waiting for amnio results

[cloud9]

dear all, i'm 17 weeks, my triple test results showed my baby had a 1:3 chance of having downs, had amnio on wednesday and waiting for his results. i just wondered if anyone else had been in this situation, and was willing to share with me what they did and how they coped with a positive result for downs. i've been in bits all week thinking about what to do. already have ds(4) and dd(2). thanks

Hi Cloud9. Never been in this position but jsut wanted to send you my love and hope everything goes your way.
PPS (34 weeks) XXX

As PPS said, I've never been in this position either, but just wanted to wish you luck and say that you're in our thoughts.

I was in the same position last week cloud.

I had loads of support from MN- do a search in pregnancy for the threads and the reassuring words and the statistics.

By the time I had the amnio I had decided that i would keep the baby whatever the result and so became very blase about it all. I relaxed for 3 days after the amnio while dh and dm took care of dd. On the friday the result was due I went out all day but had my mobile with me. The result didn't come through that day or teh following mOnday but it did come through clear at 4.55 on the Monday

thanks for your support- and that's really good news pixiefish. been finding out a lot since result, didn't realise that i would have to go thru labour if we decide on a termination. just thinking about that has me in floods. seeing the scan on wednesday was hard, especially as they told us the sex. keep in feeling like there's something i could have done tho i know it's not the case. not sure i cou;d cope with downs baby and two others

I just want to wish you well cloud9 - when are you expecting the results?

I was in a similar position but it was a different symdrome that was suspected. I had a CVS and unfortunately for us the results showed a more serious lethal condition. As a result we didn't have to make the decision about whether to keep going with the pregnancy knowing that we would have a child with special needs.

We did end up terminating at 21 weeks so I can totally empathise with you on the thought of having a full labour in those circumstances. I really really hope that you dont get to that situation and your results are clear, but if you want to ask any questions about the process and how it was handled then please do contact me.

Congratualtions Pixiefish! Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy

Cloud9 - I am expecting a new baby in July. I had a nuchal scan with blood biochemistry done at 13 weeks or so and the result came back as 1:7. The nuchal scan measurements taken alone gave me a result of 1:300 so it was the bloods that completely threw the result. I was very very low on PAPP-A. I had a CVS and a few days later the result came back as normal. It was a very worrying time. In your case, 1 in 3 sounds high but would you put the value of your house or car on a horse with these odds? Of course not, far too risky. Sending you lots of mental strength and best wishes.

i'm so sorry chooster, that must have been hard esp at 21 weeks. should get results monday or tuesday so w/end should be fun...if its ok, i would like to know about how things were handled with you (thank-you) but i'll wait til my result b4 i bomard u for info. caroline, really glad your result was clear- my tests were similar, already high risk due to age alone, nuchal was good but PAPP-A was almost non-existant. apparently my protein and hormone levels are working the wrong way around.don't really know if anything causes low PAPP-A

i went through this with my last child can't remeber alot about it just had 3 weeks to wait and it was horrible..she was our 7th between us so having a child with downs was not an easy thing to deal with..thankfully she was fine and we did't have to make the choice i don't think anyone can make that for you it's something you need to decide as a family rlbxx

have a look here

I have my own theories about low PAPP-A (this is NOT a corroborated medical opinion!). I was a large baby, my partner was a large baby. Apparently low PAPP-A is also associated with growth resriction. I think it is nature's way of limiting the size of baby we might otherwise produce. I had a CVS with my DD (now 18 months) as well, same scenario (CVS down to risk produced by extremely low PAPP-A all other results were fine - nuchal and other hormone levels). She too was absolutely fine.
This link makes interesting reading
news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/health/2072597.stm

Please let us know how you get on with the results Cloud9. You're right it will be a tough weekend for you.

Please ask me any questions you want whenever you want but, in the nicest possible way, I hope you dont have to get in touch

Hi there
Just to say that I had a 1 in 2 chance of having a child with Down's following tests prior to a CVS. I was convinced that the results would come back positive for Downs but they came back negative. I just couldn't believe it to be honest. It was a tough time but you will get through it. I wish you luck and try to keep positive.
Best wishes

hi there, I'm so sorry you're going trhough this. I had my nuchal last week and was given a 1 in 6 chance of my baby having Downs. My blood was normal but the nuchal measurement was high (3.5mm)

I have a healthy dd who is 10 months old, but I lost a child the year before. The 18 week scan showed serious fetal anomalies and an amnio confirmed that she had a lethal chromosome rearrangement. We made the difficult decision to terminate at 19 weeks. It was a shock to me that I had to go through labour in order to have her but, although it was terrible and traumatic, I'm really glad that I gave birth to her - I felt like I 'owed' her that. I also got to hold her, take photos of her and take prints of her hands and feet.

With that experience in my past, I was really unsure about what I'd do with a positive CVS result last week, but the results came back normal. I am so relieved and grateful and hope that it will be the same for you. As you;ve seen on this thread, many of us are given scary odds but it still comes out okay. I just kept reminding myself that 1 in 6 still gave me an 83% chance of a healthy baby.

I'll be thinking of you - hope that the weekend does not drag too much for you.

thank-you for all your support, so sorry about what you went through, stargazing, but really good news about your result this time around. i didn't realise that you would be able to hold the baby after giving birth...there's a lot i'm not really thinking about at the moment....thanks for the link,pixie-it helps to know what others have experienced, i feel a lot less isolated- w/end is very long...x

The weekend is almost over cloud9 - have got everything crossed for you with your results. xx

thank you x

Cloud9 - fingers crossed for good news for you today. x

bad news i'm afraid, just got results and amnio positive

There are several mums of Downs' children here, cloud.

Bumping this for ya!

Cloud9....big hugs to you.

Have you decided that this is, for you, 'bad news'? Have you made a decision or are you thinking?

You know you can get support here while you think, ask q's wait or vent.

i thought i knew what i would do, it's so much harder than i expected. i'm really not sure i could cope with a downs baby, esp with 2 other children. just in shock at the moment.

Big hugs to you Cloud9. Thinking of you.

AM so very sorry for your dilemma cloud9. Make the right decision for you and your family and disregard opposing arguments.

cloud9, I'm sorry you're having to deal with such turbulent news during your pregnancy - we didn't find out about dd2 having DS until she was 5 days old.
There are quite a few mums of children with DS on mumsnet, just start a post with Down's syndrome in the title in the SN section if you would like to chat to us.

The Down's Syndrome Association is also extremely helpful and they also publish a booklet for people who choose to continue a pregnancy with a prenatal diagnosis, should you choose to do go down that path. It's available on their website at www.downs-syndrome.org.uk .

I also have 3 children, you can look at my profile and see their ages and pictures if you like. Dd2 is 6 now and absolutely gorgeous. She is not a difficult child by any stretch of the imagination, in fact she is very well-behaved and helpful, and was the easiest baby of the three by far. She goes to our local mainstream primary school.

Do get in touch if you would like to find out more about having a child with DS, we're all happy to share.