Nasal bone & NT scans
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Topic: Nasal bone & NT scans
Posted By: lilymay
Subject: Nasal bone & NT scans
Date Posted: 13 April 2011 at 8:40pm
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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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Posted By: Kalimirella
Date Posted: 13 April 2011 at 8:58pm
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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. ------------- Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 13 April 2011 at 9:42pm
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the NT measurement - do you mean 1.4mm?? they haven't given you the combined risk yet then? ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 14 April 2011 at 8:34am
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Have you had the blood test? The risk is the combined results of the scan and the blood test. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: lilymay
Date Posted: 14 April 2011 at 10:18am
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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? |
Posted By: Imogen
Date 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  ------------- Proud mummy to two beautiful little girls and a precious little boy <3 |
Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 14 April 2011 at 10:57am
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I agree with Imogen.. and considering your NT and blood results are good, I wouldn't think you have anything to worry about! ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: Stephi
Date Posted: 14 April 2011 at 3:50pm
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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 :) ------------- 
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Posted By: Tigerish
Date Posted: 15 April 2011 at 8:06am
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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! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lilymay
Date Posted: 15 April 2011 at 9:43am
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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 ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: lilymay
Date Posted: 20 April 2011 at 2:52pm
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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 ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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