I had my nuchal scan done today. I'm so confused by the result.
My adjusted risk looking at the scan and the blood tests is 1:162. With my DS (now 10 months) my risk was 1: 14000.
I asked the sonographer why it was so high and all she could tell me was that it was because of my hormone levels.
My free beta HCG is 160.30 IU/l equivalent to 4.124 MoM and the PAPP-A is 1.382 IU/l equivalent to 0.674 MoM, but I don't really understand what this all means.
The measurement at the back of the neck was in the normal limits 1.4.
The sonographer said that this rate 1:162 is considered low risk and that only anything under 1:100 is high risk, but this doesn't seem to be the case when I googled it.
Can anyone help me?
Should I have been offered further tests?
What exactly are the normal levels of free beta HCG and why else could they be so high?
Thanks.
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Nuchal scan today - Down's Risk 1:162 - they say low risk, I'm confused!
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Kidneybeansmummy · 13/07/2011 16:29
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