Re: triple screen results

[Guest guest]

Now wait a minute! I had the triple screen too... and they thought I

might have a baby with trisinomy 18. My test came out negative, but

you should consult with your doc or a maternal fetal medicine

specialist about why on earth they think your baby would be a downs

candidate. Also... At my level 3 U/S - the one where the high risk

doctors look and come up with 101 reasons they need to be looking at

you, when you probably have a healthy baby... anyway... at my level

3 u/s's they watched the baby's movement and thought because she

didn't ball up or hold her hands in certain ways that that was more

of a sign she didn't have it. Then later at another level 3 the doc

was like... i'm not a candidate for downs or trisinomy where did

that other doc get off... so I think that yes the test is not great,

but with a good maternal fetal doc you will get a better answer than

just an obgyn... We'll be praying for you and your little one...

Siotha

Induction: Apr. 8th 2004

[Guest guest]

I've had a few patients who's risk of Down's (according to the AFP

Tetra) was high, but the baby's were fine in all of the cases except

one. Any african american or asian ethnicity of the father or mother

has also been shown to cause a falsely elevated risk of Down's.

There are several things (indicators) they look for with the high

level ultrasounds. One being the thickness of the baby's neck. The US

tech's usually won't tell you what they are looking for or if

anything is abnormal, they want your OB to discuss the results with

you; so don't take their lack of giving you information as a bad

thing.

So, if you have an AFP tetra come back as high risk for Down's, try

to remain as calm as possible as they can be(and often are) wrong.

Sheila