Hi so I went to a genetic counselor and my anatomy scan at 19 weeks and I’ve been overthinking about it ever since.

I had to see a genetic counselor because I came out as a silent carrier for Alpha Thalassemia. My baby’s father (we’re not together, I’m going through it alone) refused to take a genetic test to see if he was a carrier. They told me it’s not the end of the world because they can work around that.

After that they had me do the anatomy scan, everything was normal except my daughters kidneys. The OB came in and redid the measurements. He explained to me that the it’s measuring 5.1mm on both. The normal range is 4mm.

He told me that the baby may have the possibility of renal pelvis dilation. Which is an increased risk of the baby having Down syndrome or some sort of impaired renal function.

He told me he isn’t worried about the baby having Down syndrome because I came back a low risk on the blood work, so he wouldn’t recommend amniocentesis because of the risk of miscarriage. He told me the RPD he will check back at 32 weeks. That sometimes it will go away on its own. But if it doesn’t it then the baby will need to see a specialist after birth.

Would like any advice or anyone else who has gone through this. I’m just overthinking right now s