Nasal bone & NT scans

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lilymay Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 18 July 2010 Location: Sydney Points: 298	Post Options Post Reply Quote lilymay Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Nasal bone & NT scans Posted: 13 April 2011 at 8:40pm
	Hi guys, Has anyone gone for their 12 week NT scan and they couldn't find the nasal bone? I was scanned today and they believe the baby is just over 11 weeks and they couldnt see the nasal bone. My NT measurement was good 14mm and my bloods were good but they couldn't find the nasal bridge bone which can be an indicator of downs. I am scheduled to go back in a week but am a bit nervous about the outcome. Has anyone been in the same situation? Appreciate the advice

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Kalimirella Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 14 November 2009 Location: Waipukurau Points: 1882	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kalimirella Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 April 2011 at 8:58pm
	They couldn't find one on my little girl at 13 weeks, there was one at the 20 week scan and she was born perfectly normal, they didn't get me to do a rescan as at the time they just did it on the nuchal measurement and age (no bloods) and mine was fine.
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freckle Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 03 December 2008 Points: 4773	Post Options Post Reply Quote freckle Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 April 2011 at 9:42pm
	the NT measurement - do you mean 1.4mm?? they haven't given you the combined risk yet then?
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caliandjack Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 10 March 2007 Location: West Auckland Points: 12487	Post Options Post Reply Quote caliandjack Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 April 2011 at 8:34am
	Have you had the blood test? The risk is the combined results of the scan and the blood test.
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lilymay Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 18 July 2010 Location: Sydney Points: 298	Post Options Post Reply Quote lilymay Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 April 2011 at 10:18am
	hey guys - oops yes i mean 1.4mm. they wouldn't combine my blood and NT measurement until they have the nasal bone (i.e. absent or present). i am a kiwi living in sydney (this is my first baby), so not sure if the nasal bone is standard practice?

Imogen Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 10 September 2008 Points: 610	Post Options Post Reply Quote Imogen Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 April 2011 at 10:31am
	Mine coiuldn't be found at my nuchal scan, it sometimes cant be until after 13ish weeks. So given your baby was only measuring 11 weeks that may be why. I really wouldn't worry too much. Im sure that it will be found at your next scan Edited by Imogen
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freckle Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 03 December 2008 Points: 4773	Post Options Post Reply Quote freckle Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 April 2011 at 10:57am
	I agree with Imogen.. and considering your NT and blood results are good, I wouldn't think you have anything to worry about!
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Stephi Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 10 December 2010 Location: Tauranga Points: 315	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stephi Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 April 2011 at 3:50pm
	They couldnt find my boys one but only because of the way he was lying..he was lying face down in my uterus lol and wouldnt budge for the lady doing the scan. The NT measurement for him was 1.7mm which is perfectly normal. We ended up with a 1 in 9100 chance for D/S which is great. Just for my age (which is only 20 haha) there is a 1 in 1000 and something chance so we got a good result :)


Tigerish Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 12 September 2007 Points: 725	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tigerish Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 April 2011 at 8:06am
	They couldn't confirm a nasal bone for my son either. Just couldn't get the right angle to see it. They never rescanned and no one seemed to be too concerned about it!


lilymay Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 18 July 2010 Location: Sydney Points: 298	Post Options Post Reply Quote lilymay Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 April 2011 at 9:43am
	Thanks for all your comments guys - starting to feel a little less panicked. The baby was somersaulting like crazy and constantly moving which made it hard for the sonographer to get the right angle for the images. Bring on next wed so I can get i done again! Have a nice weekend everyone


lilymay Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 18 July 2010 Location: Sydney Points: 298	Post Options Post Reply Quote lilymay Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 April 2011 at 2:52pm
	Just to give you all an update... Had my follow-up NT scan today and after 2.5 hours they finally found the nasal bone. My results were: 1.5mm NT measurement Nasal bone present Good bloods My overall risk was 1 : 11,102. Interesting that the presence of nasal bone decreased my risk from 1 : 374 to the above. Massive difference! Hope this is helpful to anyone who has an absent nasal bone at an early scan

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