Family needs prayers

[twolilones0002]

Ladies if you could spare a prayer for my cousin and extended family. My cousin struggled to get pregnant with her first and was blessed with a handsome healthy boy a little over a year ago. When they decided to start trying for another one they thought they would struggle again. But were pleasantly surprised that they got pregnant much sooner then expected. As of today she is almost 24wks pregnant with another little boy whom they have already named. They got devastating news 2 days ago. Her quad screen came back VERY positive for Trisomy 18. Yet all her previous ultrasounds have been normal and baby has been measuring ahead. She has a bicornuate uterus and some other things. So she has many ultrasounds during her pregnancy. She is scheduled for a level II ultrasound next Thursday. If you could spare a prayer or send good thoughts, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[surrolena]

What do you mean by very positive? Ours came back 1 in 7 and baby boy is perfect. If they decided to do more than just an ultrasound suggest the non-invasive materniT21 from Sequenom rather than an amino. It tests for trisomy 21, 18, and 13 by isolating the fetal cells in the maternal blood. I hope all comes back well for her.

[twolilones0002]

What do you mean by very positive? Ours came back 1 in 7 and baby boy is perfect. If they decided to do more than just an ultrasound suggest the non-invasive materniT21 from Sequenom rather than an amino. It tests for trisomy 21, 18, and 13 by isolating the fetal cells in the maternal blood. I hope all comes back well for her.

My cousin said it was "very" positive as per the Dr. She said hers was 1 in 10. I will suggest the mentioned tests, thank you. We are all hoping it is a false positive. There were other proteins that had odd numbers that the genetic counselor couldn't explain. We are just keeping our fingers crossed and praying.

[Babybug]

I hope all is well and it is simply a false positive. Many prenatal screens have a high rate of false positives.

[luvmy4]

Many prayers to them. I hope she keeps in mind that it is a screening test only and not a diagnostic test. When I was pg w/DS#1, it indicated he was at a much higher risk for a NTD. The Dr I was seeing was very adamant that I keep in mind it was screening and NOT that DS had SB or similar, but just that it was something we needed to look more closely at and have a diagnostic test done for it. DS was born just fine as well. Please update us when you learn anything.

[pixieheart]

I am so sorry to hear the news. I am hoping and praying that it is a false positive.

My first surrobaby had Trisomy 18. My intended mom didn't want me to have the bloodwork that checks for it. She wanted another ultrasound so bad instead of the bloodwork. My family OB said ok so I didn't have the bloodwork.

I had three ultrasounds before the baby was born and nothing was detected in any of them. A big although, all my ultrasounds were all done by a regular ultrasound tech in a small town hospital hospital. In my opinion, they weren't trained to look for markers of Trisomy 18. I am positive if I had had an ultraosund done at Good Samaritan hospital where they have an ultrasound wing where all they do is ultrasounds on high risk women they would have seen the markers instantly.

Anyways, I held a ton of extra fluid the last few weeks. I also noticed the baby didn't move quite like the way my kids did. She was a very quiet baby and wasn't active at all. When my water broke at 35 weeks, I gushed and gushed and gushed for a long time. I went to our hospital. By the time I got to the hospital I had almost no fluid left. They tried to do an amnio twice but couldn't because of no fluid. The baby couldn't tolerate things even without any contractions at all. I was rushed in for an emergency c-section. The baby was transported to Children's hospital where they immediately diagnosed her with Trisomy 18. She had a ton of clear markers. She had the large shaped head, low positioned ears, the crooked fingers, a hole in her heart, and her feet were different. I couldn't believe nothing was noted on the ultrasounds. I never did see the baby. They transferred her out of the hospital before I got out of recovery. Then the IPs took her off life support before I was discharged from the hospital. My biggest regret to this day was that I didn't discharge myself and go down and see her before she passed away.

After this experience, I transferred to a peri group at Good Samaritan because I didn't want to experience any surprises like that again. This hospital is known to be the best for high risk pregnancies. It has the best ultrasound wing in the city. Even though they are the busiest hospital for delivering babies, I always felt safe in their hands.

So that is my story. There is a website for trisomy 18 which is a great support group site. There are a bunch of stories there.

Again, my prayers that it is a false positive. It is never a complete positive until an amnio is done. (or possibly that other test the other poster mentioned.)

[twolilones0002]

I am so sorry to hear the news. I am hoping and praying that it is a false positive.

My first surrobaby had Trisomy 18. My intended mom didn't want me to have the bloodwork that checks for it. She wanted another ultrasound so bad instead of the bloodwork. My family OB said ok so I didn't have the bloodwork.

I had three ultrasounds before the baby was born and nothing was detected in any of them. A big although, all my ultrasounds were all done by a regular ultrasound tech in a small town hospital hospital. In my opinion, they weren't trained to look for markers of Trisomy 18. I am positive if I had had an ultraosund done at Good Samaritan hospital where they have an ultrasound wing where all they do is ultrasounds on high risk women they would have seen the markers instantly.

Anyways, I held a ton of extra fluid the last few weeks. I also noticed the baby didn't move quite like the way my kids did. She was a very quiet baby and wasn't active at all. When my water broke at 35 weeks, I gushed and gushed and gushed for a long time. I went to our hospital. By the time I got to the hospital I had almost no fluid left. They tried to do an amnio twice but couldn't because of no fluid. The baby couldn't tolerate things even without any contractions at all. I was rushed in for an emergency c-section. The baby was transported to Children's hospital where they immediately diagnosed her with Trisomy 18. She had a ton of clear markers. She had the large shaped head, low positioned ears, the crooked fingers, a hole in her heart, and her feet were different. I couldn't believe nothing was noted on the ultrasounds. I never did see the baby. They transferred her out of the hospital before I got out of recovery. Then the IPs took her off life support before I was discharged from the hospital. My biggest regret to this day was that I didn't discharge myself and go down and see her before she passed away.

After this experience, I transferred to a peri group at Good Samaritan because I didn't want to experience any surprises like that again. This hospital is known to be the best for high risk pregnancies. It has the best ultrasound wing in the city. Even though they are the busiest hospital for delivering babies, I always felt safe in their hands.

So that is my story. There is a website for trisomy 18 which is a great support group site. There are a bunch of stories there.

Again, my prayers that it is a false positive. It is never a complete positive until an amnio is done. (or possibly that other test the other poster mentioned.)

Beth, I am so sorry that happened to you. Your story made me tear up.

[Momma2Twins]

Beth- how sad!!!

OP- We have had a couple quad markers come back in my six pregnancies, and so far none of them have been correct. My OB has told me that some women carry the markers no matter if they are carrying a baby with trisomy or not.

[SurroMomWannaBe]

Sending up prayers for your cousin and her baby.

[TRSTNKAY]

OMG the Quad screen has such a high false pos rate its unreal. I work in an OB GYN office and see them come back pos all the time we send the moms to MFM and 90% of the babies are normal. I hate that test for that reason. Please tell her not to overly worry about this test. How old is she?

[twolilones0002]

Rhonda, she is 25-27yrs old. She understands it is just a basic test, but when you get news like that you cant help but think about it none stop.

[telemetrynurse]

Sending good thoughts and prayers for a good outcome

[traditionalwag]

Ladies if you could spare a prayer for my cousin and extended family. My cousin struggled to get pregnant with her first and was blessed with a handsome healthy boy a little over a year ago. When they decided to start trying for another one they thought they would struggle again. But were pleasantly surprised that they got pregnant much sooner then expected. As of today she is almost 24wks pregnant with another little boy whom they have already named. They got devastating news 2 days ago. Her quad screen came back VERY positive for Trisomy 18. Yet all her previous ultrasounds have been normal and baby has been measuring ahead. She has a bicornuate uterus and some other things. So she has many ultrasounds during her pregnancy. She is scheduled for a level II ultrasound next Thursday. If you could spare a prayer or send good thoughts, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I'm new and i know this was posted a few months ago but i hope it's okay that I stopped to offer thoughts and prayers. I hope everything worked out okay. GL