Anyone had experience of this?

[Kirsty.Y.84]

Hi all, not sure if this is the best place to post this but didn't want to put it on tri 1 as a lot of the ladies there haven't had their 12 week scan yet.
We had our 12 week scan at 11+5 and they measured everything and said all was normal but at he end the sonographer said that they couldn't find a nasal bone.
Now I didn't think anything of it but when I got home I googled it and an absent nasal bone can be a sign that your baby has downs syndrome. I'm now panicking! I have heard that at 11+5 it can be too early to see a nasal bone but just wondering if anyone has been told that there is no nasal bone but still been low risk for downs?
They said there are 4 markers for downs syndrome and the nuchal translucency came back normal at 1.9 and other 2 markers were normal so don't know whether this means chances of downs are low. To be honest I'm so confused and nothing was really explained at the scan.
Basically I just need to know that an absent nasal bone at this stage is ok!!
Any advice?

Thanks xxxx

 

[Sleepy sue]

Hi Hun sorry you are going through this stress, have they offered you another scan before 20 weeks? Could you leave it two weeks and go private for it?
I did a bit of a google and you are very early for the bone to be present.
I found this page not sure if it's any use to you but looked quite reassuring

http://community.babycentre.co.uk/post/a6864255/no_nasel_bone_at_12_weeks

Xx

 

[Kirsty.Y.84]

No they haven't offered us another scan which makes me think that if they were concerned hen they would. I was thinking about going private as not sure I can deal with the worry. I do actually have what you might call a 'button nose' so maybe baby just has my nose!
Thanks for the link, looks like it may just be too early, or that the scanner wasn't looking properly!

Thanks again x x

 

[Lilelephant]

If they were overly concerned they would have offered u another scan before 20 weeks I think it was prob just too early. As the other 2 markers came back fine then try not to worry

 

[pinkyprincess]

My baby had a thick NT and we were taken straight from the scan into see a specialist midwife. If they have a problem you will know ASAP there is no way they'd let you walk away. I think you need to ask your midwife what it means, they may offer you another scan a bit further along to double check. If you have any questions about the further testing feel free to PM me as we has a CVS test.