First doc appt.
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First doc appt.
| Tue, 09-13-2005 - 9:15pm |
Hello everyone!
I saw my doc for the first time today (finally after 3 scheduled appts.). She is now treating me like a regular pregnant woman. She doesn't want to do anymore u/s until the BIG 20th one. My last u/s had very little blood in it (blood measured 1.8cm x .8cm x 1.4cm, so she feels more comfortable with waiting it out. She tried to find the h/b with the doppler and couldn't, so I got another u/s. Baby was moving all over the place (I am at 11 wks). So exciting. Still...I can't wait until I can feel this baby move and when I reach the point that I won't worry so much. So...the next decision is whether to go through with the quad screen or not. Has anyone else done this test???? Everything turned out fine???? I know people who have received both false positives and false negatives (however, that person was carrying twins...one had down's, the other nothing). Just wondering what other people are doing. I don't know if I want to have something else to worry about (not only worrying about m/cing but whether the baby has something wrong), and I REFUSE to do an amnio. 2 m/c make you think highly about odds. Thanks for your prayers and positive thoughts and TIA for any information. Hugs to all.
Kara
I saw my doc for the first time today (finally after 3 scheduled appts.). She is now treating me like a regular pregnant woman. She doesn't want to do anymore u/s until the BIG 20th one. My last u/s had very little blood in it (blood measured 1.8cm x .8cm x 1.4cm, so she feels more comfortable with waiting it out. She tried to find the h/b with the doppler and couldn't, so I got another u/s. Baby was moving all over the place (I am at 11 wks). So exciting. Still...I can't wait until I can feel this baby move and when I reach the point that I won't worry so much. So...the next decision is whether to go through with the quad screen or not. Has anyone else done this test???? Everything turned out fine???? I know people who have received both false positives and false negatives (however, that person was carrying twins...one had down's, the other nothing). Just wondering what other people are doing. I don't know if I want to have something else to worry about (not only worrying about m/cing but whether the baby has something wrong), and I REFUSE to do an amnio. 2 m/c make you think highly about odds. Thanks for your prayers and positive thoughts and TIA for any information. Hugs to all.
Kara

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Congrats on the wonderful appt and u/s Kara!! :)
About the testing...my dh and I opted against it with all of our pregnancies (1 daughter, 2 m/c's, and this baby girl). 1) we knew we wouldn't do an amnio either so IF there was a positive we wouldn't be able to know for sure if it was a false positive or real one. and 2) with all the stress of pg after m/c's, at the time I didn't think that i could handle the stress of waiting for the results and the chance for false positives and/or false negatives, and 3) we could never terminate a pregancy and figure God will give us what we need.
(((HUGS)))
Awww that is a great appt, congrats on seeing your busy bee moving all around! I cant wait for that!
I know how you feel about the testing........ I am up in the air about it too.
When I was talking to my OB about my feelings on testing, she said the decision is primarily based on what you will do with the information.
Kara