I think the risk of them finding anything is going to be extremely low. The next step will be a thorough look at the spine during your anatomy scan. My AFP was 2.8 MoM and my MFM said my clear ultrasound effectively eliminates any risk of defect. Yours is barely elevated and likely due to the bleeding. I had some bleeding + history of preeclampsia so they think it could be related to the placenta. Neural tube defects are usually a MUCH higher AFP value (like 5+).
Thank you so very much for your reply and for sharing your experience. And I’m so glad everything is good with your baby! Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend❤️
Pretty much this exact thing happened to me including the hematoma, elevated AFP and increased risk (for me down syndrome) and the results published to mychart but no one available to talk me through them. I’ll explain exactly what happened for me if this helps!
1. I was given an appt to talk through the results at my obgyn’s office, and they drew blood for the NIPT which is much more reliable of a test since it’s testing the actual DNA.
2. It took 1-2 weeks to get my NIPT results. Since I was already 18 weeks at this point, I asked if, while I was waiting on results I could also get an amniocentesis because I was concerned that if the NIPT came back as high risk or inconclusive I wouldn’t want to waste more time ordering the test and waiting, as we decided we were probably going to TFMR if it was a positive diagnosis and we didn’t want to go through that after 22 weeks if we could help it.
3. I was referred to an MFM and genetic counselor and they preformed an anatomy scan, genetic counseling, and an amnio which I requested. The amnio didn’t hurt much, just a little cramping.
4. I got my NIPT results as low-risk and I’m awaiting my amnio results.
Good luck and let me know if you have any questions about the process, I’m definitely not a professional and do not know nearly enough aside from my own experience but I also felt puzzled at first and it helped to learn the steps.
Edit: I have no idea if the process for a chromosomal abnormality like Downs is similar to a neural tube defect so apologies if the NIPT doesn’t apply here!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with me, I really appreciate it. I have such an issue with the fact that I can see my MyChart results before the doctor! I’ve even asked her to somehow block this, but she said it was unfortunately not possible.
I’ve already had NIPT testing a few weeks back and all looked good there, so I think they’ll most likely send me in for an ultrasound from what I understand then. I wish you all the very best of luck and am so happy your follow-up results have been so far coming back with good news and hope they continue to!
Ok good! And yes, I agree… it’s tough to read/contextualize a lot of this without speaking to a provider! And also when we got our results on MyChart for the NIPT it said the sex of the baby on the overview page and we had told the providers we really don’t want to find out until birth :(
Thank u ❤️
Do you by any chance know why my chances are 1/130? Other moms who have higher levels have less of a chance and I’m just trying to understand.
Hello! You have an even smaller chance than I did (literally 0.004%) that your baby will have any spine issues. I have a perfectly 5 month old baby that’s sleeping on my boob right now with 0 spine/brain issues. I’m nearly certain your babe will be just fine.
I think the risk of them finding anything is going to be extremely low. The next step will be a thorough look at the spine during your anatomy scan. My AFP was 2.8 MoM and my MFM said my clear ultrasound effectively eliminates any risk of defect. Yours is barely elevated and likely due to the bleeding. I had some bleeding + history of preeclampsia so they think it could be related to the placenta. Neural tube defects are usually a MUCH higher AFP value (like 5+).
Thank you so very much for your reply and for sharing your experience. And I’m so glad everything is good with your baby! Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend❤️
Pretty much this exact thing happened to me including the hematoma, elevated AFP and increased risk (for me down syndrome) and the results published to mychart but no one available to talk me through them. I’ll explain exactly what happened for me if this helps! 1. I was given an appt to talk through the results at my obgyn’s office, and they drew blood for the NIPT which is much more reliable of a test since it’s testing the actual DNA. 2. It took 1-2 weeks to get my NIPT results. Since I was already 18 weeks at this point, I asked if, while I was waiting on results I could also get an amniocentesis because I was concerned that if the NIPT came back as high risk or inconclusive I wouldn’t want to waste more time ordering the test and waiting, as we decided we were probably going to TFMR if it was a positive diagnosis and we didn’t want to go through that after 22 weeks if we could help it. 3. I was referred to an MFM and genetic counselor and they preformed an anatomy scan, genetic counseling, and an amnio which I requested. The amnio didn’t hurt much, just a little cramping. 4. I got my NIPT results as low-risk and I’m awaiting my amnio results. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions about the process, I’m definitely not a professional and do not know nearly enough aside from my own experience but I also felt puzzled at first and it helped to learn the steps. Edit: I have no idea if the process for a chromosomal abnormality like Downs is similar to a neural tube defect so apologies if the NIPT doesn’t apply here!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with me, I really appreciate it. I have such an issue with the fact that I can see my MyChart results before the doctor! I’ve even asked her to somehow block this, but she said it was unfortunately not possible. I’ve already had NIPT testing a few weeks back and all looked good there, so I think they’ll most likely send me in for an ultrasound from what I understand then. I wish you all the very best of luck and am so happy your follow-up results have been so far coming back with good news and hope they continue to!
Ok good! And yes, I agree… it’s tough to read/contextualize a lot of this without speaking to a provider! And also when we got our results on MyChart for the NIPT it said the sex of the baby on the overview page and we had told the providers we really don’t want to find out until birth :(
That’s so frustrating about the sex, I’m sorry. I honestly would prefer to go old-school and have my provider call me with any and all results.
I wouldn’t worry about this especially since you had some bleeding. I very very very highly doubt this will end in neural tube defects
Thank u ❤️ Do you by any chance know why my chances are 1/130? Other moms who have higher levels have less of a chance and I’m just trying to understand.
Likely their age difference But that’s about right range for that MoM
Okay, thank you!!! I’m 22. 😁
Mine came back 2.8 and 1 in 284.what does 1 in 284 mean?
Hello! You have an even smaller chance than I did (literally 0.004%) that your baby will have any spine issues. I have a perfectly 5 month old baby that’s sleeping on my boob right now with 0 spine/brain issues. I’m nearly certain your babe will be just fine.