Hi guys, just wanted some advice if possible? I am 13 weeks and 4 days pregnant. I had the combined test for Down's Syndrome last Monday (at 12 weeks 6 days) and I received the results today - classified as low risk, at 1:1163.
In my area, high risk is classified as 1:150 so this is significantly lower. I have calculated the risk as a percentage and it's just about 0.086%, which I do recognise is low - obviously that means that I have a 99.914% chance of having a healthy baby.
I understand that other people get some really high risk results, and that that must be terribly distressing, and that they would probably give their eye teeth to get a result like mine. I do understand that.
However, it doesn't take away from the fact that I am still really quite worried. I was expecting my risk to be much, much lower, as I am 31, so not particularly old, and very healthy myself (I believe weight can affect your risk?). I am surprised by how upset I am. I immediately started thinking about getting the Harmony test, which is supposed to be more than 99% accurate at detecting Down's Syndrome fetuses... But would that be a ridiculous thing to do when my result is low anyway?
The results wouldn't come back for two weeks, and because of the Christmas bank holidays etc I won't be able to get a scan until at least 14 weeks, which would probably mean that I would be well over 16 weeks by the time I got the results. It seems like awfully late in the pregnancy to be finding out. I just don't know.
What would you guys do?