Guest guest Posted March 28, 2001 Report Share Posted March 28, 2001 Hi Everyone! We had another u/s today. It was so amazing!!! Baby is 2-1/2 inches crown to rump and has a heartbeat rate of 154 beats per minute! We got to see the head, eyes, nose, mouth, belly, spine, ribs, stomach, heart, arms, hands, elbows, shoulders, legs and feet! We were just in awe! It is the most incredible experience! Baby was even moving and my Dr. said with one arm up to the mouth, baby was probably sucking his/her thumb. We are in love!!!!! My Dr. spoke with us about having an amniocentesis. He recommends it, based on my age and the mc and ep. After much thought, we have decided to go forward with it. We will have it during week 15, the last week of April. I am very nervous about it! Can anyone tell me about their experience??? Just about to finish the first trimester and I thought the worrying would decrease...so much for that! Now I have this to worry about! Please keep us in your prayers. Anyway, it was a wonderful day and we are on cloud 9 tonight! Elle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2001 Report Share Posted March 28, 2001 YEA Elle!! What a wondeful gift to see your baby moving around, sucking his/her thumb!! did they give you a picture?? I would love to see it if they did!! I am soooo happy for you an dh!! I will say some extra prayers for you for the test!! lisa r T.T.F.N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2001 Report Share Posted March 29, 2001 Elle, Hi, how old are you??? I'm 35 going to be 36 in June. After 35 they suggest the amnio, but it freaked me out. I know alot of people, including my sister that had it done and they were fine. I guess my reasoning for not doing it was that the procedure was spooking me for one thing, and the other thing is that even if we found out that something was wrong we were not going to terminate the pregnancy anyway. I did go ahead and do the AFP screen (bloodtest) and those results came back fine. It's a tough call to make either way. I'm so glad you had a wonderful ultrasound! It is amazing isn't it? Vicki myeroyse@... wrote: > > Hi Everyone! > We had another u/s today. It was so amazing!!! Baby is 2-1/2 inches > crown to rump and has a heartbeat rate of 154 beats per minute! We > got to see the head, eyes, nose, mouth, belly, spine, ribs, > stomach, heart, arms, hands, elbows, shoulders, legs and feet! We > were just in awe! It is the most incredible experience! Baby was > even moving and my Dr. said with one arm up to the mouth, baby was > probably sucking his/her thumb. We are in love!!!!! > > My Dr. spoke with us about having an amniocentesis. He recommends it, > based on my age and the mc and ep. After much thought, we have > decided to go forward with it. We will have it during week 15, the > last week of April. I am very nervous about it! Can anyone tell me > about their experience??? Just about to finish the first trimester > and I thought the worrying would decrease...so much for that! Now I > have this to worry about! Please keep us in your prayers. > > Anyway, it was a wonderful day and we are on cloud 9 tonight! > Elle > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2001 Report Share Posted March 29, 2001 Thanks ! It was such a wonderful day! Thanks for all of your prayers! The Dr. who will perform the amnio, only does amnios. That's all he does. My u/s tech will be there, my Dr., the amnio Dr. and the Genetic Dr. who did our Genetic counseling and testing. My Dr. told us that The amnio Dr. has, to date, never had a loss occur due to the amnio. That did put our minds at ease a little. The whole thing is just scary! I asked my Dr. if there was anything I would need to do to prepare and he said, " just relax " ...Yeah, right! Thank you again for your prayers! We will know on Monday the exact date we are scheduled for the amnio, so I'll let you know...I'll really need your prayers then! elle > Hi Elle, > I'm so happy for you and Mark (and Dallas!). It must have been such a > wonderful experience to see the baby, especially every part of the baby!!!! > I'm really glad Mark was able to come home and be there with you! > > My friend Vicki had an amnio with . She said she felt the needle pierce > the skin, then didn't feel a thing. She felt very confident in the doctor > and was reassured that they could see where the baby was on the u/s monitor, > so they knew the baby was not in risk of being pricked by the needle. The > hardest part was the wait for the results. Vicki said the most important > thing was to research the doctors performing the amnio and find someone with > a high success rate who does the procedure ALL the time (rather than a > doctor who " dabbles " in it). > > Hang in there! I'll be thinking about you and keeping you and your family > in my prayers. > maria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2001 Report Share Posted March 29, 2001 Thanks Pam! If we had decided not to do the amnio, my next u/s would be week 20 too. With the amnio though, we will have an u/s, so at least we'll be able to see baby again. Doesn't it seem like such a long time to wait until week 20? Just think how much more we will be able to see by then! Hope your m/s subsides soon. I'll be thinking of you! elle > Elle > > That is so awesome and exciting. I have to wait to week 20 to have > another u/s. I don't really know anything about the amnio. I think it > sounds worse than it is though. At least you will be able to ease > your mind after the test. > > Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2001 Report Share Posted March 29, 2001 Vicki, I am 37 and will be 37 at time of delivery. Along with having had a mc and ep, my Dr. recommends anyone over 35 at time of delivery have the amnio. Our Dr. talked to us about the AFP, but told us it only tells you what risk % you are at, but doesn't diagnosis problems. DH and I decided that we would just rather know now if there were any problems instead of finding out at delivery. We thought about doing the AFP and then deciding on the amnio, but decided to go ahead with the amnio as soon as possible. So, we will have it done the early part of week 15. I really appreciate your prayers! Thanks! It was a wonderful day...one I will never forget! How are you feeling? Feel any closer yet? elle > > > > Hi Everyone! > > We had another u/s today. It was so amazing!!! Baby is 2-1/2 inches > > crown to rump and has a heartbeat rate of 154 beats per minute! We > > got to see the head, eyes, nose, mouth, belly, spine, ribs, > > stomach, heart, arms, hands, elbows, shoulders, legs and feet! We > > were just in awe! It is the most incredible experience! Baby was > > even moving and my Dr. said with one arm up to the mouth, baby was > > probably sucking his/her thumb. We are in love!!!!! > > > > My Dr. spoke with us about having an amniocentesis. He recommends it, > > based on my age and the mc and ep. After much thought, we have > > decided to go forward with it. We will have it during week 15, the > > last week of April. I am very nervous about it! Can anyone tell me > > about their experience??? Just about to finish the first trimester > > and I thought the worrying would decrease...so much for that! Now I > > have this to worry about! Please keep us in your prayers. > > > > Anyway, it was a wonderful day and we are on cloud 9 tonight! > > Elle > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2001 Report Share Posted March 29, 2001 Elle: It is amazing isn't it. The progress of the human body is incredible. You are smart regarding doing some investigating on the amnio. You are like me in that respect. I want to know what is going on. Joanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2001 Report Share Posted March 30, 2001 Thanks ! elle > > > Hi Elle, > > > I'm so happy for you and Mark (and Dallas!). It must have been such > > a > > > wonderful experience to see the baby, especially every part of the > > baby!!!! > > > I'm really glad Mark was able to come home and be there with you! > > > > > > My friend Vicki had an amnio with . She said she felt the > > needle pierce > > > the skin, then didn't feel a thing. She felt very confident in the > > doctor > > > and was reassured that they could see where the baby was on the u/s > > monitor, > > > so they knew the baby was not in risk of being pricked by the > > needle. The > > > hardest part was the wait for the results. Vicki said the most > > important > > > thing was to research the doctors performing the amnio and find > > someone with > > > a high success rate who does the procedure ALL the time (rather than > > a > > > doctor who " dabbles " in it). > > > > > > Hang in there! I'll be thinking about you and keeping you and your > > family > > > in my prayers. > > > maria > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2001 Report Share Posted March 30, 2001 Thanks Kim!!! I appreciate your support! elle -- In PregnancyBabiesAfterEctopic@y..., krusso96@y... wrote: > Elle, > That is great news, I am glad you got to see everything. I know when > we had our 18 week, my dh and I were so excited that we kept asking > questions every minute, and the tech was trying to conduct the study > and had to concentrate. But for us it was so great to just see the > baby moving! She did explain everything to us at the end though. > > It sounds like your doctor is very experienced at doing amino's, so I > am sure everything will go well. > > Enjoy this time, Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2001 Report Share Posted April 2, 2001 Thank You Crystal!!! elle > elle > I am so happy for you. I am glad that the baby is doing so great. I will > pray for you > Crystal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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