the blood test taken in pregnancy came back with a 1:750 chance. DP and I had bloods taken for genetic testing.
As for subsequent prenancy i have a slight increased risk of having another stillbirth or child with Downs syndrome. I will be induced around 37/38 weeks, offered a CVS or Amnio and Nuchal fold scan, ( they do not do them routinely in Scotland yet). i would have more scans and doppler blood flow scans.
Sorry for the long post. I will catch up with the rest of the thread later x