Has anyone who has had a Down’s syndrome pregnancy or other chromosomal disorders let me know if their pregnancy had any warning signs?
I’m only 27, and my third pregnancy I’ve recently received a 1 in 4 chance of Down’s syndrome on the combined screening. We live in a small town so there’s been a bit of a wait (we found out last Monday, cvs booked in for this Wednesday, results next Monday). Cvs was the fastest answer.
Of course now I’m dissecting every part of this pregnancy.
I had spotting/light bleeding at 11 weeks, we went to the EPU for a scan, everything was fine but I was told I was 9 weeks.
I know dates change, but 1 week 5 days seems a lot, and by their dates I couldn’t possibly have a positive pregnancy test.
Went for 12 week scan when I was 12 weeks corrected (14 weeks if LMP) and it took 45 minutes instead of the usual 20.
She repeatedly took the NT measurements and was struggling to see baby’s brain. A college was called in who said ‘no I think it looks fine’ they then back tracked a bit and said oh we was talking about measurements.
Maybe true, or did they potentially see something a little off but not enough to worry us?
We was ultimately told scan is clear and I went for bloods.
Taking in my age and two previous pregnancies I just done bloods as a formality.
Then we received the 1 in 4 result.
I’ve had pretty bad morning sickness same is my other two, my nipples are sore this time which they haven’t before, but I just generally don’t feel pregnant despite the constant sickness.
Is the spotting/bleeding, big date change and longer than average scan warning signs once combined with our test results.
I know 1 in 4 means I actually have a 3 in 4 or 75% chance of good news, so technically the odds are still in my favour, but are the above mentioned, early warning signs?
I don’t know what my exact scores are, and they didn’t tell me my scores for Edwards or Patau, just I was low risk. I did push a bit and was told NT was 3.4mm but that’s actually still classed as normal, so it was really the combination of all 3 that gave me such a shit result.
Sorry if it’s a bit rambly... x