September 2018 Moms
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AMA April Check In
stothi
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How are all our AMA mamas doing this month?
Any appointments coming up or concerns regarding being an "older" mum?
Any appointments coming up or concerns regarding being an "older" mum?
Re: AMA April Check In
As far as I'm aware I don't have anything coming up this month advanced maternal age wise. I think I just have the one regular monthly midwife check up unless something changes. It would be awesome to only have one appointment this month!!! Fingers crossed, eh??
I have an US at MFM in a week and a half. Just standard stuff. No special AMA concerns but AMA is also all I know
Oh, I just got notice that my noninvasive prenatal testing is not covered in full. So I have to call the office now and explain to them that I’m 40 years old and yes it is covered.
*Eta- The Natera rep was phenomenal!
OMG you guys I had a terrible few days. My NIPT test was done twice and both times came back low fetal fraction; a standard first trimester screen came back fine, but I got the results of the quad screen (standard 2nd trimester screen) on Thursday evening and they gave a 1/36 chance of Down's and maybe something else, which is considered a "positive screen", so I went on Friday and had an amniocentesis...I've been terrified all weekend. I went to Easter and was like "Hi everyone, I'm pregnant, but we're not excited right now, we're waiting for test results". It was so hard. I couldn't even post on here, I just didn't want to deal with it. But the initial results came back today (FISH testing, the full amnio panel takes about 2 weeks) and I'm all clear for the things they were concerned about! I'm so relieved I swear I almost threw up.
Married Aug. 2013
TTC #1 Sep. 2016
***TW***
BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d
BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP
All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF.
BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th
My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
I feel like every appt is up and then down (at least in terms of my stress about being AMA). Up--got my blood pressure med reduced because it was looking great. Then I'm told I can't do my next ultrasound at my hospital (where I feel comfortable and familiar) because I need a "level 2". I know it's all precautionary but it still stresses me out.
@MandyMost
Hugs mama. I am in a similar boat and only by the grace of God and the power of prayer, have I found peace. It is truly so hard.
I had a CVS done three weeks ago this week bc of my results. The wonderful news is that the FISH came back clear as well! Then, a week or so later results from 150 other abnormalities came back clear too! I got a call yesterday from my genetic counselor bc we are waiting on the last micro data to come in and it should have been in by now but it is still culturing and could take another week. So patience it is.
With all of this that has happened, we have a US scheduled for this Thursday and my perinatlogists and genetic counselor said we are going to learn a lot at that US - and I am praying all day everyday for peace going into that and for God to bless us with a great ultrasound and a healthy baby, according to His will. I am lying if I say that my stomach clenches thinking about it -but the truth is we have seen so much fruit in our marriage and faith during the trials over the last three weeks. Even if you have never prayed, perhaps consider reaching out to God for peace right now. I just know that is the only way we have survived and even experienced joyful moments, in the last few weeks.
Praying for you to experience the same peace, and for God to bless you with GOOD NEWS and a HEALTHY baby. Please keep us posted. Hugs mama.
Nothing weird for me thankfully. My Dr. has agreed to do no "old" testing so I like that. I do have a standard doctors 16 week appointment this week and a my "big" ultrasound scheduled for the end of this month.
Daughter #2 - Oct 2014
Daughter #3 - Nov 2016
Baby #4 - Sept 2018