NHS amniocentesis

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Can anyone advise of their experiences with an NHS amniocentesis?

We have opted to have one as baby tested high on combined test, low on NIPT but does have a cystic hygroma.

We have been warned that baby may have Trisomy 21, 18 or 13 or Turners. Everything I read on the NHS site says they only test for the 3 trisomies on the amniocentesis though so how would we know about Turners? (We do not know sex of baby).

Thank you.

I think you need to check with the specific NHS trust or test provider.

All I can say of the two amnios I have had, is that they were calm, painless and a lot less stressful than I was expecting.

discuss with the doctor doing the test. The doctor will write a recommendation to the lab in terms of what to test. Full range of chromosomes was tested for us.

in my case, due to pregnancy being ivf, our geneticist also wrote to the doctor explaining why all need to be tested.

Thank you

Hi! I've just had my amniocentesis as i had a high screening chance. I had a low NIPT but there was query cardiac issues (which have since been given the all clear!). My experience and knowledge is that the 3 trisomys are standard amnio tests. If there are any queries around abnormal scans/bloods/tests then they will complete the rest of the chromosome tests as well. Because you have the cystic hygroma i imagine that they will do the full panel of chromosome tests. However, as others have said, i would get your healthcare provider to confirm this. I hope everything goes well.

Update Amniocentesis completed. Baby looked all ok on scan, Hygroma no longer visible just a thick NT now.

They said they will test for Trisomy 21, 18, 13 and Sex Chromosome first. If those are clear a full array will be done.

Now to wait and hope. ❤️