Anyone due May 2014?

[ece77]

Viccat - The scan went well, thanks for asking! The little bean started to look like a real baby and s/he was even moving. The OB didn't check the actual number but the HB looked and sounded great! In two weeks I'm going to have the double screening test and I'm praying everything will be OK.
Glad your scan went well too...

Mony - Great news about your scan! Also, how does genetic counseling works? Do they take bloods or else?

 

[MonyMony]

The genetic counselor took a family history. She asked what closest relatives died of, and then she asked about any diseases that relatives had been born with. She made a diagram on a piece of paper and she said my husband's and my family history were pretty good because all genetic diseases were several steps removed. Then she said she could order a blood tests to check to see if I was a carrier or not. If any came back positive then my OH would need to be tested.

The second part of discussion was about the choices of tests available: afp, the materniT21, CVS, and amnio. She thoroughly went through details of procedures, the risk of each in terms of risk to fetus, costs, and then I choose what I wanted.

 

[smallhelen]

I am a rubbish forum member! I have been lurking , but too much staring at my phone makes me feel even more nauseous than usual, so I try to avoid it. Then again, everything makes me feel sick at the moment! I'm hoping that it will soon start to fade slightly, as after 5 weeks of feeling c**p and three weeks of actually vomiting, I am thoroughly fed up. I know it is a good thing (really!!!!), as it shows my hormones are still active, but I can't wait for it to finish.
I'm still waiting for the date of my NHS scan , and I can't wait to hear the tiny heartbeat again.
How's everyone else doing?

 

[ColofulMom]

Congratulations on all of your pregnancies ladies Got my BFP last month came as a big surprised loll but im 8wks pregnant and im due May 29th . Hope it's not to late to join . Been looking for a thread like this

 

[MonyMony]

Congrats and welcome, ColorfulMom!

Sorry to hear, smallhelen. I'm on leave from my job, I've been feeling so terribly. Migraines, nausea, exhaustion are the worst. But, oh, there's bloating, dizziness, and backaches too. I can't believe there's two more trimesters to go...just trying to believe some of the symptoms will ease up.

 

[ece77]

Mony - Thank you for the explanation on genetic counseling. I'll ask my OB about that.

Helen - Sorry you're feeling so poorly. Hope it eases soon...

ColofulMom - Welcome & congrats! You're of course not late . H&H 9 months...

AFM - Well, I've got a horrible flu and the only thing I do these days is sleep, sleep and more sleep. I wake up at meal times, try to swallow some pieces, then go back to sleep!!!

I'm so afraid to take any medication which makes it even more difficult. I drink warm milk with honey and linden tea. Hope they are helping!

 

[Havmercy]

Hi ladies,

Welcome & congrats to the new ladies. Wish you a H&H 9 months!

Havmercy - How did your scan go?

Drsamyjohn - Try not to worry over an early us. Everything is soooo small at this stage that measuring errors are quite possible. We only could see the gestational sac and yolk sac at 5+4 but a week later saw & heard a good HB. What about your HCG?

shinyshoes & MonyMony - Don't feel ancient dears! We may say we are a little more mature

BigLegEmma - Sorry you're feeling so sick

AFM - I had a scan this morning. The LO is fine and measuring 2 days ahead. S/he has a HR of 173 BPM. I'm so incredibly happy.

Scan went very well. I was 8 weeks 1 day but baby was measuring 8 weeks 6 days. HR 167 bpm. We did the materniti21 test at 10 wks 3d, still waiting on results. I hope it's good and we can skip the amino this time.

 

[Havmercy]

Hi ladies, I'm late to the party but excited to be here. I'm Karin, 42 (ancient! LOL) and a single mom. A friend has been helping me TTC for about 2 years now, and I'm 9w4d with my 4th peanut. I lost the first three before 5 weeks gestation each, so I've been tiptoeing my way through this one. I'm due May 8th!

I've had a TON of bleeding with this pregnancy, spotting or outright flowing for 4 weeks straight starting at 4w3d. I used more pads since getting pregnant than I used this entire past YEAR with periods!! But repeated u/s's and dopplers have shown lil' peanut is all safe & snug in her cocoon, her heart just blazing away! The ER found I had a small subchorionic hemorrhage which appears to have completely resolved in the past week. (Finally!!)

This little miracle growing in my belly is 100% thanks to acupuncture. The fertility clinic told me last summer to give up on my pipe dream of having a child, that I was infertile due to not having any more good eggs. The acupuncturist said that wasn't true, and it was possible to still ripen good eggs with the proper "support," we just had to get my body systems healed and balanced. We worked for 9 straight months to heal my liver, kidneys/adrenals and spleen systems. My periods became easy-peasy about 4 months into treatment, not to mention the liver, thyroid & adrenal dysfunction that bloodwork has shown he reversed and resolved. And 8 months after starting, BOOM! Baby Impossible.

It is wonderful meeting you all and I hope that we all have sticky beans to share at the end. Bless you~

The exact same thing happened to me in 2011. Fertility doc told me I had DOR due to advanced maternal age and having my first child would be impossible without donor egg. It takes 90 days to make a good egg, I started acupuncture in July and by October we were pregnant naturally with our first. He is 16 months now. Here it is 2013 and we are pregnant naturally with number 2. I'm 40 years old. I swear by acupuncture versus a fertility clinic any day!

 

[viccat]

Hi there ColofulMom and lurking smallhelen

Havmercy - great news on the scan! It's comforting to see the bean looking good, isn't it?

AFM - I am 8+5 today and everything seems okay, although I'm still not experiencing much in the way of symptoms. I'll be glad to get to my 12-13 week scan and see kidney bean again.

 

[MonyMony]

Any news, Havmercy, on your T21? Anxiously waiting results of my CVS here...just want to be able to share the news a little more widely since I keep declining invitations. Only a handful of family know right now.

Symptoms still about the same--nausea, headaches, bloating/gas, sleeplessnes. Though just a bit less exhausted overall.

How are others?

 

[smallhelen]

Hi ladies!
Hope you've had a nice weekend.

Finally got NHS scan done (there had been a problem with my referral from the GP, but we eventually got everything sorted out). Little bean was on top form - measured 3 days ahead, which seems fine. But then the midwife tried to get the nuchal measurement done, and bean was determined to face the wrong way! I had to go for a walk, and then she had to get another midwife to come in as well. Bean finally settled down to pose for the measurement (thank goodness), and then I had the blood test done too. Just have to wait for the result now.
This was the third blood test I'd had done this week, as I went on Tuesday for antenatal screening, but I was too dehydrated, and they only got half the blood needed, so had to go back on Wednesday. I have a fine pair of bruises on my arms now!
Have told both families now, with interesting reactions, as we've been married for 15 years and always said we weren't going to have children. Just told them that everyone is allowed to change their minds!!
Hopefully this week will be nice and quiet, and the nausea will finally go away. I had started to feel better, but then it came back. At least I'm not vomiting every day any more.

How is everyone else doing?

 

[MonyMony]

Hope all results come back just fine. Waited over two weeks for our CVS results and they are normal, luckily! We chose not to find out gender--going to try team yellow for the first time ever.

Wish I were feeling better. I do have more energy, but headaches are unceasing, and they bring about the nausea. My ob says that women typically feel better around 12/13 mark and 18/19 mark, so now I've set my sights on the second one for some relief.

We've started to tell wider circle of family and friends and of course people are happy and congratulatory, but they are also surprised as all assumed we were done with kids.

 

[smallhelen]

It's all gone quiet! How are we doing ladies? Anyone felt any movement yet? (I haven't.)

 

[smallhelen]

It's gone very quiet on here! How is everyone?
Has anyone felt any movement yet? (I haven't, but am still only 16 weeks, so plenty of time yet).
Hope you're having a good weekend.

 

[MonyMony]

Hi smallhelen--not sure where everyone went!

Feeling better in terms of headaches but still just so darn tired. Blah.

We have our anatomy scan on Wednesday. Looking forward to that. Will try to stay team !

Have felt a couple of small movements, but they were more like shifts in positions. Not any fluttering, which is what I usually feel first. Wonder if my placenta's in the way?

More updates, please!

 

[viccat]

Hi everyone, I am slightly in limbo after the combined screening showed up a greater than 1 in 5 risk baby has downs syndrome. Baby looked well, and the NT measurement was within normal range ..... but ..... my bloodwork had typical DS pattern (very high HCG and low papp-a).

I went for the CVS screening today, but unfortunately they couldn't do it, because of how my various body parts and baby were arranged. So we've got to wait another week and do the amnio next Friday 6th. The waiting is agony.

 

[BigLegEmma]

Hi everyone, I am slightly in limbo after the combined screening showed up a greater than 1 in 5 risk baby has downs syndrome. Baby looked well, and the NT measurement was within normal range ..... but ..... my bloodwork had typical DS pattern (very high HCG and low papp-a).

I went for the CVS screening today, but unfortunately they couldn't do it, because of how my various body parts and baby were arranged. So we've got to wait another week and do the amnio next Friday 6th. The waiting is agony.

Aw I feel your pain. My 12-wk nuchal was fine, baby looks fine, but I came back high risk for my age range (1in 38). Decided against CVS or amnio as I don't want to risk pregnancy, but I underestimated how stressed I'd be ever since. Waiting for 20wk organ scan at beginning o December. I hope your results come back good x

 

[MonyMony]

Sorry to hear that viccat. The waiting is the worst. We waited three weeks for results of CVS because FISH results were inconclusive. I hope you're able to get the prelim results with the amnio quickly and it all turns out well. Keep us posted.

 

[viccat]

Sorry to hear that viccat. The waiting is the worst. We waited three weeks for results of CVS because FISH results were inconclusive. I hope you're able to get the prelim results with the amnio quickly and it all turns out well. Keep us posted.

Oh my lord, I cannot imagine stretching this out for a further 3 weeks! You must have been in agony! What were the results, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[MonyMony]

Sure. They came back normal. The FISH results showed that 30% of the cells were not so they couldn't tell us anything early. But the longer term culture is much more definitive and it didn't show any abnormalities. It just took ages, probably because they wanted to be sure since they had inconclusive results before. But usually the results are available in 2 weeks, so I'd advise you start following up by then if you haven't heard anything.

Then our 18 week anatomy scan also showed baby's measurements were all on track, so that also made us feel better.