I just posted this on another thread:
I went through all the usual stuff with the midwife, then they sent me over for an ultrasound. The sonographer umed and ered said there was a raised nuchal growth larger than 14 weeks should be. They sent me for a walk to get the baby to move as she wanted her supervisor to look at the scan. So the supervisor ums and errs. Then they send me up to the Centre for Foetal Care. The doctor asks what they told me down in ultrasound. I say only the raised nuchal fold.. Hes says so they didn't mention a massive growth on the spine?
Er no....
So he hooks me up to a state of the art 3D imaging machine, the only one in the country. After 50 minutes of poking he says he can't see any spinal or brain abnormalities. But as this pregnancy wasn't planned and hence I didn't take folic acid, he want to do another scan in 2 weeks to follow the spina bifida querry up.
Then he says I want to do a CVS and take samples for a Down's test as he has calculated my risk as 1 in 300. I say ok get it over with so that I can have those results when I go back in 2 weeks.
He preps me then stops before the needle goes in. He says that if he isn't happy with what he sees in 2 weeks re:the spine then he would have to do an amnio. So rather than do 2 risk increasing procedures in 2 weeks he'll do one amnio in 2 weeks for the Downs and if necessary spina bifida as well.
My questions are:
Has anyone gone through this nightmare and had a test that showed NO abnormalities?
Has anyone had a test that has shown abnormalities and what did they do?
Is there anything I can do to stop myself going mad whilst I wait for the test and then the results?