![]() My baby had Triplody, which is a rare chromosomal abnormality where there is an extra set of chromosomes on every pair. I opted for the amnio, which showed something worse. That came back a few days later and showed my baby boy had a 1:10 chance of having trisomy 18. ![]() They didn't give me a reason, just that they were unable to obtain enough fetal DNA so they recommended I get the normal quad bloodwork. During my last pregnancy (which was also my first) I had the maternit21 test done at approx 10 weeks and approx 13 weeks both with inconclusive results (with a looong 2 week wait in between). I just wanted to share it because you asked. First of all, I want you to know that my situation was rare so I hope it doesn't stress you out. I believe I am the momma the previous poster was talking about with the unfortunate outcome. I ended up getting the old school way of genetic testing down (finger prick) but of course that doesn't tell you the gender, gotta wait till December for that. There was nothing visibly wrong on ultrasound with the baby, my Nuchal test was normal, heart was beating, & it was around a lot. She did however tell me that I could find out the gender at my next appt (3-4 weeks) away. Their blood is thinner and sometimes when performing he blood draw they don't get very many fetal cells from the collection. The Dr comes in and told me that this is not uncommon for Women who are a little heavier (cute way of saying fat) and those on blood thinners (I am on Lovenox) for this to happen. I went back in that same day (now/then 11 weeks exactly) and found out yesterday at my scheduled appointment the results came back with the same result (not enough fetal DNA extracted). I waited a week for the results to cone back only to find out the results were inconclusive. The 1st time I was told not enough fetal cells were able to be abstracted from my blood probably because it was too early and that wasn't uncommon at my gestation (I did it the day I turned 10 weeks).
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