Hey, this is my first post. I have been frantically searching and reading discussions so I thought I would start a thread to see if anyone has been through a similar situation and can offer any advice, or what your outcomes were positive or not. I am trying to prepare myself and cannot concentrate as it is all I think about!
I am currently 16 weeks + 1 ...I went for my NT at 12 weeks (but was actually 11 weeks) and the NT measured 3.0mm, so they were alarmed and worried it would be quite a lot higher at 13 weeks.
I then had a second fetal medicine scan with a Dr at 13 weeks and the NT measured 3.1mm (so had not grown too much). My Combined blood results came back low chance for the main 3 syndromes; 1/405 for DS and 1/6000 and something for Edwards and Patau Syndrome. The Dr was very thorough and she found a nasal bone and structurally the baby looked good. We could see the heart and brain etc in so much detail.
We were referred to fetal heart echo in London and they found the heart to be healthy for its age, although said some small heart defects cannot be found on until later on in the pregnancy of after birth (some heart defects are minor and not fatal). So this was all reassuring. However, the baby was found to have some extra fluid under its skin on its abdomen which is also very worrying as I believe this is called fetal hydrops or skin edema and although it is good that all the scans are coming back with no issues... the only thing to rule out are the abnormal syndromes, so I think we will have amnio on Monday at our next fetal medicine scan.
Sorry for the long post, just want to see if anyone has any advice or any similar stories. Thanks!