Ladies thinking good thoughts to you! I had panic attacks until I saw the baby on the screen. For me I absolutely had to have the amnio to be 100%. Luckily my husband had great insurance and is all covered.
If you have any questions about all the genetic stuff (seems like I'm a little ahead at 18 weeks) please ask! And know you are not alone. Loving thoughts to you!
@agt104 The waiting game between appointments is the most stressful. It causes your mind to race to all the different possibilies.
We have a "gender sneak peek" ultrasound tomorrow that I am trying to get excited about again. But I know I'm going to be over analyzing everything I see on the screen (even though I probably have no idea what I'm looking for) and I know the ultrasound tech at the boutique places won't tell us anything. I'm hoping just seeing baby will ease my mind.
Married 03.09.09 Sweet Baby H 12.21.11 Sassy Baby P 03.26.14 Little Brother Due 05.22.17
We had so many people tell us about the false postive. I've had a few people I know personally get false positive with down syndrome and nothing at all was wrong with their babies that's why I was so scared to do it. Scared to have to worry if nothing is really wrong. Good luck to everyone!
@h&pmomma I have no advice around the genetic testing, but I will add my experience with dating ultrasound. We had our first dating ultrasound at what should have been 6+6 but baby was only measuring 6+2. Fast forward to my next ultrasound at what I assumed would be 10+2 and baby had caught right up and was actually measuring ahead at 11w(instead of 10+6 as per lmp). Long story short, dating ultrasounds can definitely be off and babies can certainly catch up quite quickly!
Thinking of all the mommas going through the next steps process with genetic testing!
@PghMom412 It was so nice to see the baby! We even got a little 3D view which was really comforting. And we found out after two girls, we are having a boy!
Married 03.09.09 Sweet Baby H 12.21.11 Sassy Baby P 03.26.14 Little Brother Due 05.22.17
Had my appointment with the MFM doctor today. She was amazing and super easy to talk to. She went over everything in detail and basically said our chances of Down Syndrome are 3%. Hearing that percentage is so much better than hearing "your numbers went from 1/850 chance to 1/38 chance". She really reinforced the point that we have a 97% chance of having a completely uncomplicated and healthy pregnancy. We are still proceeding with the advanced ultrasound at 21 weeks (as soon as I return from my vacation) but she did agree that the NIPT bloodwork would be a good idea to run today and we can get those results back before. So now we wait about 10 days for those results. But I feel really really comfortable and less stressed. Thank you for all the well wishes!
Married 03.09.09 Sweet Baby H 12.21.11 Sassy Baby P 03.26.14 Little Brother Due 05.22.17
Great news, h&pmomma ! 3% is definitely a more optimistic way to look at it and I'm glad you had an awesome MFM experience!! A good doctor really does make all the difference!
Re: Positive for downs blood test.... Freaking out
Ugh, I'm so sorry you ladies are going through this. I really hope everything is alright and I am really thinking it is!
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
@h&pmomma could be anytime next week. It takes anywhere from 8 to 14 days for these results.
If you have any questions about all the genetic stuff (seems like I'm a little ahead at 18 weeks) please ask! And know you are not alone. Loving thoughts to you!
Born in June, three weeks early
@agt104 The waiting game between appointments is the most stressful. It causes your mind to race to all the different possibilies.
We have a "gender sneak peek" ultrasound tomorrow that I am trying to get excited about again. But I know I'm going to be over analyzing everything I see on the screen (even though I probably have no idea what I'm looking for) and I know the ultrasound tech at the boutique places won't tell us anything. I'm hoping just seeing baby will ease my mind.
Sweet Baby H 12.21.11
Sassy Baby P 03.26.14
Little Brother Due 05.22.17
Born in June, three weeks early
Thinking of all the mommas going through the next steps process with genetic testing!
Me: 26 DH: 28
TTC #1 since 06/2014
BFP #1 09/23/15. MMC discovered 11/24/2015
BFP #2 08/24/16 EDD 05/08/17
Sweet Baby H 12.21.11
Sassy Baby P 03.26.14
Little Brother Due 05.22.17
We are still proceeding with the advanced ultrasound at 21 weeks (as soon as I return from my vacation) but she did agree that the NIPT bloodwork would be a good idea to run today and we can get those results back before. So now we wait about 10 days for those results. But I feel really really comfortable and less stressed. Thank you for all the well wishes!
Sweet Baby H 12.21.11
Sassy Baby P 03.26.14
Little Brother Due 05.22.17
We got our results back today and everything came back normal!
Sweet Baby H 12.21.11
Sassy Baby P 03.26.14
Little Brother Due 05.22.17
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
Me: 26 DH: 28
TTC #1 since 06/2014
BFP #1 09/23/15. MMC discovered 11/24/2015
BFP #2 08/24/16 EDD 05/08/17