ARSA identified in 20wk fetal anamoly scan

Hello friends Today we went for the FA scan and the doctor has told us that our baby has ARSA. This seems to be normal in 1-3% adults. Other than ARSA, absolutely no other issues identified in the scan. Later we also rushed to a pediatric specialist who did full ECHO of the baby heart and there also no other issue noticed. We did NIPT test before in 13th wk and that was also low risk for all. 13wk NT scan also low risk. We have a big decision ahead of us. Weather to do amniocentesis test or not to confirm 100%. Any other parents who experienced similar?? Did your doctors recommend you to do amnio test even if nipt was low risk?

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Hello, I am in the same position as you. Just did my FA scan on Monday and ARSA was detected in our baby. We did the FTS previously and it was low risk. We hurriedly arranged for the amnio test to be done the following day as the results could take 2-3 weeks. We chose to go ahead with the amnio test because we wanted to be very sure, and hopefully ARSA is isolated and there are no other anomalies. Now all we can do is to keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best!

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11mo ago

Hello parent…. Wish you the very best. We are sure your amnio results will be positive and your baby will be amazing!! ❤️❤️ May I check if you had done NIPT test before?? Like a harmony or iGene test? And what was the result? For us… we have decided to not do the amnio. After the pediatric cardiologist gave us a thumbs up…. We were also referred to a very senior doctor who is a maternal fetal expert ( Dr Henry Cheng). He said everything was fine given this was a isolated ARSA and absolutely no other anomaly seen. He said we were still considered low risk. His reassuring voice and kind way of dealing with us made us soooo relieved! For other parents out there… don’t get scared with ARSA!! Our babies will be just fine!! ❤️

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