Have you ever tested positive for a risk of defects?

Question

Got my results this week from my second trimester maternal serum and it is positive 😞 My first trimester blood work was fine and the ultrasound nuchal measurement was great, but now my doctor says my risk is slightly higher for a defect. She did say not to worry, as most the time the baby is fine and it’s just a false positive. Has this happened to anyone else and they were carrying a healthy baby? I have 3 weeks to wait for my 20 week ultrasound and I’m trying to keep my sanity.

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I did a screening test for Down Syndrome with my first pregnancy and I came back as an “elevated risk.” The baseline risk for someone that conceived at my age (31) was 1 in 500 and the screening test came back as a 1 in 61 chance. So obviously that’s an increased risk but it was still a very small chance (my daughter ended up not having DS). While I waited two weeks for the results of the diagnostic test my doctor told me that screening tests have very low thresholds so that it catches everyone that even has a potential risk for whatever is being tested for. The diagnostic test will supposedly tell you a definitive yes or no, although I’ve heard there are many false positives with those as well. Hope this helps!

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This recently happened to my friend and baby was totally fine. Those screens can be highly inaccurate. There’s a lot in your favor - first trimester screens and normal NT! They did the NIPT to help corroborate that everything was low risk for my friend which was very helpful.

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I feel you on this ! My nuchal ultrasound came back with baby having a thick neck but my nipt blood results came back low risk so I’m the opposite of you right now lol try not an stress it’s hard I go back June 7th for more answers ! Prayers !!

Have you ever tested positive for a risk of defects?

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