I just want to share my journey so far in case any one else is going through the same.

At my 12 week screening they told me I had low Papp-a and a high risk of 1 in 2 chance of having Edwards and patau.

I was then referred to a consultant at fetal medicine and fetal cardiology to check for abnormalities. They found an avsd, cysts on one kidney and a sua but no other physical abnormalities.

After declining having the amnio test the consultant advised me these were all symptoms of Edwards and the outcome of babies who have this abnormality. I decided I would carry on anyway as he is my baby and whether I get a few hours, days or months with my baby that’s all that mattered.

A week later the consultant phoned and said the hospital would pay for a private blood test which is 99.4% accurate for Downs, edwards and patau. I agreed.

Today my results come back negative, my baby hasn’t got a genetic abnormality and they are now planning to care for my low Papp-a and put a plan in place for babies heart once he’s born.

I’m so happy of the result and knowing my baby is going to be ok, but either way we would love him regardless.

Hers a picture of the monkey giving us a little grin at my scan yesterday 💙