Hi everyone
I'm hoping someone can offer me some advice. I have got myself into a right pickle over the weekend. I had my dating scan on Friday and the nuchal translucency is 2.90mm. The sonographer didn't seem worried and said that 3.5 is usually the marker for concern. She was positive about the scan and I had my bloods done right after as part of the combined screening test.
However, stupidly when I got home I started playing Doctor Google, and actually learnt that 2.90mm is on the high side and above the average. After reading lots of reports and journals, I have ended up in a bit of a mess. I'm also 40 and know puts me at higher risk too. I had a miscarriage earlier this year and it broke my heart, so I'm naturally sensitive to anything that could go wrong.
I did call the hospital today to explain my anxiety and fear and the head of the screening department, said the measurement was a bit high but to wait for the blood test results that should be through today or tomorrow. I called her at the end of today just to check to see if any results had come in and got my name mixed up with a similar name and said "it's come back low risk...actually" - it's just the way she said it like she was shocked. And then she read out my personal information and it was obviously not meant for me. So in the end, my results hadn't come back yet, and she was obviously shocked to see the results were low risk.
I have spent the whole evening crying just thinking the worst, and good knows what the anxiety and stress is doing to the baby. I'm really hoping someone has been in a similar situation to me. I know I'm jumping head without the blood results but from everything I've read, I just can't help but think the odds are against me especially with my age. It's helped just to write everything down. so thank you xxx