I totally understand why you can't sleep, honestly at 42 and seeing that number it's so hard not to spiral even though intermediate risk is not the same as a diagnosis. The good news is you're already doing the right thing by going for NIPT in 3 days, which will give you much clearer answers than the screening test, so try to hold on till then rather than let your mind run wild in the meantime. A lot of mums I know got intermediate results and their NIPT came back reassuring, so it's really not a done deal at this stage. In the meantime maybe try to distract yourself with something, take a walk, talk to your partner or a close friend about how you're feeling because keeping it bottled up will just keep you awake.
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