Yesterday I had my 20 week ultrasound and got some bad news...the doctor thinks the nasal bone is under developed possibly indicating downs syndrome. We are devastated and confused. Because I was one week over the age of 35 when our little boy was conceived I have had all of the additional testing which of course included an NT scan and blood test. My NT scan results were great and based on the combined data I came back as at 1 in 5,402 risk for downs and 1 in 10,000 for tisomy 13/18. We were thrilled with these results until yesterday. Everything seemed to be going well at the exam until the doctor came in. At first he said everything looked great and he was just going to look at some more complicated parts of the heart flow and organs. He did and pronounced everything still looked great. He moved on to my 1st tri scan and mentioned that had looked great too and I assumed he was wrapping things up and pronouncing our baby healthy when he slipped in there in a casual "oh by the way" manner that our boys nasal bone appeared abnormal. He was so non chalant about it and I had to press him for details (of which I found out later I still didnt get enough) After pressing him we found out that there was a non-invasive blood test we could do that would tell us with 99% certainty what we are dealing with. Of course we said we wanted it. We went and had the blood drawn immediately after the appointment but the results can take up to two weeks to come back. We are devastated, confused and worried. The doctors attitude towards the whole thing along with the fact that we have been told absolutely EVERYTHING else looks normal makes us not want to worry but then there isnt a ton of info about this out there and everything I have read says this is unusual to have in a normal baby. There doesnt seem to be a lot of information about this test out there which is even more frustrating. At this point both my husband and I are incredibly stressed and scared. Waiting two weeks for results is pure hell as well. No matter what happens we are going to love the heck out of this baby but seriously! Good way to cause a new mom and dad some serious stress! We are both a mess 
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After my 2nd trimester blood screening came back with a 1 in 35 chance in Down's (I was only 29 with no other risk factors, baby was also measuring small which was another sign. We hadn't done the NT screen) we went through the same thing. Babycenter has a great MaterniT21 board for others who were in the two week wait too which helped me a lot. I'm sure you'll be fine. Sounds like your risk is pretty low. Hang in there!
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What a rough time! When Lorelei was first born they did some blood work on her that indicated that she might have Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia; subsequent testing was "inconclusive." I spent the first several months of her life terrified that she was going to go into shock and die because we hadn't started treating her for it. Turns out that she is (and was) just fine and completely normal. It sounds like you have pretty low risk and the doctor wasn't terribly concerned. I know it's hard, but try not to let yourselves be too worried or sad about it just yet. I know the waiting is maddening, though. Wish I could give you a big hug.
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First, and most importantly, you have a healthy baby and that is GREAT news.
This may be an extra piece about your child and I can totally understand why this is concerning you. I'm sure you have heard of the blog, Enjoying the Small Things. Kelle Hamptom has a baby that was born with DS and she wrote a book about it (Bloom). Its a very beautiful story and her daughter is very cute.
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It sounds like you had the MaterniT21 test, which I had too. They say two weeks, but mine came back in just about a week. I don't understand why they don't send everyone for this test first. I insisted on having it as early as possible (2 weeks before my NT scan) and the results came back normal. But at the NT scan, the neck measurement was borderline. They doctor told me they would have been slightly concerned if they didn't have the results of the blood work saying it was very very unlikely. I would have totally panicked if we hadn't had the blood test done first.
I wish you good luck with the test results. Just remember the ultrasound is a pretty imperfect way of diagnosing things.
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I'm sorry you are going through this stress, and sending you good thoughts!
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I'm so sorry. We've been going through somewhat similar with an odd ultrasound result (a different one than yours though). I understand why the drs are giving confusing messages because after looking on pubmed the studies are all over the place on whether as an isolated finding it's anything to worry about. But it's been frustrating because everyone has a slightly different take and instead of recommendations they're saying well you could do this without providing any detailed info on why we should or shouldn't. What we were told that was reassuring though was that trisomy 13 and 18, which are incompatible with life, almost always show up with multiple issues on the anatomy scan.
Sorry you're going through this worry, it's not fun to add stress to pregnancy and I hope the genetic testing gives you some peace of mind soon.
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