Post by virginiaorjohn on Dec 15, 2015 13:44:14 GMT -5
So I got some good news and some okay news? Maternit21 news was all good -- negative screens for T21, 18, and 13, with no additional or missing chromosomal material. That's excellent. We did our NT bloodwork last week though and they told me I'm a little low on the PAPP-A protein? The MFM (who I've never dealt with and frankly, was a little scary) said that it can mean I'm at a higher risk for pre-eclampsia and that the baby is higher risk for low birth weight and slow growth. Dr. Google says there's nothing you can really do about it because the test has only been around for 10 years and there's not enough studies on it yet to know how to prevent it. The MFM doctor said I will get ultrasounds every 4 weeks to check growth. Has anyone else dealt with this or known someone who had it?
Post by sandandsea on Dec 15, 2015 13:47:01 GMT -5
Random - I'm compiling a giant list of all Spanish baby names. We have a 6 hour flight on Saturday and should know the gender by then so DH will be stuck discussing names with me since he doesn't want to discuss until we know the gender! I've warned him.
pbandj714, yay for your maternity skinny jeans. I have two pairs of maternity skinny jean leggings from the gap which I love, and make me feel slightly more 'dressed' than regular leggings.
I ordered two coats from ASOS on cyber Monday and just realized I already have a newish coat almost identical to one of the coats I ordered. I don't know how I missed that. I will return it, but kind of nice as it's like getting to keep the coat and getting a full refund.
frecklesnbrains, YAY for your DH getting a second interview!
Don't you guys worry about being late on Christmas card, this is my first Christmas in our 7 married Christmases to not do Christmas cards. I feel guilty about it, but oh well. We'll do birth announcements in June.
sandandsea, that is SO frustrating...a month?! I hope you get that info ASAP!
Post by frecklesnbrains on Dec 15, 2015 14:09:36 GMT -5
virginiaorjohn, that's great news about the Maternit21 results! I'm a bit surprised they still did PAPP-A testing, because those blood tests are really best for screening for trisomies (which the cell free DNA test replaces). Otherwise, they're really not very specific at all. I didn't know the data personally on PAPP-A and pre-eclampsia and growth restriction, but I just did a quick read-through of some medical literature abstracts and it looks like the link is weak at best, especially when the levels are only slightly reduced. They also don't control for some important confounding factors, most notably maternal age. That's my round-about way of saying I would take it all with a grain of salt if I were you. Bonus is that you get more reasons to see baby? Best wishes!
virginiaorjohn, I am sorry about that stress and hope that it doesn't end up being anything. I'm glad you will get extra sonograms, that's a bonus, and yay for no T13, T18 or T21. I hope you can feel at peace and get some reassurance, though!
We've narrowed down our names to 2-3 names: Adeline Emily (my twin with Emily's middle name, plus we love the names Caroline and Addison but can't use them for different reasons) Lily Grace (We like Lilian, but like Lily better) We also like Virginia, Sophie or Sophia....picking names is so hard! Thankfully it's still so early and we have plenty of time.
I bought some super cute maternity pants last night at a consignment shop for $3! I went looking for jeans for DS, but ended up buying those and an adorable onesie for the new baby (my first thing to buy for her).
Hi girls! I had my NT scan today and everything looked great. Phew what a relief! My nanny forgot to come 30 minutes early so we had to scramble to get DD dressed and drag her along, but it all worked out. It turned out to be a good distraction for me I guess. I have to wait for the blood test portion of the test but he said nothing was even close to alarming on the scan so I shouldn't worry. DD at the apt. was very concerned that the lady was touching mommy's belly so we explained really for the first time there is a baby in there. We were hesitating because she's only 2 and didn't want her to say something or God forbid something happened have to explain it. So she went home and told the nanny mommy had to go to the doctor because she was sick with a baby in her tummy. Sometimes the things she picks up on and understands amazes me.
I'm on the extra TV time bad mom guilt trip too. Honestly we'll all survive and be no worse for the wear. Hang in there ladies! I'm also on the did not send Christmas cards yet. Even worse, ours say Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas on the back.....whoops sorta missed Hanukkah
manybellsdown, I get it! If I had to guess, is it because you don't really need to talk about yourself a lot? And also with a second pregnancy (so I've noticed) people just don't get all "OOOOOOH, YAY FOR YOU!!" It's more of an "oh, really. okay."
I'm starting showing so people are asking... very peripheral people in my life. They say, "why didn't you tell me?" and I think, "What? How is this something I even bring up to you? Guess what I did! Let me tell you about me!!!"
I'm with you on it being a little weird to tell people.
Omg yes! I hadn't thought about it like this, but yes! This is all ringing very true.
It's actually helpful to realize what might be playing into my hesitancy. Thank you!
virginiaorjohn I'm glad that that you got good results! Hopefully the low PAPP-A protein turns out to be nothing. Glad your Dr. is going to monitor it closely!
manybellsdown I'm with you about finding it hard to tell people. It is this weirdly personal thing about my body, and I have to find a way to work it into conversation so it's not just this random blurt. I find it so awkward!
I'm glad frecklesnbrains is a June, so many useful pieces of info!
Post by virginiaorjohn on Dec 15, 2015 14:44:27 GMT -5
frecklesnbrains thank you for taking the time to read through some stuff. I also got the feeling the link isn't really strong, but I had never heard of this either so I'm on a steep learning curve. Also I hate that it wasn't my regular doctor telling me, because this random MFM Doctor was like "oh it's just an increase in your risk for pre-eclampsia and the baby's risk for slowing growth, i'ts no big deal, it's all because you had to have IVF." And I wanted to be like, fuck you lady, thanks for both marginalizing my fear that this pregnancy will fail and yet at the same time blaming me for the problem in the first place. I am trying to see it as I just get to see the baby more, but it's also a hiccup I would way rather have not had to deal with.
I'm sorry virginiaorjohn, you would think the MFM doctor would know better than to say something like that, not helpful! Glad everything looks good and it sounds like just some extra monitoring to be on the safe side.
Last night I learned that DH bought a ticket to see the new Star Wars movie. He's already planning on seeing it with friends next week but his new ticket is for this Friday...at 5:15am.
virginiaorjohn, So sorry you had to deal with that. Wow, you'd think she would be more sensitive, especially given her profession and that all of her patients are probably having a hard time/are worried/etc....geez!
Post by manybellsdown on Dec 15, 2015 15:08:01 GMT -5
Ugh, virginiaorjohn! Regardless of how the doc meant it, that is a ridiculous statement. I hope your regular doc can give you some more information or reassurance? Maybe the growth scans will be a good thing, too.
Also, there were a few good NT scans, so yay for you guys!!
virginiaorjohn, did you find out the sex with the Materniti21 or are you waiting?
Today I am beyond annoyed. I have so much work to do in the short period of time I am still here. I am so frustrated, which means I am basically doing nothing. Also, we executed a test promotion for some of our best customers and it was a box of bite sized brownies. It was poorly planned, poorly executed, and completely flopped. It was forced upon us from senior leadership and basically a really poor test.
However--this means I have 50 boxes of brownies sitting at my desk, and the Black and White one is deeeeelish. I just had one and I want to steal all the black and whites to bring home with me.
OH! And I get to find out the sex of this bay bay December 30th!!! YAYAYYY
Post by origamimommy on Dec 15, 2015 16:12:53 GMT -5
virginiaorjohn, how fun! I really wish we could wait, but I am like the kid that loves Christmas, yet peeks at all my presents, I just don't have the will power!
I also just saw your post about MFM. What a fucking douche canoe. Seriously. I had to go to MFM last time and will again this time, but the woman I saw everytime was literally the best. I would definitely ask for someone else. Even if she didn't mean it that way, intentions do not matter. It was rude and inconsiderate of her to say those things to you. I hope you get someone else amazing next time, and congrats on the great results!
frecklesnbrains thank you for taking the time to read through some stuff. I also got the feeling the link isn't really strong, but I had never heard of this either so I'm on a steep learning curve. Also I hate that it wasn't my regular doctor telling me, because this random MFM Doctor was like "oh it's just an increase in your risk for pre-eclampsia and the baby's risk for slowing growth, i'ts no big deal, it's all because you had to have IVF." And I wanted to be like, fuck you lady, thanks for both marginalizing my fear that this pregnancy will fail and yet at the same time blaming me for the problem in the first place. I am trying to see it as I just get to see the baby more, but it's also a hiccup I would way rather have not had to deal with.
You should totally have said this to her. I have no idea why, but in my experience I've seen so many MFMs with absolutely terrible bedside manners. It may not be more than any other field of medicine, but it seems like way more than it should be given the highly sensitive nature of the type of medicine they practice.
Anyway, thanks for your kind words everyone. I'm glad my medical knowledge is helpful here. I'm actually finding it really helpful to be part of a forum like this for my own professional development not only because I get to learn about new things, but also because it helps me understand the emotional complexities we all go through (see above for case in point). I've heard people say the best pediatricians are parents. Maybe the best geneticists are pregnant women of advanced maternal age who frequent internet forums!
sandandsea, YAY for team blue! Welcome to the club!
Post by cattuccino on Dec 15, 2015 17:01:15 GMT -5
The last few days have been stupid hectic lately.
My moms been in the hospital, my cat has needed vet treatment every couple of days, I've had migraines and .... Christmas is coming.
I finally had my OB appointment today and was told that my NT scan and bloodwork looks great and there are no concerns. It's so relieving to have that said and confirmed.
My OB also says I'm an excellent candidate and encouraged me to go for a VBAC. I was sort of surprised and am now a little nervous to decide...luckily I have 5 weeks to decide.
Also, booked anatomy scan for 2 weeks today! Dec 29th!
DH's family always does fireworks at New Years - I suggested we get pink and blue and we set our own off to share the sex (respective colour assuming we find out) of the baby at some point but he didn't seem keen on the idea.
Congrats sandandsea !! nymama917 congrats. What a relief and that's kind of sweet your dd got to go. My office doesn't allow kids. My ds is also 2 and he's starting to kiss my belly and say there's a baby in mamas belly.
txmommy14 love the names. Yes choosing is so hard! Score on the pants!
virginiaorjohn congrats on the t tests and I hope the other information was just an alert and nothing to worry about.
I had a pt appointed for my back pain. He was very happy I came in because my back is all askew. He fixed me up and have me exercises to work on. He also suggested I get a massage. Ah do i have to I know what I'm doing next week on vacation! Ds didn't take a nap so I'm currently sitting in the target parking lot cause he fell asleep on the drive here. Gives me time to catch up with all of you fine folks. Add me to the late to the ballgame Christmas cards. I got 20 out yesterday and need to send out the other 60 tomorrow. I need to downsize my list.
Hello! It's been so long since I have been able to post! I ordered Christmas cards two weeks ago with two day shipping and it is still not here!
Just had the NT scan and baby looks good! I got some awesome pics this time around too. Excited to go show my husband. Baby had their hand in front of its face the whole time too. So cute
Did you order from snapfish? I read in the news today that people are pissed because they are so behind on their orders. I used snapfish and got mine in normal time. Congrats on the positive nt scan!
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