Downs Syndrome risk.

[cockroach]

If I was high risk at the age of 32 (1st pregnancy) and had an Amnio test (was all fine)....What are the chances of me being high risk now at 38. Will I be higher risk than before. I ask this as I am 10 wks & I am considering going for a nuchal scan & CVS with the risks involved. I have not yet had the blood test which give you your % for DS risk. Confused,,,,any advise thouhts welcome.

[redcrx]

If going by your age alone then you are at high risk.

to get the most accurate risk then combined bloods and nuchal are best way.

at 34 i had age risk of 1 in 260 or something so i chose to get blood and scan done privately at a cost of �160. the results from that were about 1 in 4000. It gave me peace of mind and i would certainly do it again if i had another child.

if you want blood and scan done privately get booked soon as it needs to be done before 14 weeks.

i used this company who have their own labs. i had bloods done at my gp and posted to the lab, then had scan and i got my results same day http://www.babybond.com/

[redcrx]

this has the age risk table http://www.fetalmedicine.ac.uk/antenatal.htm

[jane1098]

i was high risk with my first at the age of 27. like you i had the amnio and waited three weeks for the results.
all was fine.
then when i fell pregnant at 35 i thought i would definately be high risk.
thankfully i wasn't....and baby came two weeks early.
hope all goes ok for you hun.

[cockroach]

ta all... will look into the babybond today. feel quite sick fretting as already had a miscarriage in Jan. X

[redcrx]

find out via bloods and nuchal and then consider if you want a cvs (which carries some risk to baby, just as amnio does)

of course cvs or amnio are the only tests that will say if baby has downs or not though

[jane1098]

i was just like you. i too had a miscarriage a month before falling pregnant again...unexpectantly.

i shouldn't have worried because everything went really well.
try not to worry too much.

this is a strange question but, is the pregnancy you have now feel different compared to the others?

[cockroach]

Yes... it does feel dif... V constipated (lovely) on fybergel.
Extreemley tired & feel sick at lot more than I did ...but putting that down to being older & ...ahem dare I say it a bit more weightier & unfitter than I was. back then,.

[jane1098]

i don't know about you but i was pregnant and miscarried the pregnancy didn't feel right from the start and i knew something was wrong.
getting pregnant after the miscarriage scared me but something told me "it was going to be ok"
i did worry and was besotted with the pregnancy.
i had a little show 8 weeks in but managed to get a scan only to show everything was ok.

could you ask your doctor for an early scan?

BTW try bran flakes for the constipation. also isn't constipation a good sign.

[cockroach]

UPDATE... Bloods & Nuchal Scan now booked at Mums in Solihull 4/8 NHS scan for dating was on the 5/8 so shall cancel that one. So fingers crossed...will let you all know when I get the results...good or otherwise. Ta C.

[redcrx]

fingers crossed for you!

btw, if hospital arent doing the nuchal scan then why not just postpone your dating scan, say youre on holiday for a fortnight or something and that way youll get to see baby twice :)

[terambulan]

My spouse had 3rd babe at 45.......'child' now 32 bit of a nut-case and can't get her married off as she's too independant!

You will be okay...........have faith

[jane1098]

keeping fingers and all crossed hun!!.
all the best to you x :-)