Abnormal quad screen

So on Friday I got a call from the nurse who said that three of the four screens came back negative but the one for Down syndrome came back positive. I said ok. Thanks for letting me know. I kind of figured based on my age alone it would come back positive. No big deal. And it really is no big deal because I know that the quad screen is not always correct. It can give a positive result of you are overweight. Which I am. If the fetus age is wrong. Which it certainly could be. And it will always give a positive result of you are over 35! And I am now 40. Based on those factors combined with the maternal serum markers they look for - you'll get a positive screen. This doesn't mean your baby will have a birth defect. Just that you are at higher risk (duh) for possibly carrying a baby with one. 

We go for our ultrasound next week on June 16 to find out more. Which has prompted a great heart to heart convo with my bub. We will love and care for this child. It will not be an easy road but that's life. Deal with it. Life is precious. I alone can not conjure life. 

So no more worrying about that until the ultra sound. I did have a field day researching the quad screen. I am highly disappointed with the lack of education prior to receiving the notes. I  also extremely turned off by the ding dong nurse practitioner who delivered the news in such a stupid way. She just said you tested positive for downs. That's it. And said I could explore my options with maternal fetal medicine next week. Whhhhhaaatttt. Thanks for not stating this was a screening ONLY and not. G damn diagnostic test. Thanks for not giving me the actual ratio or the actual results and numbers from the serum screening to assess my risk. For all i know I could have a 1:80 or 1:10 risk which is not very risky. 

Also I checked my hcg levels from 9.5 weeks which were 120,000 and fall right in the median for hcg at that time. This is a good news item. Because typically ds presents with double hcg in ds babies.