AMA Check in 1/28

stothi · January 2018

I didn't see this one started any where. Is it cool if I start it? I'm not really familiar with the format you all use so I'll be winging it a little. Feel free to hit me with some critiques if I don't get it quite right.

The advanced maternal age thread is for all us 35+ aged like fine wine mamas.

How many times have you made it around the sun?
How far along are you?
Any upcoming appointments?
Any current thoughts or concerns related to an AMA pregnancy?
If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life and it would magically provide all the nutrition you need and help you maintain a healthy weight, what would you choose?

stothi · January 2018

39 years old & 5 ish weeks pregnant (I was 36 with baby number 1)
I have another blood draw tomorrow to check how/if baby's growing and I don't really have any concerns at this time about how things are going.

If I could only have one food for the rest of my life, I think it'd be pizza. It's not a terribly unique or worldly answer I know, but I freaking love pizza.

ashh2018 · January 2018

Hi! I’m 35, and 8.5 weeks! I had my first appt and blood work last week. My next official appt is in 4 weeks (anatomy scan I think?) but I’m supposed to go in two weeks for the blood tests for genetic testing. The np made me kind of nervous, just in the way she spoke about everything. She prefaced everything with “since you’re 35”. Like, hi, I know

Aaand literally just bread. It’s all I want. Bagels, and soft pretzels. I could live on soft pretzels.

stothi · January 2018

@ashh2018

Mmmm...bread.... Yum!

The anatomy scan is done around 20 weeks. I think the 12 week check up is more of a hi/bye quickie. Bloodwork if you need it, listen for baby's heartbeat and that's probably about it. You'll have way more super boring check ups than exciting ones. Although I always thought it was neat to hear baby's heartbeat

Yeah, the hearing how old you are thing gets real old, real quick. It's good they are looking out for us though.

episcowitch · January 2018

How many times have you made it around the sun?

38, 39 before due date.

How far along are you?

8 weeks, 1 day

Any upcoming appointments?

1/30- tomorrow. Viability scan.

Any current thoughts or concerns related to an AMA pregnancy?

If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life and it would magically provide all the nutrition you need and help you maintain a healthy weight, what would you choose?

Various forms of dairy and bread. I'm cheating, but that how I play.

meg+on+the+DL · January 2018

How many times have you made it around the sun?
36, I’ll turn 37 a month before my due date

How far along are you?
7 weeks

Any upcoming appointments?
Feb 7 for my first appt

Any current thoughts or concerns related to an AMA pregnancy?
Just it physically being harder. And the recovery time.

If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life and it would magically provide all the nutrition you need and help you maintain a healthy weight, what would you choose?
Donuts. All the donuts. They are my weakness.

nackie · January 2018

I'm 36, turning 37 in just over a month. I'm 8 weeks along, first appointment isn't until next Monday. I think this whole thing will feel more real once I get my first ultrasound then.

Last time around, I snuck in just before the AMA label. My son's due date was 6 weeks before I hit 35. I'm curious to see what's different this time around, but not too anxious yet. At least not about my age

My one food would probably be chocolate covered strawberries.

bpietronicco · January 2018

How many times have you made it around the sun?
38 will be 39 in August
How far along are you? 8 weeks 5 days
Any upcoming appointments? Appt tomorrow with RE for ultrasound- if pregnancy still viable will have appt with OB on Wed.
Any current thoughts or concerns related to an AMA pregnancy? RE not sure if pregnancy will develop appropriately. So far we have seen the heartbeat twice.

If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life and it would magically provide all the nutrition you need and help you maintain a healthy weight, what would you choose? Ooh- tough one- I would have to say pizza

MandyMost · January 2018

@nackie my first was due about 10 weeks before I turned 35...one of my best friend's is "my age" and had a baby due the "same time" but it happened to be about 10 weeks AFTER she turned 35. We had a ton of laughs about how she was "AMA" and I wasn't. We had different ob's, so that's a lot of difference right there, but otherwise the main difference seemed to be that stuff was presented as "optional" to me was "recommended or required" for her.

ready44 · January 2018

How many times have you made it around the sun?
37 (will be 38 when this baby is born)

How far along are you?
~ 8 weeks

Any upcoming appointments?
My first appointment is 2/2

Any current thoughts or concerns related to an AMA pregnancy?
This will be my second AMA pregnancy (I had our youngest when I was 35/36). I don't really have any concerns about the ins and outs of the pregnancy itself, but I do have a healthy level of concern about genetic disorders etc.. We've had some insurance changes since my last pregnancy, but I'm hoping that it will still cover/mostly cover NIPT - it was a relief to lay those kind of worries to rest early on last time.

If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life and it would magically provide all the nutrition you need and help you maintain a healthy weight, what would you choose?
I agree with @ashh2018 completely. I could happily live off bread alone most days of the week.

clbness · January 2018

How many times have you made it around the sun? 37, but I'll be 38 in August!

How far along are you? 6 + 1...I think

Any upcoming appointments? My 1st appointment is on 2/13, but my good friend (who happens to do the ultrasounds at my dr office) wants me to try to come in the week before since she will be on vacation the day of my appointment. If I can get a little reassurance the week before my regular appointment, I'm game!

Any current thoughts or concerns related to an AMA pregnancy? Nothing that has to do with age, per se, just general pregnancy worries...sustainability, health of the baby, recovery after birth, etc

If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life and it would magically provide all the nutrition you need and help you maintain a healthy weight, what would you choose? Oh man, I just love food...I can't narrow it down to one thing. Give me all the fried chicken, Korean, Vietnamese, sushi and pizza...

JLyn821 · January 2018

How many times have you made it around the sun?
34, but will be 35 in May and so, technically, I’m AMA

How far along are you?
9 weeks today

Any upcoming appointments?
NT Scan u/s and blood work on 2/23

Any current thoughts or concerns related to an AMA pregnancy?
Nope. I had my first OB appointment last Friday and she presented me with all of the changes because I’m now considered AMA. My OB said that based on my recent history of healthy pregnancies (two kids in the last 4 years), she’s still only recommending the usual AMA requirements. So that was good to hear.

If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life and it would magically provide all the nutrition you need and help you maintain a healthy weight, what would you choose?
Great question. Probably pizza. Only because you can always switch up the kind of pizza.

love4b · January 2018

How many times have you made it around the sun?
37

How far along are you?
6 weeks, 4 days

Any upcoming appointments?
10 weeks will be my first appt with my midwife! Excited to (hopefully) hear the heartbeat.

Any current thoughts or concerns related to an AMA pregnancy?
Nothing specific.

If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life and it would magically provide all the nutrition you need and help you maintain a healthy weight, what would you choose?

All the Mexican food. All. Of. It.

arcticseal-2 · January 2018

How many times have you made it around the sun? Enough to made me old - 36.... And this baby is due around my birthday
How far along are you? 8 and 2 days
Any upcoming appointments? Friday - my first
Any current thoughts or concerns related to an AMA pregnancy? I don't want all the extra testing... I'd rather find out a birth if something is special... And I don't want to worry as some of it isn't 100%. aAlso, each pregnancy seems to hit me harder than the last... but thankfully my biggest girl has been a HUGE help.
If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life and it would magically provide all the nutrition you need and help you maintain a healthy weight, what would you choose? I like too much variety to pick.

stothi · January 2018

@arcticseal-2 I believe you can refuse extra testing. The doc might give you a hard time about it but I'm pretty sure they can't make you take tests or do procedures that you don't want.

I'm good with some of the extra tests, but did decline the extra ultrasounds last pregnancy. I felt that if they didn't know how old I was and only based off how my pregnancy was going they weren't necessary.

mdexter11 · January 2018

How many times have you made it around the sun?

36. Will be 37 when LO is born.

How far along are you?

7 weeks today.

Any upcoming appointments?

Ultrasound on Thursday!

Any current thoughts or concerns related to an AMA pregnancy?

Just unsure of what to expect. I was 32 with DD.

If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life and it would magically provide all the nutrition you need and help you maintain a healthy weight, what would you choose?

Nothing sounds great right now, but pre-pregnancy it would be Mexican!

stothi · January 2018

@mdexter11 I've only had AMA pregnancies so I'm not sure what the differences are exactly. Mostly I think it's that insurance will pay for more stuff for us

We are offered more ultrasounds and genetic testing tends to be covered. There's been some nice advances with non invasive testing and tests like Panorama are pretty cool. A fringe benefit of a test like Panorama is that if you want to know the sex of your baby you can find out between 9&13 weeks. I personally wanted to know so it was fun for me to know so early.
My last pregnancy was mostly handled by my regular obgyn except for the big mid pregnancy anatomy scan. That she wanted me to see a perinatologist for. Since there was nothing abnormal with my scan that was the only time I saw a specialist.

crushinit · January 2018

How many times have you made it around the sun?
38 times..... This baby will come right before I turn 39.

How far along are you?
6+6

Any upcoming appointments?
2/9 - First visit so nothing special.

Any current thoughts or concerns related to an AMA pregnancy?
This is my first AMA pregnancy but my third overall. Not really any concerns but interested to find out what may be different this time around.

If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life and it would magically provide all the nutrition you need and help you maintain a healthy weight, what would you choose?
Pizza for sure. You can put anything on pizza.

marym94 · February 2018

How many times have you made it around the sun? 36
How far along are you? 7 w 4 d
Any upcoming appointments? 1st US 2/14
Any current thoughts or concerns related to an AMA pregnancy? a bit more concerned about 3rd s-sec
If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life and it would magically provide all the nutrition you need and help you maintain a healthy weight, what would you choose? these days? grilled cheese.. but usually? guac & chips and margaritas

episcowitch · February 2018

Saw the doc on Tuesday. I need to choose between going for full genetic workup with blood tests, meeting with a geneticist, and ultrasound(7-10 days for results) or the Maternity21/(edit-Panorama. No idea where I got Periscope) blood test that could be done in office and also takes 7-10 days to get results.

Anyone with experience and/or insight?

ready44 · February 2018

@episcowitch, with my last pregnancy, I met with an MFM, had an ultrasound, blood work, and also some variation of the NIPT test (my insurance covered all of it because of my age). Based on the ultrasound alone, the MFM was able to virtually rule out neural tube and heart defects at the appointment, but with other genetic disorders, we had to wait for the NIPT results to come back to see what our risk was. We had the ultrasound and NIPT done closer to 12/13 weeks, so that might have impacted what the MFM was able to tell us at that time. FWIW, the radiologist seemed pretty certain of the sex at the appointment too, but I chose not to find out then since my DH wasn't there (just waited for the NIPT results).

stothi · February 2018

episcowitch said:

Saw the doc on Tuesday. I need to choose between going for full genetic workup with blood tests, meeting with a geneticist, and ultrasound(7-10 days for results) or the Maternity21/Periscope blood test that could be done in office and also takes 7-10 days to get results.

Anyone with experience and/or insight?

I did the Panorama non invasive testing. I liked it. They took some blood, sent it off, called me with normal results, told me the sex of the baby and then I didn't need any further screening until the regular anatomy scan at 20 weeks. Because I was AMA I did have my anatomy scan with a MFM. I was actually a little pissed at his approach. He did the ultrasound. Sent us to a room to wait. Came in started telling us about all the things that could go wrong because I'm old... Then he's all, yeah, none of that applies to you. You and the baby are fine. Asshat! Lead with that! Start with "everything's fine" then go to town telling me what could have been wrong but isn't. Geez.

ashh2018 · February 2018

episcowitch said:

Saw the doc on Tuesday. I need to choose between going for full genetic workup with blood tests, meeting with a geneticist, and ultrasound(7-10 days for results) or the Maternity21/Periscope blood test that could be done in office and also takes 7-10 days to get results.

Anyone with experience and/or insight?

I’m supposed to choose between the Panorama testing, or what they keep calling the “state” testing. From what I can tell, the main difference is that panorama is like 1% more accurate and results come in sooner. I think the only reason my doc offers both is that Panorana isn’t covered by everyone’s insurance. It is by mine luckily so I’m going with that. Anyone, feel free to correct me if I’m wrong on the difference - I’m tbh still pretty confused.

episcowitch · February 2018

@stothi My mw does all the us in house. We only see a specialist if we elect to or something is hinky with the panorama.

I call tomorrow to set up whatever I choose. I think I going to stay away from specialists unless it becomes necessary.

magnolia209 · February 2018

How many times have you made it around the sun?

I’m 34 but I turn 35 in June, so here I am!

How far along are you?

8w1d

Any upcoming appointments?

my next appointment is March 1 (12 weeks). It includes meeting with a genetic counselor, ultrasound of some sort, and blood work. I don’t remember what else, but I know we will be able to find out the gender and that is really exciting!

Any current thoughts or concerns related to an AMA pregnancy?

No, I feel fortunate to get the extra care and attention.

If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life and it would magically provide all the nutrition you need and help you maintain a healthy weight, what would you choose?

All of the Parmesan cheese in Italy.

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