I received my results from combined test which was 1:124. At 12 week scan they were unable to check nuchal due to introverted womb. Big shock, but we have decided to go ahead with amnio which will be on Thursday. Just wondering what we should expect at this? I am rhesus negative so not sure if that increases risk of miscarriage?
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PacificDogwood ·
02/08/2011 21:37
Sorry to hear you are going through this.
1:124 risk of Down's is also a 123:124 chance of a healthy baby, mind 
.
Being Rhesus neg will not increase your risk of miscarriage, but as you might get sensitised (if this is your first pregnancy, yes?) you will be offered Anti-D injection to prevent problems in subsequent pregnancies.
FWIW, I had 3x CVS and 1x amnio and the amniocentesis is by far the less uncomfortable test - really feels like having blood taken. It is done under ultrasound guidance and takes no time at all. Really, the actual procedure is not bad IME - the waiting for the result however....
My Down's risk was 1:18 btw and risk for Patau 1:4 - I have 4 healthy DSs . I know I have been very very fortunate.
Hope the same will go for you. Good luck on Thursday!
PacificDogwood ·
03/08/2011 20:23
Oh, MercyMe, no wonder you are worried. I hope your DD is doing well.
After my first 3 pregnancies ended in early MMCs both my DH and I had lots of tests done, amongst other genetic testing (karyotyping). It turned out that I carried a genetic problem which predisposed us to 'making' babies with Trisomie 13 or 14 (Patau).
Apart from the first loss, fetal tissue from each MC (I had a 4th one between DS2 and 3) were tested, all had something wrong with them, but none of them had Trisomie 13 or 14. 
. Nature can be a right old bitch sometimes.
Try and don't get too far ahead of yourself (easier said than done, I know): I hope your amnio goes well and you get result we all hope for. Can your hospital offer 'direct testing' which allows for a preliminary result quicker than the subsequent culture? It just puts you out of your misery sooner.
If, and I am saying if, you sadly had a worrying result, then consider being tested yourself. And your DH as well of course.
I am keeping everything crossed for you .
PacificDogwood ·
05/08/2011 22:02
Glad to hear it went ok.
Rest up, eat chocolate, watch trash TV or whatever helps you kill time.
Maybe I shouldn't really tell you that we flew off to attend a wedding abroad less than 24 hours after my first CVS at 10 weeks 
? At that point I was so fed up with having done everything 'right' in the 3 previous pregnancies, yet still losing them all, that my frame of mind was 'Sod it, it will either stick, or it won't'.
DS1 is now 8 .
Oh, and I had to out myself at said wedding because somebody spotted that I was not drinking....
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