GOOD NEWS on ultrasound / u/s

overtonhayes

Those of you who saw my thread here http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/63725953.aspx know that on Friday we were told Lillian has a cyst on her brain, my bloodwork was abnormal and they had no idea what my due date was. The doctors wouldn't tell me what any of it meant, but they did tell me that the 'normal' risk/rate for Downs Syndrome is 1 in 3000; 'high risk' was 1 in 1500; and my personal risk was 1 in 192 (if you're reading that thinking "no...", well, hold on). So basically, they told me "we can't tell you anything, but your baby is very likely to have Downs and there's a cyst and we don't know what any of it means so you have to see a specialist because this could be bad, this isn't like a normal cyst".

Well, we saw the specialist today. The baby is FINE. Not only is she fine, she's perfectly healthy and well-developed. My bloodwork was completely normal. The cyst is extremely common. All of the numbers they fed me about the 'normal', the 'high', and 'my personal' risks for Downs were completely wrong. The specialist said he has no idea where they got that from. They even told me the wrong due date: my original DD was 27th July; in the office they were telling me they think it's the 18th July and wouldn't shut up about the 18th July; and on my notes they'd said 24th July. So, all of three days different from what I was originally told, not a week and two days!

The specialist literally said, "I can't say that I am 100% certain your baby doesn't have Downs, or any other disorders, purely for legal reasons. But I can tell you that I am 99.999% sure, and if you were to ask for an amnio, I would strongly recommend you don't do it because I see absolutely no indication that you have anything other than a perfectly healthy baby here". He said that another disorder which I was told the baby 'probably' has (trisomy 13, I think?), always shows signs like a heart defect, spine defect, and kidney defect, and my baby has none of those. She's perfect.

I am so happy. I cried when the specialist told me everything was ok. My husband just kept saying "so, wait: she's ok? You're sure? How sure? I'm sorry to be difficult, but how sure? Really? She's ok? Healthy? Completely?". On the way home I kept just randomly bursting into tears, I was so relieved, and so happy.

Thank you to everyone who sent ts&ps my way. This is the best news I could have ever had, and, as an added bonus, I got to see her sweet little face today.

Wishing you all well,
OvertonHayes.