Nuchal fold - high risk

Did anyone else get one of these results? The report I got says the NF thickness was 3.9mm and anything above 3mm is classed as high. The thing is I cant tell if that is really high, or just above the threshold. What would a low risk be?

For anyone who did get a high risk....did you do the other tests?

Anyone here with a downs baby?

On the report i got it said the thickness was 1.1mm
and thats like a 1 in 5700 chance.
Which i would say is low risk. As the dr said it is a low risk at my age anyway.

Also i read you can get another test done where they stick a needle into your belly or soemthing?
lol sorry im not entirely sure.

Edited by Melln

And not to completely scare the boogers outta you, but i have known cases where nothing has been picked up in a scan and baby has downs.

My SIL got a High risk result from the nucal scan calculation (she is only 24 so not high risk due to age)- dunno what the measurement was tho. She went on to have an amniocentesis - where a sample is taken from the amniotic fluid using a needle inserted through your belly button. It can tell for definate if the baby has Downes Sydrone ( and a few other disorders) and also the baby's sex. She doesnt have Downes.

JD I'm almost the exact same age as you (to the day) and on my report the risk based on my age alone was 1 in 681. When they added in the NT thickness (2.0mm) it went down to 1 in 2463. Did they suggest that you go for further testing?

I think it would be better to know so you can start coming to terms with it and making the appropriate preparations before baby comes.

Kellz wrote: She went on to have an amniocentesis - where a sample is taken from the amniotic fluid using a needle inserted through your belly button. It can tell for definate if the baby has Downes Sydrone ( and a few other disorders) and also the baby's sex. She doesnt have Downes.

Thats what i was thinking lol. Couldnt remember what it was called

i heard at 16 weeks blood test can help identify downs too(it has a special name but I don't know what it is) ...amnio is great for definite answer..but and I don't mean to scare you there's a one in 200 chance of miscarriage( i know someone it happneed to) but most people have it and are totally fine.. ! and you do get to find out sex of baby for definite..

The blood test you can have is called a triple test or maternal serum screening and it measures the levels of certain hormones in your blood. It's non invasive and can give an indication of whether bubs is likely to have downs or not, but like the nuchal thickness scan it is a screening test rather than a diagnostic, it identifies higher risk groups rather than diagnosing an individual pregnancy.

There are two diagnostics for downs, one is the amnio and the other is CVS (chorionic villus sampling). Both carry a 0.5%-2% chance of miscarriage. The amnio is a sample of amniotic fluid, the CVS is a sample of the chorionic villi which form part of the placenta. If you are considering one of these procedures your LMC should be able to refer you for counselling to help you decide whether or not you want to have the testing done and what actions you would/wouldn't take if you found out baby does have downs, and how you would cope if you didn't find out until the birth.

Best of luck JD. I met a lady thru another forum who's wee man has downs and he is the most adorable little boy. She didn't know he had downs until after he was born, but he is such a sweetheart and is the light of her life.

Thanks ladies for your replies. I am not really worried about it...more curious I guess. We are quite open to the chances of having a baby with downs.

Like Nzpiper said, we have a 1 in 17 chance of having a healthy baby. I know some dont get the test so they don't have to worry, but I think it was worth it to see the heart beat and to see the baby has 2 arms 2 legs and 1 head.

We were told all the next steps by my mw, but I don't think we will do any of them. We don't want to risk losing the baby even if it does have downs. And plus, there isn't much you can do with the information. Its not like we will get rid of the baby (oh and my mw told me they terminate up to 20 weeks!!!! I couldn't beleive it!!!)

We will just wait and see.
I think we will try and look at it like we might be the lucky parents chosen out of thousands to have a downs baby

Im similar thinking to you JD. We are going to have our first scan in a couple of weeks but mainly to make sure everything is alive and kicking for peace of mind.

Im 33yrs and if we get a high risk result, we have decided that we dont want an amnio which has a risk of miscarriage and I couldnt even think of aborting at 20 weeks! We would rather have the risk of having a downs baby - worse things in life happen.

Anyway, good luck JD. I look forward to when you have your baby to see what the true result is