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I'm really sorry to be all about me right now, but can anyone out there reassure me? My ob just told me that based on our bloodwork, we have a slightly elevated risk of Down Syndrome- 1/258 instead of 1/350 expected for my age. I know this is less than 1/4 of 1%, and I'm not inclined to get an amnio given the risk of miscarriage and how difficult it was for us to conceive - but we've been on the losing side of the statistics before (what is it, 2% of pregnancies are ivf??). We want and love this baby beyond all words, and would welcome any child God blessed us with, but Ijust want- for our baby's sake - for everything to be okay. I can't help but feel that every time I dare feel happy about this we get bad news. Maybe I am supposed to be anxious and cede hope for the rest of this time . :(
Anyway, if any one has similar stories, or can just talk sense into me, I'd really, really appreciate it. :(
Edited to add: I got this call while at the airport, so I probably didn't ask as many qs as I should have. I have a call into the doctor but won't get to talk to her until at least tomorrow.
I did have the NT done, the same day as the blood test. The tech said everything "looked ok to her" and I distinctly remember her measuring the fold on the screenat 1mm (which is withint the desired range- I found this from internet research). So I think the increased risk must be from the blood test- which measures hcg and proteins. I'd like to think that the nt means more, but I think the point of the two tests is that they look at the results together. Ugh. Not what I want to be thinking about on a stupid business trip by myself in san antonio.
Anyway, if any one has similar stories, or can just talk sense into me, I'd really, really appreciate it. :(
Edited to add: I got this call while at the airport, so I probably didn't ask as many qs as I should have. I have a call into the doctor but won't get to talk to her until at least tomorrow.
I did have the NT done, the same day as the blood test. The tech said everything "looked ok to her" and I distinctly remember her measuring the fold on the screenat 1mm (which is withint the desired range- I found this from internet research). So I think the increased risk must be from the blood test- which measures hcg and proteins. I'd like to think that the nt means more, but I think the point of the two tests is that they look at the results together. Ugh. Not what I want to be thinking about on a stupid business trip by myself in san antonio.