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Forgot to tell you guys about my 12 week appt...
Well, baby's hb sounded good (but I already knew that because I obsessively listen to it on my home doppler... :-) but the doc gave me some unexpected and potentially scary news...
I carry the genetic mutation for cystic fibrosis. I was floored when I heard that. No on in my family has ever had CF as far back as anyone can remember, and I never would have thought in a million years that I would be a carrier.
So, we had to go get DH's blood drawn - if he is a carrier, then our baby has a 25% chance of having CF, a 50% chance of being a carrier, and a 25% chance of not having the gene at all. If he's not a carrier, then we don't need to worry because there is no chance the baby could have CF (it's a recessive gene).
I'm a little worried and waiting on pins and needles for the doc to call. DH is totally calm and not worried at all, and the doc kept tellng me there was nothing to worry about either - the chances that DH has the gene also are slim.
But of course I can't help but be the worry wart....:-)
Re: Forgot to tell you guys about my 12 week appt...
I'm so glad the hb was good!
This must be really stressful for you - I'm sorry you have to wait to find out the results. My fingers are crossed for you that everything works out. Did you find this out by having the NT ultrasound done?
try not to worry too much!
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TTC Journey
7/2008 - begin TTC
7/2009 - began charting
9/2009 - Dx Endometriosis
10/2009 - HSG/SA (Normal)
12/2009 -6/2010 - Lupron #1 & 2
Sep-Nov 2010- Clomid Cycles #1&2 = BFN
Dec 2010 - Clomid Cycle #3 = BFP (1/11/11);no h/b (2/10/11); D&C (2/23/11)
5/11-6/11 - herbal tea regime = BFN
7/24/2011- herbal tea regime = surprise BFP
What is an NT scan? I'm cluesless...
I'm very sorry to hear about your CF scare, but I'm sure everything will be ok! Honestly, if we sat back and thought about every possible thing that could go wrong with our children, no one would ever have them! And believe me, with having an autistic nephew, I think about the risks all the time. I know it's easier said than done, but try not to think about "what if" this and "what if" that and just pray that you have a happy and healthy baby. Really, that's all you can do.
The NT scan is an ultrasound and blood work (from the mom) that they do around 11-13wks. The ultrasound measures the fluid at the back of the baby's neck to test for the chance of downs syndrome and other chromosomal defects. It's much less invasive than an amniocentesis or the chronic virus sampling test done later (and much less/to none risk of miscarriage).
and just to be clear - we opted for the NT scan, not because we were high risk for them and not because we would abort - but because we wanted to see our baby on the ultrasound!! haha. Going with a midwife/homebirth, there is no early 8week ultrasound or other visual confirmation of an actual baby - our first appointment wasn't until I was 12 weeks!!! I really had to wait until I was 12 weeks to see our little on the ultrasound (also it was the same day we had our first appointment with the midwife and heard the heartbeat for the first time!) So.....that was our reasoning behind going for the procedure, it was covered by insurance, it was safe, and we could see the babe before the 20week ultrasound!
So many girls on my Sept. Moms board are doing this!! If I didn't have three u/s already (one was because of the spotting but two were normally scheduled by my doc) I would have done this as well!