I got my test results yesterday from the combined screening of last week. Because this is a screening, it’s only a measure of probability, not a definitive YES/NO on these various conditions.
But that said, my probabilities for Down’s Syndrome and Trisomy-13 and -18 are extremely low: 1 in 681 for Downs (average for my age group is 1:35), and 1 in 1200 for Trisomy (average is 1:64). So WOOT! So rather than doing the invasive CVS this week, I will go for an amnio in 3 more weeks. This has lower risk of miscarriage, and higher accuracy.
So one more hurdle crossed! YAY!
e said,
October 18, 2007 at 1:07 pm
yay!
dl said,
October 19, 2007 at 4:23 pm
nice hurdle to clear! woohoo!
fishmama said,
October 24, 2007 at 9:13 am
woohoo!
Roxanne said,
November 22, 2008 at 8:47 am
That’s great news! What week are you in? Big relief for you!
Question: Has anyone heard of limb deformity issues with CVS? I recall reading that about 11 years ago and wonder if it has changed since it isn’t in my latest What to Expect Pregnancy book.
Joyce said,
October 6, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Hi. this is my first blog response. I need some feedback please from men and women. please. I am 40 yrs old and my boyfriend is 30. We have been together for over a year. We got pregnant earlier this year and I had a misscarriage. I am now pregnant again by about 24 days?
My boyfriend and I are both in college. I will graduate this December w/a BS. He will get his bachelors degree in two more years. Neither of us have adequate employement to support a family.
He was married before and has a three year old daughter by his first wife. They have been seperated for three years but divorced only after we met.
My boyfriend is absolutely not happy about this pregnancy and feels that his future is doomed. He is sick with worry about how to support our baby. He feels trapped and scared. he wants me to have an abortion.
I had an abortion once in my early 20’s and though it was the best thing to do at the time, I have felt guilt and saddness over it for years. I was then diagnosed w/ PCOS and told that I couldn’t get pregnent even with fertility drugs. Almost 20 years later and it happens. When it happened it seemed completely a miraculous thing. I was amazed that i got pregnant. (So was my boyfriend). He was not happy and asked me repetedly to abort it but vowled to stay with me no matter what. I love him more than anything!
Yes! I love him more than the fetus inside of me but I don’t know why all of us cannot live together as one happy family?
I am also very concerned about having a child so late in life. Physically i think that it will be okay but emotionally and financially I wonder; Will be able to keep up?
My wn mother gave birth to me at the age of 35 (dad was 9 yrs older). She is now 77. In my late teens she was going through menopause, that was rough. I never felt that she has ever understood my thoughts or goals. It was a different time back then. I am a different person and maybe it will be different for me and my baby?
Finally this is the hardest to admitt, I am not sure that i want to give birth and raise a baby? Since i was a little person I thought it would be a better idea to adopt. I cannot decide with this pregnancy if i am happy about the baby or merely happy that I have been given a baby when I thought that chance was gone and the situation out of my hands.
I think that I like life with just me and my boyfriend but in ten years when I presumably have a good job and a home… and I am holding someone elses baby, will I regret not having this baby?
I love this man so much and I love the idea of bring a baby into the world as cute and as sweet as he is. I love him more than my heart can sometimes bare. This baby, should it be allowed to grow is a part of him. How can I turn away part of him?
As you can see, I am very confused and some of my thoughts may seem crazy or insignificant to you? I want some feedback please. I would like to hear from moms over 40 having there first baby, men who might relate to my boyfriends POV. It may seem that I am trying to dodge responsibility for making my own decision, this is not the case, I just want to make the best decision. I am trying to figure out What I can live with 10 years from now and 20 years from now.
Thank you in advance for your thoughts and assistance.