I just wanted to write a good news post as I know when I was going through this that I was desperately searching for someone in my position who had a positive outcome!
On New Year’s Eve we went to the hospital for our scan, excited to see our LO! At the end of the scan we were told that the NT measurement was raised at 3.6 & 3.7.
We were told that due to my age (35) & the measurement that our screening results would very likely be high for either T21, T18 or T13.
We went away feeling apprehensive about the results and on Monday morning I got the call to say my result had come back at a greater than 1 in 2 chance of Down syndrome.
I spiralled, reading every single post I could possibly find on the internet, desperately searching for someone who had been in my position & more so for someone who had had good news!
A week later I had my CVS procedure (which was relatively painless, you can feel a little bit of tugging which is uncomfortable) but I got a call the next day saying my sample was too small and that it had to be repeated the next day. I had the option to do a nipt but for me I needed a solid diagnostic result so went back in and repeated the CVS.
Three days later I had my results, all clear for the main three chromosomal abnormalities, even the midwife was surprised! A week later I had the final call to say that everything was normal and that nothing had come up on the tests to suggest anything was wrong.
I had my fetal echo (heart scan) last week and thankfully there was nothing to suggest of any heart defects.
I feel like I can finally start to enjoy my pregnancy at 20 weeks pregnant, I can’t believe that all of a sudden we are half way through!
I just wanted to post this to say that although a greater than 1 in 2 chance seems terrifying at the time it really is just a result that the computer has generated. I know that we are extremely lucky and not everyone’s tests will turn out the way ours did but it is possible!
Sending lots of love to anyone currently going through the same ❤️