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NOVEMBER 2015 RAINBOWS. Please Join Us!

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Hey ladies!! I'm back....cautiously going to be joining here. I had a scan yesterday at 10w3d and all was okay. I go back next week for another reassurance scan. I've been hesitant to join anything after having two mcs. But this is the furthest I've made it, so I'm TRYING to relax a little bit.

My EDD is November 16 - but I'm hoping to have a c section so should be early November.

I also said I wouldn't find out what it is, but who am I kidding...I'm definitely going to find out!!! I live in Canada, where they tell you at 18-20 weeks, but I'm hoping to go to the US to have one done around week 15/16 if all is still going well!
 
Hi Sunshine! Congrats!
I can't wait to find out either. I'm also in Canada but with having a few extra scans offered to me I am hopeful they will tell me closer to 16 weeks.
 
Congrats sunshine and welcome :)

Happy 11 weeks sweetV :)
 
SweetV said:
Hi Sunshine! Congrats!
I can't wait to find out either. I'm also in Canada but with having a few extra scans offered to me I am hopeful they will tell me closer to 16 weeks.
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SweetV and all other Canadians - you could have a blood test as early as 10 weeks which will let you know the sex (and the blood test is also more accurate than the old fashioned screening). We didn't do it because we did PGS so that's how we know it's a boy, but if we hadn't done the PGS I would have for sure done the blood test.
 
3chords - they quoted me $1000 for the blood test. DH said absolutely not. I tried to see if insurance would cover it but there was no information available.
What is PGS?
 
Hi ladies!!Hi Niamh :)

What is the blood test? I've never heard of it...but $1000 yikes! lol
 
I have a scan next week wish it was sooner

Hi sunshine welcome to the group xxxx
 
We caved on being team yellow for reasons I think I will keep to my journal. We booked a private 16 week scan to find out what we are having
 
sunshine2014 said:
Hi ladies!!Hi Niamh :)

What is the blood test? I've never heard of it...but $1000 yikes! lol
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The harmony blood test. It looks for genetic abnormalities but is also 99% accurate predicting gender. Personally I think it should be considered before amniocentesis but amnio is the one the government will pay for currently.
 
SweetV said:
3chords - they quoted me $1000 for the blood test. DH said absolutely not. I tried to see if insurance would cover it but there was no information available.
What is PGS?
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PGS is pre-implantation genetic screening. So all of our embryos were sequenced at day 5 (they remove 2-3 cells from each). That way you can know that you are putting in a euploid embryo through the IVF process - no Trisomies (like Down Syndrome), etc. That's also how you can find out the sex the earliest. The accuracy of PGS is the same as the Harmony test, etc - all of that is more accurate than doing the nuchal translucency ultrasound, etc. The cost of of PGS was about $4,000. So while I know $1,000 looks like a lot, keep in mind that we spent about $40K out of pocket just trying to GET pregnant. When people tell me babies are expensive, I laugh.
 
3chords - That's amazing. When they told me in January that I would need a gestational carrier and I was looking at about that ($30,000 just to start) to have another child I thought that was the end of my dream. I have too much school debt to even be able to consider that kind of money and I'm not eligible for a loan. I would have done anything to be able to even consider it.
 
Sorry 3chords, I didn't mean to sound insensitive about the cost. I just meant $1000 is a lot for a test -- In Canada, most of us are fortunate to never see numbers for services/tests etc. My husband is a DR and works in the states, so of course I hear all about the cost of medical services there and it's heartbreaking. So I know we take it for granted living in Canada that it's all "free". I also meant that since it's not SUPER important to me to find out earlier than 15-18 weeks, I wouldn't spend the $1000.

I'll just be glad to make it that far!

Hope I cleared that up!
 
sunshine2014 said:
Sorry 3chords, I didn't mean to sound insensitive about the cost. I just meant $1000 is a lot for a test -- In Canada, most of us are fortunate to never see numbers for services/tests etc. My husband is a DR and works in the states, so of course I hear all about the cost of medical services there and it's heartbreaking. So I know we take it for granted living in Canada that it's all "free". I also meant that since it's not SUPER important to me to find out earlier than 15-18 weeks, I wouldn't spend the $1000.

I'll just be glad to make it that far!

Hope I cleared that up!
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No worries!

I think that most people who pay for it aren't paying to find out the sex but because their nuchal translucency test is kind of borderline or maybe indicates DS so they just want to be able to know in a less invasive way than doing an amnio. :)
 
Despite all my miscarriages, I am so grateful that I've not had to take out loans or break the bank to have my babies. Combination of the dear NHS and pure luck. I think people forget that their lives are half hard work and half luck.
 
I feel so pregnant today, in a good way, I can really feel my uterus stretching and I keep rubbing the underside of my "pre-existing" bump lol. I think i am feeling very slight BH contractions as well.
 
That's so exciting Kwynia :)

I had a messed up dream last night. I dreamt I went for a scan and the sonographers face fell. She left the room and came back with a Doctor and they were mumbling to one another. Then they informed me that my placenta was failing because it was infected with Chlamydia :dohh: Horrible dream.
 
We had to have our beloved cat put down last night cos he was hit with a car :cry: I've been getting cramps all night last night and today but I think it's cos I've cried so much. If it carries on into tomorrow I'll ring someone. :thumbup:

Back to work tomorrow. Absolutely dreading it :(
 
Embo78 said:
We had to have our beloved cat put down last night cos he was hit with a car :cry: I've been getting cramps all night last night and today but I think it's cos I've cried so much. If it carries on into tomorrow I'll ring someone. :thumbup:

Back to work tomorrow. Absolutely dreading it :(
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:hugs: Replenish your fluids if your stomach can cope xx
 
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