***December Dreamers*** 70 babies born***

[hopefully2]

Oh spencerbear you must have got a fright. I'm sure when you've been in your mind will be put at ease somewhat and i know some of the other girls will prob tell you they were labeled high risk only to go on and have healthy babies.
Sorry i can't be better help but didn't want to read and run

 

[KellyC75]

Wishing you the very best of luck with the consultant today 'spencerbear'....

 

[lozzy21]

Sherri what a stipid doctor. Im glad things were sorted and you feel better soon.

Spencerbear. Try not to worrie. They often get these tests wrong and panic women for no reason. But if it helps you have a 99% chance your baby will be fine,

 

[WILSMUM]

spencerbear I'm waiting on the results of my triple blood test and am fully epxecting a phone call in the newxt day or two to day I'm high risk too!
I came back as high risk with DS (1:250) and had an amnio with him, thankfully though he was fine but I know what yr going through - its scary as hell and i was a complete mess for weeks until I got the results. 1 in 100 sounds scary but if you put its as a percentage then you have a 1% risk of there being a problem, which is turn means you have a 99% chance of everything being fine!

I've just found this link re Downs Screening and thought u might find it useful:
https://www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/i...hs_testing_for_down_syndrome_in_pregnancy.pdf

Keep us informed hun and pm me if you need/want

 

[Kerrieann]

oh spencerbear good luck today but like the girls said it does mean a 99% chance your baby is perfectly healthy and i know alot of women are given high risk when there babies are fine.

Sherri what an awful doctor, can you make a complaint? Hope you feel better soon!

Congrats to bubble finding out she is having a girl, our first team pinker!

 

[Mizze]

Spencerbear - as others have pointed out 1 in 100 is a 99% chance of not having a problem

When I was here before my last miscarriage one of the ladies in our June thread had another Trisomy (Downs is Trisomy 18 I think) risk come back as 1 in 10 - She was terrified had the diognostic test and her results came back as negative she had a lovely baby girl at the end of May.

Im waiting on my results too from a Nuchal fold +bloods test which I should have Friday - I expect to be high risk because of my age and will then have to decide whether to do the amnio.

Good luck with the consultant today


Mizze xx

 

[WILSMUM]

if u don't mind me asking but how old r u mizze?

 

[louise1302]

spencer bear im sure everything will be ok

 

[Mizze]

if u don't mind me asking but how old r u mizze?

Not at all - I will be 38 when Bubs is born - the stats I have read say that gives my age a 1 in 177 chance and that anything below 1 in 250 is considered high risk - so automatically I fall into a high risk category

Had a nuchal scan on Saturday and the fold measurement was 1.83mm! Waiting for blood results to give combined risk to come in on Friday. Actually I thought id be more worried but at the moment im thinking 1 in 177 is about a 0.6% chance of having a downs baby, which arent bad odds. Of course the final result could come back really low but I will worry about that Friday.

Im thinking because of the previous mc's my risk would have to be lower than the risk of mc to have an amnio.

Mizze xx

 

[Nessicle]

Ness... you poor thing. I was diagnosed with severe IBS 10 years ago. I've even had a stupid colonoscopy because my symptoms were so severe. I'm also severly lactose intolerant, but thankfully I can take pills for that. When my IBS took a turn for the worst thoug, they wanted me to cut out glute as well. I did it for 2 weeks and told them where to shove it! So I feel for you and don't even know what to say. Just curious though, can you slowly build up a tolerance to it? With lactose you can start out with having say half a teaspoon of milk to see how you tolerate it. If you have severe cramping and diarhea, they suggest waiting a day or 2 before trying again. Basically, when you have a tolerated the 1/2 teaspoon, you work your way up. Now, I'm not brave enough to try that, but I did it with cottage cheese and yogurts and such, and now I can have those without lactaid. I never drink milk anyways as I don't think I want to even try with something that high in lactose. But I do eat most cheeses without lactaid now as well. I use lactaid for when milk was used in the preparation of a dish, and for things like frozen yogurt or ice cream. I've also found later in pregnancy, like I've even been there lol, my tolerance was a bit higher. So just curious if you could do the same thing.

Unfortunately not hun it's a life long condition that can only be managed with a gluten free diet. The longer you have cut out gluten too the more severe your reaction would be to it if you tried to reintroduce it.

I had a little crying episode earlier as all I want is some proper bread - I know I shouldnt feel sorry for myself because people out there are suffering from cancer and other horrible illnesses or disabilities. I should be grateful I can control my pain without medication but it's just so hard when all you want is to eat bread and pizza - even tortilla wraps and cous cous!

x

 

[Nessicle]

How is everyone else today?

It's a gorgeous day! Unfortunately stuck inside an office til 5.30pm grrrr!!x

 

[Mizze]

Oh Ness - just because other people have worse things doesnt make what you are feeling any less valid

I had to go gluten free a few years ago for several months - I was lucky to be able to re-introduce it but I remember the bread and the pasta and even the stupid can of tomato soup that had wheat in it (!!!) so I sympathise. I do eat wheat now but have to be careful with my levels because it sets off awful acid reflux in me.

You've probably seen or tried this but I came across it and thought I would post it anyway

https://www.allergydiet.co.uk/glutenfreerecipes.shtml


Mizze xx

 

[Nessicle]

Aw thank you Mizze I do feel guilty by moaning and sure I sound like a stuck record to everyone around me but it really does get me down, I've found it even harder since becoming pregnant. I could manage before with the GF substitutes but they taste awful to me now!

Thank you for the link I haven't seen that!

xx

 

[Mizze]

Hon eating is hard enough (I have found) when pregnant as it is - when you add in an intolerance to something that is in so much food then it must be so hard

Mizze x

 

[louise1302]

i feel rubbish, ive come down with another stomach bug, the last one was only 2 weeks ago its a joke!! been sick 5 times now and had to run to the loo every half hour

hope these dont harm baby and its just me feeling like shit

 

[hopefully2]

Ah girls, some of you having a real tough time between food and bugs. So much for this being the trimester of feeling good and glowing etc!!
Hope you all feeling better soon xx

 

[nikki-lou25]

hugs to all the high risk ladies

I've not had the blood test yet, I think its next week when I see midwife!

 

[Kerrieann]

Sorry you not well again louise, it sucks being ill while pregnant i hate it Ive got my 16week midwife apt in ten mins, hopefully get to hear the heartbeat for 2nd time! Dunno what else they do tho?

 

[louise1302]

ithanks guys i guess it doesnt pay to have a toddler who picks everything up when youre pregnant

kerri i think they just check urine and bp, feel womb and listen to the hb from what i remember youll probs get your blood test too x

 

[Nessicle]

thank you guys - thanks Mizze, yeah it is hard, I even wrote to my local Tesco Metro asking them to stock more GF foods so I can try and conjure up a meal but nope! that was 5 months ago and nada!

Louise sorry you're not well hun I hope you feel better soon, try to drink some flat cola or lemonade as that seems to help settle a bad tummy and arrowroot biscuits. I can't have them but when I was able to in the past they helped me lots xx