Anyone miscarried after an amnio?

[MrsT1980]

Trying to decide about having an amnio as I've been told I have a 1:40 chance of downs. Literally changing my mind every 10 minutes and finding it hard to think abt anything other than this horrible situation I find myself in. I know it's 1:100-1:150 risk of MC just wondered if anyone has suffered with this x

what about Harmony instead? And can go for amnio if this still shows high risk.

One of my best friends sadly lost her baby after having an amnio. It was one of the reasons why I plumped for a harmony test instead. However, the doctor that performed the amnio had only had this happen once in 20 years, she was unlucky.

I think the odds are out of date somewhat - those figures are from the days they didn't use constant ultrasound guidance. I'd read that 1:200 to 1:350 is more accurate. Depends on the skill of the operator too.

Second the poster above who says to go for one of the non invasive tastings (harmony/panorama etc) no risk to you or baby, but of course there is a short wait for the results. It's as accurate as you'll get without being diagnostic.

I hope things work out for you. It must be incredibly stressful.

I have had amnio. It was fine. (Harmony wasn't an option for us, for various reasons)

I was told that the figure was 1:150 but that that was somewhat misleading. Any miscarriage that happens within a certain period afterwards is counted as 'caused' by the amnio. In reality, quite a number of those miscarriages might have happened anyway because, obviously, miscarriages do sadly still happen early in the second trimester and many of the women who end up having amnio are at increased risk for miscarriage anyway (age, etc).

I was also told that, if you get through the procedure under constant monitoring with no signs of distress ,the likelihood of everything being fine is good.

For me, I needed to know either way.

I just don't have the money for the harmony test otherwise I would definately go that route 1st. It's a shame it's not yet available on the NHS. Xx

I would go for the amnio. Regardless of what you would do if the results were positive.
Harmony is all very well but the results take 2 weeks and will still only give you odds at the end. If the odds come back high risk you will be back where you are now.
That's a good 3 weeks to worry yourself daft in, a further 3 weeks pg if you would terminate for a positive.
I went through all of this last year and the waiting is a killer!
If you would not terminate I would still recommend the amnio. having several months to prepare yourself and everyone else is a godsend.

Somebody else on here recommended asking for the stats of the person performing the amnio, eg apparently dr nicolaides at the fetal medical centre has 100% success rate. Might be worth looking into if that is possible?

Thinking of you and so sorry you are having all this stress. If it helps to hear a positive story, my friend was recently given 1 in 6 after NT and bloods, so went for amnio - both she and baby are totally fine. Hope you get the same good news x

Obviously only you can make the decision but having had 4 miscarriages myself (not because of any tests) I'm going through one now I've alwsys declined them I just wanted to post because although not down syndrome my two sons do have a genetic syndrome and because my husband carries the gene (only found out when they were 1 and 5) they make me feel.pushed into the tests one doctor told me.I will have it and I should terminate if baby has it, but it isn't a life reducing syndrome so I was disgusted and found myself feeling very alone. You need to decide if baby has downs would it really matter? In your heart of hearts would you love that baby the same? I have a friend with a baby who has downs and she's doing so well she's 12 now. Also if baby didn't have downs there's that chance unfortunately of threatening the pregnancy via tests. Have Any scans shown soft marker? remember there's still a good chance baby is fine x

Sorry for the sad post, but to answer you question - yes, a friend of mine tragically lost a baby after an amino, on top of that had some other terrible complications, which I'm not sure if all that was related to the procedure itself not being correctly performed or something else, but her story is incredibly sad

hello,
I had a cvs which also carries a risk of miscarriage, but that was fine, sadly a heart problem was picked up at 20 weeks which led to me having an amnio, baby was fine after that, but sadly passed away later on in the pregnancy, due to him having problems, it was not linked to the amnio tho, :) hope this helps

Yes, I've cared for women who have lost babies shortly after an amnio.

I suppose your question is really what would you do with a diagnosis of trisomy 21? Do you need to know ASAP so you can terminate as early as possible if the baby is affected, or is it preparation for a potential diagnosis you want? If the latter, there is an argument for waiting until 34w and having the amnio then. At that stage if there are problems and the baby is born, it has an excellent chance of being just fine (chromosomal problems notwithstanding).