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Nuchal Fold Translucency Screening, Not Sure I Want to Do It, Need Adivce!
Asked by Y.P. from Phoenix
on May 10, 2010
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Just hoping to get some opinions out there. I am 12.5 weeks and due to have my nuchal fold translucency screening ultrasound done before 14 weeks. I am having trouble ...
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- My girlfriend who was 42 and pregnant had all the screening plus amnio. They told her , she should abort because the child was short a chromosome(sp) and had other is...
- Like you, I take worrying to a whole new level. So I can understand how you might react with worry if something shows on the test. However, based on your good odds d...
- Seeing your baby on an ultrasound is one of the greatest things about pregnancy. (And we found that the smaller baby was much easier to see than than the larger baby a...
Nuchal Translucency Screening
Asked by A.D. from Los Angeles
on January 26, 2008
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Hello hope everyone is doing well. I am pregnant 12 weeks, and i found out right after christmas that i was expecting. I was feeling a little tired, but i had some awf...
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- I just googled it - and I think this is a standard test these days - I went for it too - second pregnancy. What is the nuchal translucency screening test? This pre...
- They use ultrasound to measure the thickness of the back of the baby's neck and the presence of the 'nose bone' to give you your risk of Down's Syndrome and two other ...
- Sandra, I really don't know about the test, but wanted to share my experience with gestational diabetes. I had it with both of my pregnancies. The first one, I didn'...
Nuchal Translucency
Asked by S.P. from New York
on May 4, 2010
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Hello -
I am 35 and after trying to conceive for 2 years we finally did with IVF. I just had my 12 week ultrasound/nuchal testing done and the results came back abno...
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- At my 20wk ultrasound there were abnormalities. The doctors were concerned that it would be down's syndrome or trisomy 18. They told us that even if it were not thes...
- Hi S., I am so sorry you are going through this. I kind of wish they would have waited for the results to come back before telling you. (Well, maybe you wouldn't ha...
- While the NT scan is just a screening, the CVS results will be definitive. It tests your baby's chromosomes (not yours, as another poster here said) it will tell you w...
Nuchal Translucency Ultrasound - Scary Results
Asked by M.M. from Boston
on November 19, 2009
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Hi there,
I am a 35 first time mother to be and also will be doing this on my own. I just had my 13 week ultrasound to test for the thickness of the fluid in the nu...
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- You will have the baby you are mean tot have, you will love this baby and do everything in your paower to give your baby the best world possible. You do need to wait f...
- Hi M., I went through the same thing with my last pregnancy. I didn't measure 7 but did measure 6mm. I don't remember the exact % they gave me but they said it could ...
- M., My closest friend got those results (1 in 3 chance of chromosome problem) from the nuchal fold test three years ago. She and her partner sweated out the wait for...
Concern About Numbers from down Syndrom Screening
Asked by R.V. from San Francisco
on April 29, 2008
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Okay I am trying not to give this to much concern but hearing other moms experience will certainly help me. I just got a call from my ob saying that after my nuchal tr...
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- i don't know if this will help or hinder, but i am one of the folks that got a false positive from the initial blood test. i knew though, in that way a mom knows, tha...
- Hi R., OMG!! I'm sure you are very nervous from this news!! It didn't happen to me but to my girlfriend. Her results came back at 1 in 77 and they had her go furthe...
- I was 17 when I took the testing and was pregnant with my first child. I was told that my test had come back negative, but the numbers were a bit high for a girl my ag...
First Trimester Screening for down Syndrome Came Back Positive
Asked by K.E. from Phoenix
on September 9, 2010
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Hello, I am 15 weeks pregnant with my second child and recently had the first trimester screening for down syndrome, etc. I did this with my first and everything was ...
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- Have the amnio. If you live in a city with good doctors, you can find one that will do it, who probably does it 5 times a day and is very skilled so the chances of ha...
- Try not to stress, I have heard from MANY people they get these results as well, and their babies are just fine. It's sad that they are so inaccurate and put unneeded ...
- I got the same thing. I had the amnio and it turned out my son was fine, but the amnio does come with a small risk of miscarriage, so only do what you feel comfortabl...
Abnormal Findings in 19Week Ultrasound, Suggesting Chromosomal Defect
Asked by S.B. from Sacramento
on August 24, 2010
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HI, just went in for my 19 week ultrasound this am..got a call this afternoon that they found some abnormalities that suggest a chromosomal defect. VSD in the heart, n...
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- Hi S., I would do the amnio. Your baby is going to be perfectly healthy, but it will most likely make you and your husband feel better. Good luck and hang in there ...
- Dear S., I'm so sorry you are having these stressful results during your pregnancy. Dear one, what would your outcome be for your baby if the tests come back positive...
- Hi S., I am a mother, who 9 years ago was faced with a similar situation......97% of Downs with our second child......doing an Amnio was the only way to know for su...
18 Weeks Pregnant and Thinking About Doing the Amnio
Asked by D.T. from Los Angeles
on February 11, 2011
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Hello -
I am 34 years old and am 18 weeks pregnant. I went to do the genetic counseling and all my blood work and the nuchal test came back that we have a very slim ...
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- I second BabyDoos Mama. We elected not to do any of the genetic testing b/c we were not going to terminate our pregnancy if our child had a condition. However, you h...
- You might want to ask about the exact statistic for miscarriage at the actual location where you would have the amnio done. When we were considering an amnio, we were ...
- With those odds you still have less than a 1% chance of having a downs baby. There is greater than 99% chance your baby does not have downs. I agree with the other...
Pregnant and Given 1/9 Chance Baby Has down Syndrome
Asked by L.O. from San Francisco
on April 15, 2011
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Hi Moms. I'm 14-weeks pregnant and had a first trimester screening done for birth defects. Was called in to meet with a genetic counselor who informed us that there is...
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- I don't know what the numbers mean but I just want to offer my support. I work with special needs children and the down syndrome children are very loving and take a p...
- WELCOME TO HOLLAND by Emily Perl Kingsley. I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not s...
- If you want to reach out and connect with support and other parents. Contact Parents Helping Parents, www.php.com ###-###-####. They are a wonderful, supportive orga...
My Quad Results Came up Positvie...
Asked by J.R. from Portland
on October 12, 2010
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Last Wednesday I had my appointment for the Quad screening. A nurse called me on Monday to inform me that I had a "positive" result for my child having DS. I am only 2...
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- I have a daughter with Down Syndrome. Graci is beautiful, funny, and smart. She is loved by her family and her many friends. I can understand you being scared, of ...
- the only thing that is accurate, is an Amniocentesis. They will probably have you do this too. They should also be having you see a "Genetic Counselor" which is the ...
- Some of the sweetest people on the planet have Downs.... Just start learning more about it since you may become one of those "special" mommys. 1 in 33 is 1 in 33, jus...
