mvorbrodt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Hi there! Well, I'm going through hell right now...
> My wife is 27-yo and 17 weeks pregnant. Last week her blood test (quad
> screen) came back high risk of down syndrome (1 in 60). Doctor
> recomended Level 2 U/S which we did yesterday. Another doctor found a
> spot in the heart, and said that the technitian sort of kind of could
> see echogenic bowels, but when he took a look at it again, he
> couldn't. He also said that there is too much fluid in the womb (not
> the neck fluid stuff, rather the one baby floats in). He said that
> brings the risk up to 1 in 30. Faced with the information, wife and I
> decided to do the amino (where they take some of the fluids from
> around the baby). Should have the results in 2 weeks. Everything else
> looked good. Head, nose, neck, kidneys, length or arms and legs, all
> looked good.
>
> We're both 27-yo and this is out first baby boy. We're scared.
>
> Has anyone gone through this?
> I mean we do have a 96% chance of baby being totally healthy. But
> still, you can't help but to worry.
Best of luck to you and your wife. I know it is very stressful.
FWIW my quad screen came back 1:10 with my second baby. He does not
have down syndrome or any other issue. He was full term and healthy as
could be.
--
Nikki, mama to 4 boys.
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