First trimester screening

[meg hanrahan]

Praying that all tests show that everything is fine.

[denise]

I hope the tests come back okay. Keep us update, you are in my thoughts.

[arj]

You've already been through so much. I'm sorry that you're going through this now. I hope everything comes back normal.

[mom2tori]

Hoping that the blood work comes back normal and that the worrying gets left behind. Take care of you and keep us in the loop of what is going on. Thinking of you and sending my best

[lyndsey]

I'm sorry you are having to deal with this. I will be thinking of you and praying for good test results.

[fiona]

Mel,

I'm so sorry to hear you're back on that danged roller-coaster. Hoping with all my heart that the blood work is all fine.
Take care.

[paige_va]

Praying for you. Let us know how things turn out.

[mel h.]

We had our first trimester screening this afternoon, and now I have something new to worry about. The nuchal fold translucency (area of the neck) came back a little thicker than normal, about 3.5 mm. They like it to be about 2.5. They'll run the accompanying bloodwork and have it hopefully this week. We'll know then if it's truly an abnormal result. They use this test, combined with your age, as a way to calculate your odds of having a genetically abnormal baby. Oftentimes people with an abnormal result follow up with an amnio and everything's fine. I had an amnio with Ashley (she was chromosomally normal) and was really hoping to not have to have another one with this baby.
I was just so hoping that they would do the scan, say "everything looks great!" and send us on our merry way. Of course it couldn't be that way.
The baby is measuring bigger than GA, though, so that's good, at least.
Here we go on the roller coaster ride again. How I wish pregnancy could just be smooth sailing like it is for just about everyone else I know.
My husband said if we didn't have jobs and were hooked on meth, we'd probably have a perfect pregnancy and baby. [:D]