I wonder if I am the only person to feel like this, whether it's normal, or whether I am slightly fixated for no good reason. I'm 37 and almost 28 weeks pregnant after 5 attempts at IVF. The pregnancy has been utterly textbook - every scan, heartbeat, position, etc has been absolutely spot on. My own health is excellent, probably the best of my whole life and I have been very lucky not to have been troubled by much in the way of
symptoms (hot & grumpy today though!).
However, I was given a slightly raised Down Syndrome risk score based on a 2.2mm nuchal fold + my age. The bloods part came back normal. The threshold from low to high risk is 1:150 (low risk) and mine was 1:143. I know....you'd buy a lottery ticket wouldn't you? Anyway, I'm not sure why it has caused me so much anxiety, but it has.
I decided against amnio for a number of reasons and I intend to stick with that and also will not go down the Harmony route, on the basis that knowing doesn't change the outcome - plus is ruinously expensive. I had a full anomaly scan that came back looking all good.
I don't know a) why I'm so anxious b) if it is just a focus for general anxiety and c) if I do have a child with DS is that really a problem anyway? I shrink at the reaction of my family more than my own, but equally after such a rocky road to get here (in terms of IVF) am so hopeful for a happy healthy 'normal' child, for it's own sake as much as mine.
If you have read this far, many thanks indeed - I would love to know what other people have felt and thought or indeed if any have found themselves similarly mentally occupied.