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A little more than two weeks ago, my fiance and I got our NIPT results back. We were surprised when we saw a genetic counselor in the first place; my fiance is 32, I'm 27, and we are both healthy. My first pregnancy. My PAPP-A measured low at 0.21MoM, I was told my risk for abnormalities was higher and should get this testing done. We weren't too worried since everything else was perfect.

About a week later, we got the NIPT results. Natera's Panorama came back "positive" for Trisomy 21/Down Syndrome.

The genetic counselor said "i have unfortunate news. Your baby has a 9/10 chance of having Down Syndrome." That was it. She didn't even bother to tell me that the test showed we were having a little girl, I only found that out myself after I begged her to email me the pdf of the results. Fetal fraction was at 9.7%. The test was done around 12 weeks, I think.

I have an amniocentesis today if they can draw enough fluid. I have not been taking good care of myself, I have cried more than ever before, I am more depressed and hopeless than ever before. I know life will go on but I feel so broken. I just want a family of my own.

If anybody has stories of false positives for T21 on the NIPT please comment & tell me about them. I know there are many stories regarding false positives for basically everything else (especially monosomy x, t13, t18) so I would rather not hear about those false positives, they dont really concern me.

I'll update to let everyone know how it went.

I wasn't sure where to post this, I hope under general pregnancy is ok.