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Calling all the Pregnant PS''ers

Congratulations, Lulu!! What an adorable pic!

Welcome SplitShank and Sapphire!


All is well here. I''ve gotten rid of my little houseguests temporarily. I told DH yesterday that I was so stressed I just knew I was going to go into labor! Obviously it didn''t happen, but at least he understood (finally!) how done I was. Baby has really dropped now. I''m only measuring 35 and I had been over 38! HB is still perfect! Dr discussed baby coming early.....I can only hope!

Hope you''re all feeling well!
 
Lulu -- what a great picture and what cute little toes! Can''t wait to see more. Congrats!

Hi ladies...I''m 13 weeks as of tomorrow and was solely posting in the Newly Preggo Thread, but decided to make the jump out here. I have a quick question...did any of you have a CVS or an amnio? The results of my NT scan came back and my OB is referring me to have a CVS done and I''m scared as all get out.
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Lanie, I''m so sorry to hear the news. I was referred for an amnio due to finding a calcium deposit on Aidan''s heart at 18 weeks, but decided to pass it up. I do know, however that had I received results directing me to the CVS at 12-14 weeks I would have done it, definitely. I know it doesn''t make sense, saying no to one but yes to the other in a what if situation, but the timing played a big role. Every test carries a risk, weigh the risk of complications of the CVS against the risk of D/S or whatever they flagged you for. But one up side to the CVS is that they can determine the gender, there''s a plus to everything, right?

The last three weeks of travel and craziness have caught up with me and I''m home in bed. It was all I could do to drag myself out of bed and get ready for work this morning and my back is still killing me from yesterday. I''m also battling some nasty RLP. Sitting in traffic I realized I wasn''t going to make it all day so I got to the office, did about 30 minutes of work and then excused myself and came home. It''s so nice to relax, I feel like I could sleep for hours. Which is strange because I slept really well last night...well except for the loony toons dream I had.

Have you guys ever had conscious dreams? Like when you know you''re awake but your brain is disengaged? Last night I woke up snuggling with TJ and I was awake in that I could feel him but my brain was still dreaming because I thought I was snuggling with his head. I thought it was very weird that he was wearing a hat to bed (the arm of his tee shirt) and when I pulled it "off" to kiss his head he was bald! I freaked out because I thought there was a random bald guy in my bed...um...no, that was his shoulder!Yes I thought my husband''s shoulder was a bald guy''s head...
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The most embarrassing thing is he knows I have a thing for bald guys!
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Good Morning!
Just got my e-proof back and thought I would share it -- have a few changes that I am making to the colors of text and adding his last name so I thought I would share this version instead of a scribbled on one (for the last name)

Still haven''t gotten the Birth Story on paper yet... I have a feeling it will be a little while with the crazyness around here!
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SE-Alek is sooo adorable!! I love his cheeks! nom nom nom
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Sapphire-nice to see you back here! Logan is a cute. Congrats on the pregnancy!! (brave woman
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Lulu-I don''t remember if I commented on the pic but the squishy feet =
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Date: 6/15/2010 10:27:08 AM
Author: Lanie
Lulu -- what a great picture and what cute little toes! Can''t wait to see more. Congrats!

Hi ladies...I''m 13 weeks as of tomorrow and was solely posting in the Newly Preggo Thread, but decided to make the jump out here. I have a quick question...did any of you have a CVS or an amnio? The results of my NT scan came back and my OB is referring me to have a CVS done and I''m scared as all get out.
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Lanie, hugs. I''m going through the same thing.
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What were your results?

Mine were trisomy 18: 1 - 10,000
Trisomy 21: 1 - 800 (not as good as it should be for my age)

Since I''m already past 14 weeks, I can''t get a CVS. I would have to do an amnio. I''m just not sure yet if I should. It seems like a scary procedure with risks.
 
Hi!

Lulu--love the tootsies, and love your name choice. Hope you are both doing well!!

Laila & laine--i guess the biggest question for me would be, what will you do with the information you get from a amnio? When submitting to tests etc. for me there has to be a reason and then a corresponding action attached to something before proceeding. Otherwise, why risk the procedure. I''ve had a ton of ultrasounds that found ''stuff'' that could point to an issue, or could be nothing at all. the frustrating thing is, until the baby is born, nothing can be done with this info. The only thing it has provided is stress. So unless i know there is something i can do about the results, i prefer the ignorance route. But that is just me. Good luck with your choice.

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i am still friggin pregnant. 40 +3 today. groan. I saw my middie and she offered a stretch and sweep, but i declined for now. As much as i want to meet this little thing, i am still a big believer in ''baby knows best'' and iam willing to give it a few more days . I *may* do the stretch and sweep on friday morning if i am still pregnant. I know they can cause a backache if they are preformed and your body isn''t really, but at 41 weeks i should be good to go. I am still only measuring 35 weeks, but baby is movin on down and i look and feel big so we''re not worried about size.
Send some labor vibes my way!!!
 
Thanks for the replies everyone. I''m sorry my first posts are one sided.

Laila--I don''t want to post mine but if I got yours, I wouldn''t do it personally. Mine are way worse. They didn''t break mine down...the just gave me one number. I want to call the clinic and see how they came up with it bc the u/s looked perfect according to them. I have a feeling it might be my family history...i have 3 first cousins with major issues. Argh. They are trying to get me in asap for the CVS but I might be too late and I might have to wait for amnio. I''ll post my numbers at some point but I don''t want to see them on the screen.

As far as what I''d do with the info? I wouldn''t terminate the pregnancy but I want to plan ahead and not have a big shock when this whole time I''ve been dreaming of something else.
 
Welcome ladies jumping over from the starter thread!! We''ve been graduating women regularly over here so I was hoping some of you would make the switch!

Sapphire- your son is precious! So cute and congrats on the new one coming!

Lanie and Laila, sorry you are going through the screening rigamarole. But Laila, 1:800 is not bad! I know its hard if your numbers ''go down'' from whatever you started with based on age, but still 1:800 is long odds! Take heart, many women start out there or worse just based on age! My friend ended up getting an amnio and other tests after her NT screen put her odds at 1:50, and while it was very stressful to wait for the results and go through the whatif''s, everything was fine and now she has a beautiful healthy baby boy! Even at 1:50 odds, that is still a 98% chance of everything being fine chromosome-wise.

Jas, labor-dust for you! I''m excited to find out what you are having! I forget, are you sharing your potential names or waiting for the big reveal?

SomethingShiny-good for you kicking out the guests!

SoExcited, welcome back! your little bub bears a not-small resemblance to his sister!
 
Laine I have no words of wisdom but I''m sending you a lot of hugs
 
Lulu...huge congrats and that is a fantastic shot of adorable little feet!!! Can't wait to see you in the Newborn thread.

SE.. awww Alek is such a doll! Someone gave J that outfit but he never wore it as he grew out, so cute!

sapphire... your little man is so cute!! congrats!

re: amnio/CVS... we had an amnio (preferred it over CVS as loss odds were better and also they take fluid directly from the sac vs the placenta, placenta can change over time so CVS results are slightly less accurate)...and while i was irrationally stressed over it at the time...it gave me peace of mind for the rest of the pregnancy, which i needed. i am a hugely diagnostic person, i don't like playing the odds game. i would highly recommend it and i would do it again. we also had a fantastic doctor, i did a ton of research beforehand and was asking him 20 questions and he answered all of them to make me feel confident. also if you do get it done, find someone who does them often, not a regular OB who just does one randomly every month--you want someone who is experienced at it and can make you feel secure. good luck whatever you decide!
 
Lanie & Laila- My quad test came back at 1 in 42 that my 3rd baby had Trisomy 18, which is incompatible with life. It was highly encouraged that I get an amnio ASAP as those are terrible numbers, and had one two days after my OB told me our results. We also had the big u/s at the same time, which bumped our odds in our favor has my DS didn't show any markers for T18, but babies can have no markers and still have T18/13/21 if the mom's quad numbers are bad. We also went through with the amnio because we wanted to be prepared at delivery if something was wrong. When there is the potential or you know that your baby has an issue, they need the appropriate people in the delivery room.

Anyway, after two weeks of hell waiting for our amnio results, they came back showing that our horrible numbers were wrong! There was nothing wrong with DS at all! So just because someones numbers come back high, does NOT mean there is anything wrong with the baby. ((huge hugs)) and I hope everything goes smoothly the rest of your pregnancy!
 
Thanks for the words of wisdom ladies. Big hugs Lanie. I'm sorry about the upsetting numbers, but keep reminding yourself that your scan was great.

Mara, did you see a perinatologist for your amnio? I understand they are more skilled at doing amnios than ob-gyns. How did you find your doc?
 
yes i saw a perinatologist for the amnio. i belong to a big HMO in CA so they only had a few peri's available but when they scheduled me it was automatic, i did not get to choose. i called and asked who it was and asked questions from the nurse about him, his background, history etc. she answered what she could and then told me i should ask all of these at our appt as well. at the appt, the first 1/2 was actually a VERY detailed US. we saw chambers of the heart, the brain, we could even see individual fingers (and examine length), the face/nose etc. the peri looked for all the diff soft markers as well during this. he explained everything he saw. after this he asked if we still wanted to go through with the amnio. after seeing such a detailed US we felt that things were looking good...but after asking him all of my Q's, we both decided to proceed with the amnio.

one of the things i appreciated the most from him was treating me not like someone who just did 'internet research' but someone who understood what he was actually talking about. it made me feel more confident in him and his skills as well based on how he treated me. i believe he did something like 500-600 amnios a year which is a lot...he also said that because there seem to be more older women getting pregnant, the # of amnios is on the rise as well. we also talked about his personal loss statistics. we live in a large metropolitan area as well which might help the # be higher but after hearing he did so many and had never had a 'directly related loss', i felt much better.

we could have opted out of the amnio OR after talking with him and doing the US, decided we wanted someone else to do it. knowing we had those options made me feel better--so it's not like you have to go in and then you can't back out or similar. for anyone considering it, i'd also ask if your hospital or dr office does the detailed US first because for many people who are worried about the odds but not really feeling all that secure about the amnio, i could see that being 'enough' of a diagnostic for them and not deciding to proceed with amnio.

as others have alluded, many times the screening results are incorrect. someone gets extremely high odds and then they have an amnio and the screening was entirely wrong. our screening results were fine for my age, but again we just were diagnostic people, and i was 34 and greg was 41 so we just wanted to KNOW. so we opted for the amnio.

i know it's really hard to have to worry about this stuff... and your hormones are going crazy as well, it's very stressful. but after we did the amnio and i felt ok, and then we got the results back i felt SO much better and like i could actually enjoy the rest of my pregnancy rather than worry.
 
Lanie and Laila, just one more thing - you might want to see a genetic counselor to discuss your results / manage expectations of the process and what the information means. Even though my friend's husband (whose fetus got the 1:50 odds) works with human genetic diseases and screening tests (not prenatal ones, but screening tests have a lot of similarities in their limitations) it was still a really stressful process for them and my friend still needed to be reminded many times that 'horrible' odds like Feb2003's 1:42 mean that 41 times out of 42, a fetus with those test results will be perfectly fine - at least as far a chromosomes go. Unfortunately it is the nature of the beast - the screening tests are a great tool for what they are, but they noninvasively *screen* patients for further tests. They don't give you concrete accurate information that tells you your child *will* or *will not* have X problem - which is actually what you want to know. And there is a price to the technology - many many parent go through the stress of secondary screening only to find out that their baby is perfectly healthy. You could say that they go through 'unnecessary' stress but it is a balance between catching as many of the affected babies as practical versus limiting the invasive diagnostic testing and stress to the parents. Please try not to assume it is awful news before you know the diagnostic test results. Fingers crossed for you both!
 
one more thing to add to cara''s post... our hospital offered a genetic counseling class that we attended. it is to help you understand the nature of the diff options (screening, CVS, amnio) and also the diff things they look for, what they are, what they cause, etc. and you also filled out a form about your genetics and family history. then they submitted it and they would come back and call you to discuss.

for anyone considering a diagnostic test like CVS or amnio--i''d also recommend to see if your hospital or insurance covers something like this class. it really helped educate us on our options and what it all meant.
 
Date: 6/15/2010 12:11:07 PM
Author: Laila619
Date: 6/15/2010 10:27:08 AM

Author: Lanie

Lulu -- what a great picture and what cute little toes! Can''t wait to see more. Congrats!


Hi ladies...I''m 13 weeks as of tomorrow and was solely posting in the Newly Preggo Thread, but decided to make the jump out here. I have a quick question...did any of you have a CVS or an amnio? The results of my NT scan came back and my OB is referring me to have a CVS done and I''m scared as all get out.
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Lanie, hugs. I''m going through the same thing.
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What were your results?


Mine were trisomy 18: 1 - 10,000

Trisomy 21: 1 - 800 (not as good as it should be for my age)


Since I''m already past 14 weeks, I can''t get a CVS. I would have to do an amnio. I''m just not sure yet if I should. It seems like a scary procedure with risks.
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When I had my NT scan the results came back 1:1100, following the anatomy scan at 18 weeks the ration went up to 1:550

Even with that my doc was more confident in us having a healthy average baby than she was in us not having complications from an amnio, hence us passing it up.
 
congratulations, lulu! a perfect name to match those perfect feet!
 
Lanie and Laila~ Lots of dust and prayers for both of you and your LOs!

jas~ Still here!?!?! Sending buckets of labor dust your way!!
 
Lanie and Laila, in all honesty, I don''t know much about the numbers you''re posting but it sounds like you''ve gotten some great advice and stories of positive outcomes. I just wanted to send you some dust to help you each make the right decision for you!

Jas, hopefully just another day or two and that bebe will make an appearance!

Icekid, so sorry you''re still suffering from nausea. Hopefully it''ll subside soon. You''ve got some exciting preggo related things coming up - anatomy scan and you''ll be feeling the kiddo kick soon. The fun part will begin soon - I promise!

Sapphire, what a gorgeous kiddo! I''ll definitely be following your pregancy. DH is already talking about another but I question my ability to chase around a toddler while preggo...the first trimester exhaustion then the downright discomfort of the last several weeks. I need some inspiration!

SS, you sound so close!!! I''m glad everything''s still looking good with your little one. I feel like my belly is dropping but is gradual (if that''s possible). It just feels heavier and lower. Sometimes, I feel like I need to hold it up or my little man will fall out! My yoga instructor showed me some poses to bring him out of my pelvis and they felt SO good!

HH, I am totally a mover and a shaker right now but, like you said, the problem is I''m not physically capable of doing a lot of things so I mostly boss him around.
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I know you''re almost to your third trimester but have you considered a prenatal yoga class? Lots of the gals in my class claim it helps with their back and sciatic pain. I''ve been fortunate enough that those two things are not on my list of ailments.
 
I realize I''ve neglected so many posters in this thread today so I just want to take a minute to welcome the new mommies to be and to say good luck to those who are in their final days!

Pupp-I''ve not looked into prenatal yoga but I''m sure I should. I get a massage once a month and the MT has given me a bunch of stretches to do at work which do help loosen things up when I have pain. I should find a class somewhere, you''re right...
 
Lanie & Laila- So sorry to hear of all the stress the NT results are causing you! Keep remembering that this is just a screening test, not diagnostic, and as the others have mentioned even a 1/50 means 98% are chromosomally normal! Easier said than done, no doubt. Here''s to hoping that you can get the amnio or CVS scheduled asap to at least you can know going forward and hopefully alleviate some of the worry.

puppmom- Exciting times are definitely coming up! I try to lay really still sometimes and see if I can hallucinate Jumper jumping
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but I get bored of waiting hehe. Soon, though!

Sapphire- congrats on the pending arrival of number 2!!

SS- so glad to hear that your little girl is continuing to do well! She is going to be here before we know it.

jas- Is Co ready to share the mommy''s attention?? Labor dust your way!
 
Laila and Lanie - so sorry you''re both going through worries with the screen results. I don''t have any advice to offer re: amnio or CVS, but I just wanted to say I''m thinking of you both and sending hugs your way. Like IceKid said, even with 1:50 that still means that 98% of babies with those odds are perfectly normal!! I want to tell you not to stress, but I know that''s darn near impossible, so I''ll just keep sending happy thoughts your way.
 
Hello,

I am 30 weeks pregnant and have been lurking on this thread for years. I have been thinking about joining in for a while now ... and if I find my camera cord I'll try to post a pic for BPF this Friday.
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We had an amnio done at 16 weeks. My experience is very similar to Mara's. The results of our NT scan were actually fine for my age, but I wasn't happy with one of the blood test results and I was 34 at the time (35 at due date) and my husband is 39. Also, we're just "need to know" kind of people -- we both have science research backgrounds. Making the decision to have the amnio was very hard and emotional, but it really did give me peace of mind.

We started our process by having an individual meeting with a genetic counselor. She answered tons of questions for us and made us feel very comfortable. We went home and talked it over for a week or so, then scheduled the amnio. When we arrived for the amnio, we started out meeting with the genetic counselor again to answer any additional questions or address concerns. We then met with the maternal fetal specialist who performed the amnio. While she doesn't do the volume of cases that I would prefer (amnios just aren't done in my area as often as in other major metropolitan areas), she has been doing them for 30+ years and has never known of a loss related directly to the amnio. She answered all of our questions, and then the technician started the detailed ultrasound (which was really cool ... and she made the early guess of boy, which ended up being correct). After the she scanned for a while checking to see that all of the anatomy looked good, the maternal fetal specialist asked if we still wanted the amnio. We told her yes, and the procedure was over within two minutes and during the procedure we were able to keep watching him on the ultrasound which helped keep my mind off of what was going on. Because of my anterior placenta, they had to insert the needle through thicker abdominal muscle area than she would have preferred -- so that part cramped/hurt a bit more than I think it otherwise would have, but overall it was really fine and something I would absolutely do again for future pregnancies. I rested for a day and then worked from home the day after, and really felt fine after that and resumed all normal activity and exercise. In fact, we went away on vacation just a couple of days later.

We chose amnio over CVS as amnios are done more often here so we felt the risk was lower with amnio. Friends of ours, however, had concerning NT scan results and opted for the CVS. Her experience was very positive, and their beautiful and healthy daughter just turned one last month.

I hope my story helps. When we were doing our research regarding diagnostic testing, I know that reading about people's positive experiences really helped me.
 
Lanie and Laila - Sorry to hear that you received concerning test results back. I do not have much advice to offer as I have not crossed this bridge yet, but just wanted to let you both know that I am thinking of you. Sending you lots of positive thoughts that everything is ok with your LOs.

Turtledazzle - Welcome! And, thank you for sharing your story. It is a hugely personal decision that we must all make, whether to have any testing done at all and to what extent if we decide to. It is certainly helpful to hear what goes into that decision-making process for others. It's so helpful to know that the amnio took only 2 mins! My OB's office completely downplays the need for testing at all, though they do offer the NT screening (at a maternal fetal specialist practice) for everyone. I was surprised, given that I am 36, but they tell me that I am "only 36".
 
Congratulations Lulu.

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p.s. that photo is breaking my heart.
 
Thanks everyone for the feedback and positive stories. I''ve been in contact with 2 genetic couselors who called me and my CVS is tomorrow. I think I''m more at peace with it when I flip the stats around to make them sound more positive! I can''t wait for all of this to be over. It''s been a tough 7 weeks with 24 hour morning sickness and then all of this. They also told me I have a low lying placenta, but I''m hoping that will correct itself, and is the least of my worries right now. My life is never filled with this much drama. Anyway, thanks ladies!
 
((hugs)) Lanie. will be thinking of you tomorrow.

I''d like to join this thread now. I am 13w4d today and look like I''m 6 months pregnant, but what the hell.
 
Welcome!
 
I''m attending a webinar for my company''s maternity leave and my head is SPINNING!
 
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