10 Week update.. all looks good still!
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| Fri, 03-25-2005 - 1:32pm |
Hi everyone, KAREN- all is fine!! When the OB came in (his partner- a female OB) came in and was telling me before starting the u/s that her philosophy is I'm welcome to come in at anytime at all- she knows how stressful and nervous it can be due to history- I started bawling since I was soooo nervous.. At first all I saw was a blob and i was feeling so sick thinking it was over.. but there was the baby.. Pumpkin has little legs and arms- it was in fetal position with its back towards us.. And then the pumpkin started hopping and jumping!!! Sooo much activity! I was sooo elated but asked what the measurements were.. I'm 10 weeks today... The CRL measures 10W2d !! SOOO excited! The heartbeat was zooming at 180 bpm but I had to get that out of her- she said after measuring good heartrates before this- they don't watch the heartrate anymore until later on (week 16?). I asked here where my placenta was since I had read about if its located low- and she showed me that it's above the baby- which she said was perfect.. Cervix closed.. She said she was happy with everything she saw- that the baby jumping around already was really good..
I AM SOOO HAPPY!!!! I hope everything continues to be going well.. I want to bottle this feeling forever.
(((KAREN)))) Thanks again for being here.. I am still in that 2 WW - til testing, til results and followup u/s.. Okay- I'll worry about that later.. for now I want this moment.. I am going to take a nap.. been sleeping very crappy and bawling leading up to today.. People who have pregnancies without this fear are so fortunate.. and don't even know it..
So my friend, I have made it through another u/s........ Laura

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Hi Karen,
quick update.. i spotted today.. i had not spotted once during this pg and "know" it can be normal but also had spotting before m/c so overall, was happy not to see spotting.. well, the spotting happened one day after the CVS test which scared me very much.. The dr checked up on me but was not concerned unless it was heavy bleeding.. the doppler is a huge help since I can still hear a strong heartbeat..
I go in to see my OB tomorrow- I hope he can see if there is antyhing wrong- i hope he can tell me that NOTHING is wrong- and be able to say it with confidence.. anyway, i continue on bed rest just in case- i'm off Th and F anyway.. I am seeing a high risk doctor next week to followup the MTHFR issue..
I am so sorry about your BIL and SIL, it has got to be so hard- they are young and have the future and dreams- and tehn shaken into this very scary disease..
If I don't hear back- I hope you ahve a great trip with Ella- I agree family is so important and your grandma is getting older.. I'm sure she'll love having you two visiting her.. How old is Ella?
Laura
Ugh...yes spotting is very unnerving even if it's benign. Sounds likes it's just from the test though but still scary I'm sure.
Good I'm glad you are following up with a specialist, it's better to be safe at this point.
Ella just turned 4, 3/6. She is such a little girl now with a sometimes not so nice little girl ATTITUDE......oh how I miss my little baby. It went by so fast.
Well I was so bummed. My RE's office called with they genetic test results yesterday. I didn't get the message until after the office was closed. I was so busy at work yesterday. I should get them today though. I'll post again to let you know what they are. I'm a little nervous to hear them.
Rest up and watch a bunch of stupid daytime TV....which I hate, well except for some Oprah, Dr. Phil or Ellen DeGeneres occasionally....the rest is horrible. I do like to watch VH1 from time to time if I'm sick....all the 80's stuff cracks me up. It's sometimes hard to believe it's been 2 decades since I graduated from HS.
I'll post later....
Stay safe in there little baby.....>>>>>>
My results to my GT came in;
It was a boy, Trisomy 18. So I have a ton of questions for my RE when I see him on the 20th. I need to understand the incidence of recurrence, could it be my eggs, or my DH's sperm, does my DD need to be tested? I know what Trisomy 18 means in live children, so I guess I should feel blessed that I didn't give birth to him as he would have been very sick, had severe DS and probably would not have lived very long. I'm just concerned at what, if any, implications this may have for my DD. She's so healthy but I wonder if this could affect her in any way, in a way that we've missed. She does have a heart murmer and I have MVP....I'm probably worrying about nothing but you can't help but wonder.
I'm sad it was a boy. Ella wanted a baby brother so badly, asked me every day there for awhile....thankfully she's let up on that these days.
If it's just a random thing then I'm so frustrated since this gives me nothing....and can I go on to have more losses with NO explanation....ugh. I don't want a problem but I want some darn answers for once.
I posted before this one to you so read that as well. Just thought you'd like to know my test results.
So much to digest. UGH.....
Hi Karen, back from OB- he says it all looked good.. he suggested we come back in two weeks so we have piece of mind that the procedure did not hurt the baby.. he was very thorough in looking around..
I'm sorry.. I remember when I heard that it was a girl (though now know they messed up the tissue analysis) I felt a dagger through my heart.. It makes the plans you ahve vanish away again.. But knowing the baby had Trisomy 18 hopefully gives some closure.. I have been reading stories of babies being born with trisomy 18 and living for hours.. I could not handle this emotionally - a reason we opted for CVS.. It is just heartbreaking.. I don't know if this helps but when we met with the genetic counselor before cvs- she disregarded previous m/c and whether it was chromosonal defect .. at least this counselor thought the age factor was the driver for losses- but not like all hope was gone.. i guess we will see when we get the results.. But basically, it sounds to me like they regard each pregnancy as seperate incidents- and will probably not have any relation to Ella's health.. but I'm sure you'd rather hear this from your doctor..
Does your insurance cover IVF (mine does not)? if it's an option- using PGD to screen the embryos may help prevent these losses.. that was the road we were on.. But then, we have no living children so I don't have any history of carrying to term. My SIL quotes to me when I feel down that her SIL has 6 or 7 m/cs and got pregnant/gave birth at 41 and then again at 43.. So my SIL hs the belief it would happen to us.. but understood the devastation of multiple losses and the frantic feeling of running out of time (which is why we were looking at bumping up the aggressiveness)..
Do you have time to talk to the geneticists or RE before you leave town? How do you feel now after knowing the reason?
nding you lots of hugs, Laura
I just have a million questions but no, I won't be able to see anyone until I get back. I have too much to do tomorrow and want to really think this through and start a list of questions.
Yes, it's a relief I didn't carry to term, it's dreadful. I've known about trisomy 18 in live babies. It's actually one of the three that will allow you to carry to term, which is scary. I guess I can feel lucky that I was spared that grief. I don't quite understand the incident of recurrence though. I also have questions since my husbands family are decedents of the Mediterranean and Spain and are Jews, so that could mean he is carrier of a genetic disorder, two actually. I thought we'd been tested for these but I'll have them retest this. In my case there are so many darn reasons for our losses, it's so frustrating....it just adds more to the pot.
I'm feeling ok about it. It was sad to find out it was a boy. But I'm glad he didn't have to suffer nor my daughter. She would have been devestated had we carried to term then lost him in the months to follow. UGH...I hate all of this crap. Why does it have to be so hard for some of us.
I woman I work with is trying to adopt her cousin's babies, yes 3, all under 3, that she had with 3 different men. She's a terrible meth addict. So why the heck can she carry to term????? It makes me insane.......
Well I'm so glad you Dr is being so thourough. What a relief. When do your results come in?
No my insurance would not cover IVF. That would be what we'll need to do though if my DH is a carrier of the gene I'm worried about, or if the genetics counselor feels we are at risk....so that would be the end for us. 20K is too much and that's the cost down here.
I'm off on Saturday but will have access to a computer until Tuesday, then I leave to my Gram's. I'll have access again that following Sunday. So post your results asap.
I'm so glad you are doing ok. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....
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