CVS looming tomorrow

[catclarks]

Hi, I?m 13 weeks and had my first scan yesterday which showed some possible ?chromosomal abnormalities?. To be honest I didn?t take in a word the doctor said and my mind is all over the place at the moment. I?ve got to go for a CVS tomorrow, which from a physical point of view I?m not particularly worried about, but I just think that emotionally it?s going to be incredibly hard. I already have two gorgeous children, DD(4) and DS(2) who are an absolute delight (most of the time) and I know I have to stay strong for them, but it?s really hard. Can anyone share their experiences which I know would help a lot. Thanks

for you. Had a similar experience with a very high risk of DS (1:5) or 'other chromosonal abnormality (1:17)' at 11 week nuchal scan. Like you, I have young children already (5, 4 and 2). It was really, really hard and extremely upsetting. I went into the scan all happy to see the baby, never really expecting any problems, and came out in bits.

The procedure itself is painless and straightforward (more uncomfortable pains afterwards). It was over very quickly and my results showed all OK. The doctor mentioned there might be an organ problem, but this was checked out at my 20 week scan and it all seemed OK. I am due in 2 weeks and feel fine about it now.

Sorry, meant to say good luck for tomorrow. Will keep my fingers crossed for you x

Thanks Foxy, your message has really cheered me up. Generally I'm the eternal optimist but this has absolutely floored me so it's nice to know that it doesn't guarantee that there is a problem.

hi I also had a cvs - procedure didn't hurt at all (a little uncomfortable but certainly not painful).

Hope all goes well for you

hi there, hope all goes well with the procedure, I found it a bit uncomfortable but nothing major. I was given a a 1 in 6 risk of DS and 1 in 40 for T13 and T18 at my nuchal. Spent an anxious few days but the results came back okay. Fingers crossed and all best wishes for you.

Hi not had this done myself but wanted to wish you well xxxx

catclarks - do let us know how you get on today

How did you get on catclarks - I hope you are feeling ok, take it easy foe a while (Easier said than done with 2 DC's!)

Hi, thanks for all your input. I've just got back from the hospital. The procedure itself was fine, if a little uncomfortable. There is quite a lot of fluid at the back of the baby's neck (they don't do nuchal scans up at the hospital), and the doctor reckons there's roughly a 40% chance of a problem. However, that does mean there's a 60% chance that everything is fine. Hopefully I should get the results late tomorrow afternoon, otherwise it's going to be a very long weekend. Keep your fingers crossed for us.

Yep, keep focussing on that 60% chance! greater chance everything is OK.

I feel for you, it was the worse time for us. We had just started a holiday in Australia, and I'd arranged to have my 11 week scan done there. The first week was spent crying. My measurement was about 3.8.

But there was good news at the end of it, and we found out we were having another girl, (we have 2 DSs and a DD already) so actually we felt something good did come out of it in the end.

Will be thinking of you

Good luck for later xx

Thanks for all your good wishes. I've just heard from the hospital and all chromosomes are fine. What a relief. This has been the longest 3 days of my life. We've just got to get through the detailed scan but meantime I'm off to have a huge wedge of chocolate cake to celebrate

That is fantastic news! Am really, really pleased for you - what a massive relief!!

Will join you in the chocolate cake celebration!

Hi Foxy, just wanted to say good luck with your baby in a couple of weeks. I'll be thinking of you.

Thanks! Look out for my birth announcement! After all that stuff, I am 99.9% confident it will all be fine. Good luck to you too