Low PAPP A and High Risk of DS

[kmcneil91]

Hi All,

So I received a letter yesterday advising I have low PAPP A and a 1 in 5 chance of the baby having Downs Syndrome, this was a huge shock to us as the NPtest had shown 2.6...

Firstly I am baffled as to why i am in the High Risk category but also very scared! We have a Harmony test booked for Saturday and we will see what comes of it. I really don't want any of the invasive tests but I can't help but feel even if the Harmony comes back clear (which I hope it does!) will that settle my worry?!

I really really hope the tests come back clear and we can relax and enjoy the rest of the pregnancy, it will just be a long wait for the results.

Hi ,
I also had the news from hospital on Tuesday (20/11/18)
Got to wait till next week now , I hate the limbo of it all .
Really hope you got a clear result.
Will be watching for your results
🤞🏽

Hi

I was told I had a low pap a at my 12 week scan and was told to take an aspirin every day and that I would have to have regular growth scans from 28 weeks. I'm allergic to aspirin so the midwife told me not to take anything. Which I was really worried about but had a lovely senior midwife call me to basically say low Pap A is rarely a problem.

I'm 21+4 now and have normal growth at my 20 week scan. Due to some family history I had another scan at Great Ormond Street and again thankfully all looks fine.

Hope your tests go well xx

Everything crossed for you babe xx

That’s amazing news 🙌🏾😍 x

Hi Ladies thank you for the messages! We got the Harmony test and it came back within the week which I was soooo happy about and it was all clear! Baby tested less then 1 in 10,000 chance of having anything which was a huge relief. xx

Wow that fantastic news!!!

Hoping to hear something today or sometime this week !
It’s a terrible wait , I am all over the place .
Will keep you posted on my results xxx

@Jenna2010 if the people have a facebook page try contact them on there, I have little patience and was told at the app 8-10 working days so I had contacted them asking if I could have a rough date to expect them and they contacted the lab that day for me and got the results 2 days later. Fingers crossed for you! xxx

Thank you 🙏🏽
Just rang hospital and test havecarrived just need doc to rad over then call me .
It’s a graft that only professional understand I believe so even if I was given the results myself I wouldn’t make head nor tail.
Will let you know today 🤞🏽 Xxx

Had the best news this morning !
All clear and we are having a boy !!!!
We are over the moon xxxxx

Aww so happy for you! Snap on us both having boys! xxxx

I had this, serial growth scans and ended up induced for large for gestational age at 38+2... DS is long rather than wide but I wouldn't have wanted to wait any longer as his head was on the 95th centile