October Mommies-2-B Club!!!!

[riogirl71]

Oh loopie- I know how stressful that can be - at first you see your bean all happy and acting up and then BAM! The news... First off congrats on the Downs results - that is great, sorry about the Trisomy 18 one. I had the exact opposite Downs stayed about the same and Trisomy went way down. I cried all day so I feel your stress.

My OB advised getting the expanded AFP, I have been reading a ton and it says it really only is accurate for spinal issues, so we will do it anyway knowing that a high risk factor may not mean much when it comes to other things, then a level II ultrasound to look for soft markers of things, then right after the level II U/s we have to make the decision to do an amnio or not.

I go back and forth a lot on the amnio, I am sure you will too. We came this far to risk a miscarriage and it is no easy thing, but an amnio can give you a 99% result which no other screening can. For the good news, read this article:

http://www.emaxhealth.com/87/8116.html

What was the Nuchal fold measurement, the papp-a and HCg numbers?

Hang in there sweetie, these tests are screening tests only and they are wrong a lot! It is hard but read up and keep the PMA.

[loopie]

Hey Rio
yeah- things going well- I don't know what my Pappa or HCG were- I guess they were fine as we didn't even speak about them... I didn't get a copy of the results
to be honest, I am really trying not to be too stressed out- we've come this far, beanie looked great, I feel good, and what will be, will be
I am sure everything is going to be fine with us all -

any word on Sassy?

how is everyone- pretty quiet- guess no news is good news

cheers

BUMPIN' 08

loopie

[TammyS]

Hi all! Sorry I have been quiet lately. Nothing new to say really.

Loopie: Sorry about the Trisomy test. Try not to worry...I am sure we are all gonna be fine.

Rio: I will have to go check out your other post on how it went with SD.

I went in for the Nuchal....and the heart beat was 176 today and the baby was dancing and rolling over. However, they tried a few times even after I drank water to get good enough pics for the measurements...and just couldnt see the baby well enough. I guess too much fat in the way. LOL So we go back on Tues April 15 to try again. I got lots of pics but none of them look like anything. Oh well ...we will get to see the baby again the next week. The bloodwork they told me takes 2 weeks from that point to get the results back. Ugh.

I will post more later, I just really need to lay down, now. I have been running around all day.

[waitingforMia]

Hey girls. I know I havent been on in forever. work work work is all I have been doing - I havent even had a nap in weeks!!

I am 12 weeks tomorrow Feel good. Appetite still low - but I try my best - I think I have lost more weight cuz a couple of ppl have commented at work. The last time I weighed Ihad lost 6lbs since I started this IVF.

Still have not told anyone. I am starting to show - but it only obvious when I have a dress on - not obvious when I wear jeans yet. I plan on telling my family end of April and then dh and I will go to his homecountry in May and tell them, and then I wont have to hide it anymore - well I will still have ot hide it at work for as long as I can. Someone mentioned the uterus moves up at 11 weeks - I was wondering about that cus the bump got high all of a sudden. I have been trying to figure out where exactly the baby is. I am jealous of everyones u/s boo hoo I just get monthly ones now - I so want to see the baby move!

SOuinds like everyone is doing good. So happy for all of us!!!

MP

[jomae]

Hi girls
Good to see some posts and to see everyone is doing just fine

Loopie i agree we have enough to worry about and what will be will be i don't know why i am even doing the nuchal except for a chance to see the baby the results wouldn't change the outcome for me, we've been through to much and are pretty damn lucky that we have a bub on the way that what happens will happen and we'll be happy with that. although if it was going to have a higher risk at least we could prepare ourselves thats the only benifit for me i think

Tammy how did Your UTI go clear up i've been to the doctors today and yep i have another one it must be to do with the pregnacy as i've never had one before in my life and this is now my 2nd in 6 weeks or so the chemist did sell me a bottle of inner health though which is meant to prevent that 2ndary infection i hope it works. what a bugger they couldn't get a good scan done for you but lucky you, you get a second look next week sounds like you have an acrobat in there

Mia almost time to tell everyone thats great i don't know how you have managed to hangout this long but all the power to you has anyone suspected

As for me just the UTI thats new for me i think i'm haveing a girl this time just a couple of things different from last time with ds i hope i'm right

take care chat soon JOMAEXXX

[geckogirl]

Hi Moms to be!! I haven't posted in a while. Seems like things have just been plodding on. I have been really focused on work now that the m/s has pretty much gone away. I feel pretty good. Some days I have energy and others I don't. I am still having really VIVID dreams that do interrupt my sleep (that and peeing all the time at night). Anyone else with the wild dreams? It's weird but I sometimes think the baby is having a growth spurt or something because I get these stretchy nerve pains for a day or two and then my body adjusts and then I get a break for a day. Weird. I don't see my ob until the 28th and that feels like a long, long time. I don't know if I will have an u/s on that appointment or not. I know everything is fine though because my belly just keeps getting bigger.....

I finally went maternity shopping. I found a place in that mall, Motherhood Maternity, that had really cute clothes at a reasonable price. I spent $300 and got three pairs of pants, one skirt, and eight tops. Seems like a lot for not all that much money. Then my SIL who works with teen mothers gave me a bag of hand me downs so I got two pairs of Old Navy pants which didn't fit as well as the others but that's ok, and several more tops. I think I am all set for now. I do need a bathing suit but am afraid of what that will look like - woof!

Jomae - I hope you get rid of the uti soon. I haven't had any problems like that yet.

Mia - Telling people is sooooo much fun! I hope you get to do it soon.

Tammy - What a bummer about the Nuchal, but at least you got to see your bub for a while and you get to try again. I am sure it will all be fine.

Loopie - I am sorry about the testing numbers. I know these tests are just a screen, but they can really throw you. I am sure all will be well. Are you going to do anymore screening? And about that guy in the waiting room......people on cell phones MAKE ME CRAZY! They think they are the only people in the world and don't care that they disturb others. Good for you standing up to the jerk!

Rio - I am so sorry you have the amnio dilemna. I am glad you are doing the other screening though. Perhaps it will ease your mind and then you won't have to do the amnio. I am doing the second trimester quad screening test at my next ob appt., I think. I am having second thoughts about doing it at all since it isn't as accurate as the Nuchal +blood and if I get a false positive, I doubt that I will do an amnio. I think I need to revisit this discussion with DH now that so many of you all are dealing with the results. I don't want to worry for the rest of my pregnancy. But is ignorance bliss? Argh.......

Sassy- How are the babies doing? Haven't heard from you in ages!

Take care everyone.

[KatieG]

Hi ladys well guess what I think i forgot to tell yall this last week. I get to have a sex check on the 30th of april. My insurance wont cover the extra US but I can pay for it and it will only be 75.00. To me its worth it for the fact that if bean doesnt coroporate at my next US at 20 or so weeks then im wont get another till 28-30 weeks. So it will be like reassurance to make sure it stays the same and an extra reassurance incase bean doesnt coroporate either the 30th or at the end of may. YEAAAA im pretty convinced its a boy. I dont mind either way just want healthy of course but everyone tells me they can see me with a boy.

Rio are you going to find out soon. We are on same page pretty much. Im glad your stress level seems to have fallin a bit. Its very rough with us worriers.

Loopie--Im sorry about your NT mess I think everyone will be fine but it doesnt help the nerves.

Mia---sure wish I couldn't eat thats def. not my issue I cant stop.

I did go shopping this weekend at Motherhood and Old navy. It was fun. I got a pair of capris and a pair of jeans and 5 shirts. It was a good start and so comfortable.

[riogirl71]

Tammy- sorry you couldn't finish the Nuchal test but how fun to get to see your baby again!!!
Mia- I don't know how you have been able to keep it a secret! I am showing big time so now that we have told everyone I am much more comfortable not having to hide my bump! Feels great! Where do you get to travel to? How exciting!!!
Jomae- sorry about the UTI , hope it goes away soon!
Loopie- yes I am sure everything is well!
gecko - I am having vivid dreams also! Really weird, with people I haven't seen in ages also! I also spent $300 at Motherhood! The thing with testing is that you need to figure out (with DH) if you do want to know or not. They are very confusing, I agree, lots of false positives and also false negatives (I know a lady who had 1 in 500 chance of Downs, didn't worry, had a child with Downs). That's why they are all called screening and the only diagnostic ones are CVS and amnio. My DH has an adopted sister with severe disability. So we know first hand what it is like and we want to know whether we are having a healthy child or not. I need to decide whether the diagnostics is enough or not... it is such a hard and personal decision! Good luck!

[Mbre]

i ladies I am so sorry I have not posted in 2 weeks. I have been terribly sick from ms that on has me on bed rest cuz I was losing weight. I just wanted to post the good news and then I will go up and read the post I missed. Had my nuchal today and the measurements from the nt scan was
1.1. I was so nervous. They told me my baby was 12w2d. I was supposed to be 12w3d, hope that's fine. I'm going back now to read some post I hope its all great news! Bye mommies

[loopie]

hey mbre! good to hear from you!!!
nice #s on the NT-get some sleep
feeling good today- only had a minor nap while TA-ing in class this afternoon - well, the lights were off for a slide presentation, so I took the opportunity!

cheers

BUMPIN' 08

loopie
ps- oh, and i'm telling folks (not everyone, but ...)

[riogirl71]

Mbre - great measurement on the bean! I had a 1.4 but was a couple of days later than you. Don't worry about the day difference! How fun was it to see your bean? Did he/she put on a show for you? I hope you are starting to feel better!

Katie - The Nuchal u/s was too early to see the sex, we have an u/s scheduled for 4/23 so I will be 15w4d then so I am hoping we can find out, if not, then only on 5/21 on our level II u/s. The only good thing about my papp-a being low (which sucks!) is that I might get more u/s to monitor fetal growth, one every two weeks after week 28 I think, then every week. I am convinced I am having a boy also!!! I agree with you that the extra u/s is so worth it. Insurance companies stink! they don't want to pay for some of my prenatal testing so I have to deal with them!

Hope everyone is doing well! Wishuluck - if you are checking on this post - how was your vacation with DH? Hoekey - how have you been?

Weezie - how are you and DH doing? I hope all is well with you!

[jomae]

Hi Girls
Hope your all well

Gecko yep the dreams have started for me the other night i dreamt a male person( i don't know who ) was on the phone to my ivf doc to get the nuchal results for me and when he got off he said the doctor took the liberty to see what you are havings it's a BOY and i blue my top because he told me before the baby was here because we wanted to wait until the birth to find out. I was evencranky when i woke in the morning about it funny hey i know with ds i always dreamt that if i had had the baby it was a girl but if i was dreaming i was buying something for the baby i would be walking around the shop saying wheres the girls things everything is blue so hope fully i'm having the opposite this time i love having the wierd dreams.

Man this UTI is bugging me its so painful

Hi Rio i hope your bub cooperates for your next ultrasound so you can find out the sex i want to know but i don't if you know what i mean i think the guessing is part of the fun it would be easier to know though so i hope your able to see those little important bits

Loopie lucky you to score a nanna nap wish i could get one in .Boy i hope you don't snore i could imagine the class stopping what they were doing to watch you snore as you sleep ha ha

Mbre sorry you've been so sick i hope it starts to settle for you soon congrats on your scan one day is definately not to worry about sounds like your right on track

$300 dollars seems to be the going rate i think i spent $295

I hope everyone is well and growing nice big bellies
Jomaexxx

[sassynlv]

Hi girls--
Sorry for my absence. When I am a overwhelmed, I tend to withdraw a bit. So I was in an antisocial phase.

Just a few personals for now 'cuz I'm beat and really need a nap...

Loopie: sweet of you to come looking for me . I, too, have raided Old Navy maternity-- cheap and cute-- what more could a pregnant woman ask for? I don't know how you have done the crinone so long. I stopped a few weeks ago-- and at that point I felt I had the junk seeping out of my pores! Glad to hear your Down's risk looks good. As for the trisomy 18... the problem with these numbers is that they really don't give us answers. But consider this... you still have less than a 1% chance your baby has Trisomy 18. I'd say those are decent odds.

Tammy: The baby sounds very healthy! Sorry 'bout them not being able to do measurements. You've got a stubborn one for sure

Rio: I don't know about you... but it appears I fall into the 30% of asthmatics that get worse in pregnancy. I have been trying to pretend it isn't so.... but when the fifth person mentioned to me my breathing sounds bad... it was time to come out of denial. An increase of my meds seems to be helping. We'll see. I hope your asthma is doing better. As for the testing. They are tough decisions, especially since the numbers are no guarantee. Good luck!

Gecko: sounds like you have quite the hookup for maternity clothes through your SIL. I also raided the local Motherhood store and loved that the clothes are so cheap. I mean really, I refuse to pay a fortune for clothes I won't be wearing very long (esp. since I will be on some sort of bedrest starting in 9 weeks!)

As for me.... we lost the set of identical twins over the last few weeks. First one and then the other. A little sad... but really I am more relieved than anything. Neither had been doing well and their presence and location posed a risk to the other three. We had consulted with the premiere high order multiples guru. He has delivered 8 sets of quints (several more than anyone else in the world), and if I was able to keep all five the plan was for me to move to Phoenix in 7 weeks to be on bedrest for the remainder of the pregnancy (I got my insurance to agree as no one here has delivered quints for 20 years!). Now that we "only" have three, we will be staying here at home, which is nice. After thinking we may have quints, triplets sound like cake! (don't worry, I'm not actually under the delusion this will be a walk in the park )

The surviving triplets are thriving, and we are so grateful! They are all measuring a few days ahead and heart rates look good. They all had nasal bones and the nuchal translucency measurements were normal. We are unable to have the blood screening done because there are so many... and we just lost two... the numbers wouldn't mean anything. The perinatologist suspects they are all girls. 80% chance for each of them... which means a 50% chance we will have all girls! Poor dh

Ciao for now!

[riogirl71]

Sassy Wow - I am so sorry about the twins. Good job keeping the PMA! I do have to say that as sad as that is, it will give the triplets the opportunity to thrive - as they already have. Your risks and the risks to the triplets are now lower. I am glad you are looking on the bright side! Load up on good books and videos for that bed rest! I am with you that I think that I am also in the 30% of women whose asthma got worse - lucky us! I am not adjusting my medication yet since I will be away to Brazil for 4 weeks and my asthma gets better there. Might have to adjust once I am back! Plus imagine how will we feel once the babies are pushing up on our lungs!!! Yickes!!! So happy to hear you are doing well!

Jomae - some crazy dreams!

[KatieG]

wow thats amazing sas. What an experience. Im glad the trips are doing well. I think that you will do a great job and being able to stay home must be a relief in a way. Keep us posted. Hows the MS has it lightened?