Nuchal Translucency Screening

sammycat · Post by **sammycat** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:21 pm

Hi there,

I posted on the pregnant after treatment site, though have not had any response and thought maybe I would here?

I was recommended to have nuchal translucency screening ultrasound and lab testing. Has anyone else had this done and would you recommend it? I'm afraid of getting abnormal results and going through possible unnecessary weeks/months of worry.

Any advice?

beccatx · Post by **beccatx** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:38 pm

I had both- if it's what I'm thinking- due to my age- just part of
"normal" high risk pregnancy screening. I know it's scary, but ultimately the more information you have the better.

CT_Michele · Post by **CT_Michele** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:42 pm

I had it done, I wasn't really concerned since I am younger and my risk was low, but it was offered and I felt it was another chance to see my baby on u/s, and I took any chance I could to see that baby! My results came out fine. Some people here have had normal nuchal u/s results but then bloodwork comes back with a high risk. At that point you are offered to do an amnio, which is really the big decision, but hopefully you wouldn't even get to that point. And just to let you know, many of the people here who got scared with a high risk result from blood, eventually went on to deliver perfectly healthy babies. So good luck with everything!

riogirl71 · Post by **riogirl71** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:40 pm

I had that done and my bloodwork came out with high risk which was a false positive. It got all cleared during my level II u/s. I would do it again even if it was stressful, some people opt to not know anything but I wanted to know. I did not want to do an amnio though so I had all the non-invasive testing. It is a very personal decision...

lynniecat · Post by **lynniecat** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:59 pm

Well I would do it and the its a simple ultrasound test. But here is what I think...the more information you know the better. If my baby is going to have a problem, I want to know and be ready and have doctors lined up in advance! If the baby is not going to make it ultimately, I want to know so I can prepare emotionally. And if (most likely) the baby is healthy, I then can be happy as a clam.

And yes, I had a CVS and found out my placenta has abnormal cells. Normally you can do the early CVS and all is well. But sometimes, you can get a mosaic result. That means some cells look fine and some look abnormal. Thus the next step is an amnio to figure out if its in the baby. I did that and got a clean result, but not a lot of data. Not enough cells to be sure the baby was ok. So another amnio later, I had more good cells, but still, even with all the ultrasounds being great, we can not be sure this baby is ok. Would I do it again??? Well, I might skip the CVS and just do amnios, but I would definitely do the testing. Since CVS looks a placental cells and amnio looks at fetal cells, the amnio is just more accurate.

The NT test just measures neck. They just did that at the CVS could its just a simple measurement. So I think regardless of whether you would use the info to make a decision to keep the pregnancy or use the information to prepare yourself with reading, doctors, etc, I think its a good idea. But that is me and my thinking .. not that its worth much!

lynniecat · Post by **lynniecat** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:00 pm

Well I would do it and the its a simple ultrasound test. But here is what I think...the more information you know the better. If my baby is going to have a problem, I want to know and be ready and have doctors lined up in advance! If the baby is not going to make it ultimately, I want to know so I can prepare emotionally. And if (most likely) the baby is healthy, I then can be happy as a clam.

And yes, I had a CVS and found out my placenta has abnormal cells. Normally you can do the early CVS and all is well. But sometimes, you can get a mosaic result. That means some cells look fine and some look abnormal. Thus the next step is an amnio to figure out if its in the baby. I did that and got a clean result, but not a lot of data. Not enough cells to be sure the baby was ok. So another amnio later, I had more good cells, but still, even with all the ultrasounds being great, we can not be sure this baby is ok. Would I do it again??? Well, I might skip the CVS and just do amnios, but I would definitely do the testing. Since CVS looks a placental cells and amnio looks at fetal cells, the amnio is just more accurate.

The NT test just measures the neck. They just did that at the CVS cause its just a simple measurement. So I think regardless of whether you would use the info to make a decision to keep the pregnancy or use the information to prepare yourself with reading, doctors, etc, I think its a good idea. But that is me and my thinking .. not that its worth much!

cwrj00 · Post by **cwrj00** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:08 pm

Hi sammycat
Congrats on your pregnancy!!

I'd advise you to have the Nuchal translucency scan. Not only do they measure the fold in the neck to assess risk but they can also tell by the formation of the nasal bone if there is anything abnormal eg downs syndrome.

Knowledge is a good thing....even if you wouldnt do anything else you can either breathe a sign of relief or have additional investigations. It is also lovely to get another look at your little baby!

Good luck! x

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