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Losing my mind waiting for CVS results after good panorama but bad combined screening results

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nervousFTM · 17/04/2018 22:01

Sorry this is long.

I thought I was worried about having CVS but it is nothing compared to the wait for results :(

Long story short - at 9+5 I had Panorama done privately and the results were brilliant they said - everything very low risk. Then at 11+5 I had my blood taken for the combined screening tests offered on the NHS (I am in UK). Dating scan was a week later and all looked perfect, until they combined my blood work results (free beta HCG is 3.11 MoM and PAPP-A is 0.38 MoM) and gave me a high risk of 1 in 19 - taking into account my age of 38 (ftm) 😢

At that appointment they told me to have the Panorama and rather go by that result - I didn’t tell them I’d already done the test privately as I felt I’d have more comfort from multiple screenings giving me a low risk result. Clearly this hasn’t gone according to plan ☹️

Despite the happy result from private Panorama test, I can’t stop focusing on the extremely high risk of 1:19 that they gave me for the combined tests. I had CVS done yesterday and will get the results in the next 2/3 days but this waiting is making me crazy.

Anyone had a false positive from combined screening - or know anyone who has? Going totally mad here and already feel heartbroken. I posted a response on a recent similar thread but guess I am just unashamedly looking for more answers! xx

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kitty1013 · 17/04/2018 22:09

I think the panorama is much more accurate than the combined screening. In my area they do NIPT on nhs if combined test comes up high risk. So I really wouldn't worry! Surely looking at dna is much more reliable than looking at the "markers", one of which is simply age.

Although I'm not preaching as I had panorama and still had combined test anyway!

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