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I've not been on here for so long, have not felt like my head was in the right place to be posting on forums, so taken a break, and I probably won't look on here much afterwards but I just wanted to share my experience of amniocentesis for the ladies who were scared about it or wondering if they should or shouldn't
I was adamant I didn't want one, why? we'd keep baby no matter what, it didn't matter
We came back as very high risk 1:5 with other significant picked up too
A small VSD on the heart scan at 16 weeks, dilated brain ventricular picked up on 20 week scan and the original high nuchal of 3.9mm
After a visit to the John Radcliffe yesterday and meeting with a wonderful consultant who broke the news that all these factors suggests Downs Syndrome or another chromosomal disorder, not just the 20% we originally thought but pretty much 80-90% chance of it
He suggested an amino again, we relented as he had offered to do it there and then to avoid me getting worried about the needle as I am a big needle phobic
To not have it done would have meant more time consuming tests; MRI and more scans in Oxford to find out why baby brain fluid was so high and the amnio would hopefully give us the answer and would mean those tests would not be needed
Physically
They went through the risks and took me into the room, naturally I was terrified,
I am not kidding you; it was very easy; I felt the needle go in, but no pain, just felt it; the same as you do with a blood test but it's a thinner needle and they go in a bit deeper, but he done it so quick, needle took about a second to go in, was in there for about 10 seconds and I didn't feel him take it out
What I'm saying is ladies please don't be scared of the procedure, message me if you want me to go into more detail
I have more faith in the JR hospital than local hospitals regarding skill of the doctors, baby has been moving round as normal since I had it done, I'm just gonna take it easy for a couple of days; make the most of this sun
Mentally
Since our 12 week scan it has been in the back of our minds; Downs Syndrome, we were OK with this, ok with the 'not knowing' (so I thought)
I haven't cried at all, not been upset, been really upbeat about it...
After the past 48 hours; finding out another DS symptom and the amnio and me being unwell with high heart beat, bad chest, stress, anxiety, a night in hospital, god you name it, I've been an emotional mess, I'm even crying as I write this.
But since having the amnio, something has changed, like another of our consultants said, we have so many if's and buts, no definite, he blamed this on my stress and high heart rate
today or tomorrow we will get our definite answer and we can then deal with it, and we will deal with it, I am normally very emotionally stable but this past 2 days has just tore me apart; maybe it's my hormones playing their part, wondered why all the pregnant women round me were so teary; I've just caught it
So from now on, it's onwards and upwards
The result; we kind of want the DS result now over an inconclusive/normal/other chromo disorder result, so we know what we are dealing with and can prepare mentally, get to support groups, learn what we need to be on the ball with, what to expect
We will hear later today or tomorrow the result of chromosome result and 3 weeks for the more detailed result
Think I have it all off my chest and felt like I have informed others, if anyone is in the same position as me; before amnio or after result of downs, I've love to hear from you, on here or via message
Sorry for long post, thanks for reading x
I was adamant I didn't want one, why? we'd keep baby no matter what, it didn't matter
We came back as very high risk 1:5 with other significant picked up too
A small VSD on the heart scan at 16 weeks, dilated brain ventricular picked up on 20 week scan and the original high nuchal of 3.9mm
After a visit to the John Radcliffe yesterday and meeting with a wonderful consultant who broke the news that all these factors suggests Downs Syndrome or another chromosomal disorder, not just the 20% we originally thought but pretty much 80-90% chance of it
He suggested an amino again, we relented as he had offered to do it there and then to avoid me getting worried about the needle as I am a big needle phobic
To not have it done would have meant more time consuming tests; MRI and more scans in Oxford to find out why baby brain fluid was so high and the amnio would hopefully give us the answer and would mean those tests would not be needed
Physically
They went through the risks and took me into the room, naturally I was terrified,
I am not kidding you; it was very easy; I felt the needle go in, but no pain, just felt it; the same as you do with a blood test but it's a thinner needle and they go in a bit deeper, but he done it so quick, needle took about a second to go in, was in there for about 10 seconds and I didn't feel him take it out
What I'm saying is ladies please don't be scared of the procedure, message me if you want me to go into more detail
I have more faith in the JR hospital than local hospitals regarding skill of the doctors, baby has been moving round as normal since I had it done, I'm just gonna take it easy for a couple of days; make the most of this sun
Mentally
Since our 12 week scan it has been in the back of our minds; Downs Syndrome, we were OK with this, ok with the 'not knowing' (so I thought)
I haven't cried at all, not been upset, been really upbeat about it...
After the past 48 hours; finding out another DS symptom and the amnio and me being unwell with high heart beat, bad chest, stress, anxiety, a night in hospital, god you name it, I've been an emotional mess, I'm even crying as I write this.
But since having the amnio, something has changed, like another of our consultants said, we have so many if's and buts, no definite, he blamed this on my stress and high heart rate
today or tomorrow we will get our definite answer and we can then deal with it, and we will deal with it, I am normally very emotionally stable but this past 2 days has just tore me apart; maybe it's my hormones playing their part, wondered why all the pregnant women round me were so teary; I've just caught it
So from now on, it's onwards and upwards
The result; we kind of want the DS result now over an inconclusive/normal/other chromo disorder result, so we know what we are dealing with and can prepare mentally, get to support groups, learn what we need to be on the ball with, what to expect
We will hear later today or tomorrow the result of chromosome result and 3 weeks for the more detailed result
Think I have it all off my chest and felt like I have informed others, if anyone is in the same position as me; before amnio or after result of downs, I've love to hear from you, on here or via message
Sorry for long post, thanks for reading x
hope your results are good xx
xx
