Expecting our RAINBOW babies - graduates of "hoping, healing & conceiving again" tread 2011 - Page 26

[slshoe128]

Camera- Thanks:) I haven't heard of them even doing the older screening anymore. Was that the test Corgi was talking about? Maybe some doctors still do it, I don't know. It is absolutely a personal choice whether or not to do any testing, monitoring or whatever. My triplody case was random, but people with recurrent pregnancy loss can have multiple losses due to triplody, it's rare, but most causes of extreme miscarriage have a rare cause. In my case, my egg was fertilized by a mutated sperm.  The doctors told me that I have a 99% of it NOT happening again, but in reality I'm in the 1-2% of women who have had 6 consecutive losses (DD was a rainbow baby as I had 1 loss at 9 weeks before her birth), so stats don't really comfort me very much. The nuchal sceening isn't 100% guaranteed, and if the numbers come back at a high risk, I guess the only way to know for sure is to do an amnio..which scares the be-jezzus out of me.... Anywho, I hope my post didn't sound harsh, I wasn't meaning for it to. I do think it's good to get all perspectives and information out there so that it can hopefully help others:) I have a regular u/s on Friday..I'm just hoping everything still looks good, then I can have my dreaded nuchal screening soon after.....ahhhh:)

[Gemmine]

just peeking in to throw hearts in the air for Corgi 

*hugs* to everyone else!

[snadaska]

hi all,

thanks for the well wishes. i can't believe my dd is going to have a little sister!

zub-i'm sorry you are feeling so sick. it sounds like you have a lot going on right now. (((hugs))))

matushka-just wanted you to know im thinking about you and hoping you start to feel better/more relaxed about the pg sometime soon  :)

ek-how are you doing? i hope things are looking up  :)

corgi-thats great news about the ultrasound! as far as the nuchal test. i agree with stacey, its personal.  i did it with dd (i was 29) and with this pg( now 32).  i got abnormal results on the test. specifically on the part where they measure fluid behind the neck. my blood tests-afp,beta hcg, and papp-a were all normal. i really think that my nuchal measurement was not done correctly by the tech. anyway, that said i am still glad i did it.  i chose to have an amnio after the abnormal results. my doc has a good record and i honestly wasnt worried at all about the procedure. im probably crazy, but i just knew the amnio procedure would go well. i also "knew" that after my bad nuchal measurement i was going to get normal blood results. sometimes i think intuition can be really powerful. best of luck whatever you decide

stacey-how far along are you? i hope your u/s goes well and the nuchal too. i dont know if i told you before, but i am so glad you graduated to this board and am so excited for you to have your rainbow baby!!!!!

afm-when i did my amnio i requested to get a microarray test  done in addition to full chromosome testing done. paranoia runs deep over here. anyway test was normal. the doc called with results today. i feel much better. now i just have to get through the anatomy scan. i really hate ultrasounds now :( 

to anyone else i didnt mention, i hope your pg continues to go well. wishing healthy rainbow babies for us all!

[cameragirl]

Originally Posted by slshoe128 

Camera- Thanks:) I haven't heard of them even doing the older screening anymore. Was that the test Corgi was talking about? Maybe some doctors still do it, I don't know. It is absolutely a personal choice whether or not to do any testing, monitoring or whatever. My triplody case was random, but people with recurrent pregnancy loss can have multiple losses due to triplody, it's rare, but most causes of extreme miscarriage have a rare cause. In my case, my egg was fertilized by a mutated sperm.  The doctors told me that I have a 99% of it NOT happening again, but in reality I'm in the 1-2% of women who have had 6 consecutive losses (DD was a rainbow baby as I had 1 loss at 9 weeks before her birth), so stats don't really comfort me very much. The nuchal sceening isn't 100% guaranteed, and if the numbers come back at a high risk, I guess the only way to know for sure is to do an amnio..which scares the be-jezzus out of me.... Anywho, I hope my post didn't sound harsh, I wasn't meaning for it to. I do think it's good to get all perspectives and information out there so that it can hopefully help others:) I have a regular u/s on Friday..I'm just hoping everything still looks good, then I can have my dreaded nuchal screening soon after.....ahhhh:)

Yeah, the older test is still out there. I was given a pamphlet with all of my options, and that was on there. My OB prefers the quad screen with scan, but some insurance companies won't pay for it. Kind of ridiculous as a policy, since the older test giving a false positive will lead to MUCH more testing.

AFM, I rode my Rascal while DD did her trick or treating. I hate that thing, but when I'm hurting it lets me get out and do the things I want to. I just need a little trailer for it so that I can actually take it places with me. I have a feeling that this pelvic pain isn't going to go away until I get this little guy out. On a positive note, at least it means that my pelvis is preparing for birth and loosening up like it should. The chiro also said no sweeping or vacuuming, and I can't complain about that.

[slshoe128]

Snadaska- Thanks for the kind words:) I'm also so glad that everything turned out in a positive way for you!!!! Right now I'm about 9 and a half weeks, so if my u/s on Friday looks good (heart still beating and all) I will get my referral for my nuchal. My OB seems to think that week 11 or 12 is better than going at week 13, but I guess I will go whenever the specialist can get me in. When you were talking about intuition, I think you are so right. For some reason, even though I'm a little anxious, I just feel like this pregnancy will work out for me..I have moments of doubt, but for the most part, I just feel like things will be ok. Do you have a name picked out for your DD #2? That is so exciting! When is your next u/s?

Rainey- How was your meet and greet with the midwife group?

Manna- How are you?

Zub- How are you doing?

[M Anna]

Well, it's November! I didn't think I'd make it to November and still be pregnant so this is something to celebrate. Are we going to start a November thread under the PAL board? I thought I remember that someone volunteered to be threadkeeper but I can't remember who.

I'm doing ok, thanks to those who asked. The yeast infection is gone (thank heavens!) and I've been having reasonably constant nausea although it's not debilitating. Just bad enough to make me feel like everything is ok. Truly a blessing. My sister mailed the fetal doppler yesterday and she said it should be here tomorrow. That's wonderful because DH is going out of state tomorrow and will be gone until the next Thursday night. It's going to be fun with five kids and pregnant alone for a week. If I have something to reassure me then it will be ok. The monday after he gets back I have an appt so that's not too long to wait. Supposedly 8 wks 4 days today.

Corgi, I hope you're doing ok! I have a feeling you've been sidelined by nausea.

Stacey, I'm glad you have that "feeling" that things will be ok. I'm starting to get a little bit of that myself and it's a relief. Looking forward to your u/s on Friday.

Cameragirl, I'm glad things are going so well (despite the pain). I would be happy to have to leave off the sweeping and vacuuming!

Snadaska, I'm happy you're having a girl! I feel convinced this is a girl but I'm not willing to make that pronouncement public. You know how it goes, someone will say (to the boy I wind up having) "your mother wanted a girl instead". *eye roll* Glad all the testing is turning out great. When is the anatomy scan?

Zub, how are you doing? I hope you're starting to feel a little better about this pregnancy. I honestly don't have any bad feelings about it for you. (((hugs))) honey.

Rainey: How were the midwives?

Hi! (waving) to Ek, callieollie, Laura and everyone else I missed. I'm too lazy to open another tab and go back a page. I'll lurk around and see when and where we put the November thread.

[Rainey Daye]

I haven't had my meet and greet yet. It's later this afternoon. I'll let ya'll know how it goes.

Quick question: The friend of mine who will be watching Bug this afternoon (who is also the friend who is pregnant finally after a miscarriage back in 2008 and then health problems that had to be sorted out) has been exposed to chicken pox. She has already had chicken pox and her exposure was minimal (the kid with chicken pox was climbing around in her new car on Sunday night before they realized he had it and she didn't really interact with him herself). Bug however, has not had chicken pox and it's been 26 years since I had it. Should we risk the tiny chance of him getting it (and then possibly the very tiny chance of me getting it again since it's been so long)...or just take him with us to the appointment? Him going with us could be distracting, but if there is any real risk of he or I catching chicken pox then I'd rather avoid that at this point!!

[M Anna]

As far as you getting it, what kind of case did you have? Was it just a few spots or was it at least an average case? If it wasn't really light, then your chances of getting it again are extremely small. It doesn't matter how long ago you had it. That goes for your friend too. If she had at least an average case then she will almost certainly have no chance of getting it herself. Adding all that together, I can't see how on earth you would get it and it seems very unlikely that Bug would get it either.

[thecountrymouse]

Hello Mamas,

Well I am still so sick!  Not just throwing up in the morning.  I have an appointment tomorrow for an orientation, kinda backwards since I've already had two ultrasounds.  Going to try the doppler soon.  

Rainey- good luck with the chicken pox.  I think Matushka is right, although your son could get it, but slim chance.  Are you waiting for him to get it naturally?  I ended up having to get the vaccine for my daughter.  It went around preschool and she had to be out for a month because she didn't have the vaccine.  Plus I was taking care of my 95 year old grandmother in law and she couldn't get chicken pox because it could turn into shingles.  I really wanted her to get the pox naturally but it just didn't work out that way.  I believe that we give our babies antibodies while nursing.  So you'll be in the clear then.

This little baby is almost the same age/stage/weeks along (what's the right word for that?) as the baby I lost.  Looking forward to getting through this week and past the 9 week mark!  

Interesting discussion on all those tests.  To me, it really comes down to what I would do with that info.  I will be 35 next month, but I'm not going to do any testing.  

-thecountrymouse

[cameragirl]

Do you ladies mind if I start a new thread in the PAL section? I don't mind keeping it up for a month.

We have a big storm rolling in this week, so I picked a ton of pineapple sage and lemon balm to make jellies. I think I might pick the massive amount of chives, too. That might make a nice spread for meats. I think that if I can, I'm going to pick the green tomatoes, too. Those might make some nice sauces/salsa. I thought we lost a few chickens today, only to find them hiding from the wind behind the tomatoes and rose bushes. Poor girls.

[M Anna]

Hm, I never chimed in on the testing thing. I pretty much agree with Countrymouse: It depends on what you're going to do with the results. Other than the mc (and we don't know a cause there), I've never had any problems and I'm 37 now. We're not going to have any testing done (in fact, haven't ever had any done). We'll just take what comes.

So, any word on a November thread?

[M Anna]

CG: cross posted with you! Feel free to start a new thread. I'll be looking for it.

[cameragirl]

Here is the link to the monthly thread in the PAL forum. Please let me know what your week is if different, and I'll update.

http://www.mothering.com/community/t/1334877/expecting-our-rainbow-babies-graduates-of-hoping-healing-conceiving-again-thread-nov-2011#post_16728225

[CorgiMommy]

Hi all,

I have create4d a NOVEMBER thread - 

http://www.mothering.com/community/t/1334901/expecting-our-rainbow-babies-november-graduates-of-hoping-healing-conceiving-again-thread#post_16728664

Hope it works!!!