Posts by sky_and_lavender

Quote: Originally Posted by GoGetumTiger  As a side note, I'd have a hard time believing the test if it said female.  I learned in my college genetics class about forensic evidence from sexual assaults where they...

Quote: Originally Posted by JNajla  Can anyone explain what the materniT21 test is?  I'm not familiar with this?   It's a new blood test. The test can be done on woman who are 10 weeks along or...

My first was a homebirth, and we're planning for a second. I loved being at home and don't think I'd be able to relax and let my guard down as well anywhere else.  

My worst weeks were 5-7. I started feeling so much better around week 11. Now at almost 13 weeks, I have some amazing, high energy days and some very blah days. But the gagging at the thought of food is over, and the nausea is only...

I had a pretty bad PPH after a normal birth. It was a homebirth and I did avoid transfer and transfusion but just barely. Anyway, I asked my mw how likely it was that I'd have it again, and she said it wasn't necessarily more likely....

We found out! Maybe my daughter was onto something--it is a girl! The night before I read the result, I dreamt that I was looking at the results and it said (in our home language): pink kitty cat. After that, I woke up feeling...

I'm sorry for your loss. Sounds like you're redoubling your efforts to take good care of yourself on all levels. Good plan. I wish you healing and a healthy pregnancy in the future!  

Quote: Originally Posted by jr'smom  I've had insomnia for hours each night lately.  At least listening to the CDs help me relax and not just lay there thinking/stressing about things.  It's kinda...

There's another called "Harmony" and I've heard of Verify (or something like that), too. I found out today that the maternit21 plus gives sex determination results, and I guess Harmony doesn't. We haven't found out the sex of the baby,...

I just found out that sex determination results are part of the materniT21 plus test I did. So if we wanted to, we could find out ASAP. Wow. I'm kind of stunned. Sorry for the silly post, but I don't know who else to tell!