Today was my doctor's appt. with Dr. Maher. Before I went inside I talked to my other doctor's office over the phone and they said my genetic testing results came back (AFP test) and it was positive. She said that Dr. Maher would tell me more. So I'm like freaking out thinking all kinds of things and they took me into ultrasound which seemed to take longer than usual. She had me almost standing on my head trying to find his little pee pee and finally right before she was about to give up she got a picture of it with a vaginal scan. He is positioned head up and feet down. She said that he was the most stubbornest baby she has ever seen. Just like his mommy and daddy haha!
After all that I was hoping I wouldn't have to wait too long to see the doctor but I was wrong. I sat in the examining room for over an hour stressing out. He finally came in and put my worries aside. He said that they test 4 hormones in the AFP and that two of my hormones came back in the normal range and the other two were slightly lower than adverage. He said if they were on the higher side then that would indicate down's syndrome and that would be harder to determine by ultrasound because the baby looks almost normal. Mine were slightly lower than norm so that would indicate trisomy 18. He told me not to worry because he thinks its a false positive which happens a lot. He said my levels weren't that far off the norm and my ultrasounds show that the baby is growing normally and there are no horrible defects that almost always present with trisomy 18. He said there is a 3% chance that the baby would have it and not have any signs of it in ultrasounds. He also said that in all his years of practice that with my levels and how the ultrasound looks its always a false positive. He said he isn't worried about it and doesn't think I need an amniocentesis (where they stick a needle in your belly to draw amnio fluid for actually diagnosing the disorder). He really made me feel better about the results showing me bell curves and where my levels are on the curve. He said we will continue to monitor the growing of the baby and everything will be fine. My next appt for him is Sept. 8th at 12:30. We are gonna stay positive and pray for the best.
3 comments:
I'm sure that everything will be okay. There are alot of things to worry about when pregnant and there's alot to pray about so that's what we will do. You don't worry about it. Love ya!
Don't take those tests to heart. Remember 2 different specialist I saw when I was 7 and 8 months preg told me Seth would be born with only half a brain. He would never walk or talk and might not live but 6 months tops. As you know he's a perfectly normal kid. A smart ass but perfectly normal.
Yeah the doctor said he thinks its a false positive and he isn't worried about it so I'm gonna try not to worry. I did panic a little when I read about these babies have holes in their hearts and seeing pictures and stories about them really got to me. But as the doctor said if the baby did have it then they would see something in the ultrasound like small jaw, small head, clenched fists, rocker feet or defects with his organs and I remember the baby's hands always being open. He is gonna be just fine. :-)
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