Ultrascreen results - not sure about them

So I have a 1 in 206 chance of Down's Syndrome and am considered "increased risk". I really do not want to do an amnio. I feel those are not terrible odds, but I guess I wanted to hear that I had a 1 in 1,000 chance LOL. They said the nuchal scan looked great and my chance of trisomy 13 or 18 was 1 in 5,700.

Can anyone share what their results were and thoughts? I have a call into my dr, but have not heard back yet. Madonna Perinatal gave me these results, I met with a genetic counselor today.

By the way, I'm 37 years old.

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I dont have my full results back yet. Im going for part 2 tomorrow actually.

If it were me..and i was 37 i think i might opt for the amnio to know for sure. whatever the results were though, i would have the baby regardless, but i'd like to be prepared for whats ahead, kwim?

your odds are still a very small %age though.

Did the genetic counselor offer any insight?

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Thanks. I tell myself it is a 1% or less chance. The counselor pointed out that I am on the lower end of the increased zone which I guess is good plus the nuchal scan looked good

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I don't know anything about this - but I just wanted to offer you some hugs

The best advice I can give is go with your gut.

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i had a similar situation. from the ultrascreen, the NT scan/ultrasound of the baby was perfect...measured at 1mm. my trisomy 13 and 18 results came back at 1:10,000. but for some reason, something in my bloodwork made me borderline high risk at 1:288. my dr said he's not concerned because its still less than a 1/2% chance but still, as a first time mom i freaked and stressed out. when i went for my 16 week checkup i told the dr i didnt want to have the 2nd half of the ultrascreen done because no matter what i wasnt having an amnio and i wouldnt terminate so it was a moot point to have the test done again. because had it come out "off" again then i wouldve been stressing when there was nothing i could do about it, kwim.

he said, in not so many words, that i was being overly paranoid and silly. so as a compromise we decided i would have a level 3 genetic ultrasound at 18 weeks instead of a level 2 at 20 weeks. i agreed because at least the genetic ultrasound is more thorough and something i can see as opposed to just bloodwork thats just a screening. i go on friday.

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ok first let me give you some its such a hard decision...

Im 23 years old and my nt results were 1:1,339 i was told thats "normal"

i refused the genetic couseling because i was told i had nothing to worry about...

i went for the quad screen at the end of the time frame at 21 weeks and my odds dropped to 1:139... WASNT TOLD TILL 23 weeks the results.. dr. blew it off didnt tell me the #'s and told me it was just normal results.. on the lower side and didnt recommend anything further since an amnio is risky...

i went back at 26 weeks asked a different dr for the #'s and was told it was ABNORMAL and thats a big change.. BUT the fact that it was the end of the timing it could be a false positve...
i was told to set up a consult with the high risk dr. and see what thhey say.. but as far as they told me 1. im too far along now at almost 29 weeks for an amnio and im high risk as it is because ive had preterm contractions so they dont recommend it... and 2. the genetic sono that can be done can only be done around 16 weeks..

but to be honest im ok with not having any further testing done... it wouldnt change my mind about this very active little girl who im really looking forward to it would just be for peace of mind.

if you have and more ?'s about my restults please ask!

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Megan, Mommy in hiding, Shari:

Thank you for sharing the info and your stories. Dh and I kinda feel that our odds are good to have a healthy baby. I might consider one of those genetic scans.

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Posted by Meggo613


a friend of mine is a doc. and he said if the odd are less then 1:200 he would recommend the amnio if its at or above he wouldnt because the chances of something going wrong with the amnio are 1:200.. so he feels that if the odd of the genetic screen are less then the odds of the amnio do it.. if not its not worth it.. just his theory!

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Are you saying that after you had the ultrascreen your chance increased?

At 37 the incidence of Down Syndrome is around 1 in 207 to begin with. (That's not exact of course but that's essentially what it is)...

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i think these tests eventually make us all nuts..

from what you posted, it does sound like everything will work out fine.

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i was 30 when i took that test for my 1st pregnancy and it came back 1:67 so we decided to do the amnio and he came out perfectly fine

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Posted by dreambaby

Posted by Meggo613


a friend of mine is a doc. and he said if the odd are less then 1:200 he would recommend the amnio if its at or above he wouldnt because the chances of something going wrong with the amnio are 1:200.. so he feels that if the odd of the genetic screen are less then the odds of the amnio do it.. if not its not worth it.. just his theory!

Thank you, that is good to know!! We really want to avoid the amnio because my last pregnancy with DS, I lost his twin brother after delivery. Turns out he had an infection. While we don't know for sure what caused the infection (we think I got in the hospital while on bedrest), I really do not want to do any unnecessary "poking" with needles as that can cause infection. I know it sounds paranoid, but I really want to do everything to avoid issues. Thanks again.

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Posted by Meggo613

no prob thats just this theory but i agree with it... and your not paranoid i totally agree with what your doing

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If I were you...I wouldn't stress too much. Your risk level is still pretty low.

When I went for the ultrascreen, the first tech had a problem getting a good measurement. They had a different tech take measurements and all her measurements were within the normal range...the Dr. combined the results of both techs and averaged them which end up giving us a high measurement.
Combined with the blood - our risk factor came back as 1 in 7 chance of DS...almost 10%. The norm for my age is 1 in 30 (43)...
After the AFP the results went down to 1 in 40 and I started to question having an amnio.
I then had a genetic sono at 18 weeks and it came back completely normal...

At that point we decided against the amnio and all sonos and tests have come back with no signs of DS. IMO, since I wasn't going to terminate it wasn't worth taking the risk of doing an amnio, especially since I'm high risk anyway.

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