[T.J.]

Hey everyone,

Well, the urgent thing was that from the full bloods that they took I came up with positive for protein in my urine, my white blood count was high, and my blood platelet was quite low. He wants to re-do the urine/full bloods in another 2 weeks to see if it was maybe just a bad viral infection. Hopefully it was, I was feeling quite terrible last week, of course blaming it on pregnancy and I can just relax if all comes back good.

The great news was that all is good with the baby. The NT was 1.5mm which is good and the results of the Trisomy's are: Trisomy 21 - Background risk: 1:590 Adjusted 1:1736, Trisomy 18 - BR: 1:1686 AR: 1:19822, Trisomy 13 - BR 1:5288 AR 1:43802.

And my due date is back to the 3rd.

[meifong16]

Hi everyone,

Sorry for not dropping by as often as I wish. Work has been hectic. Only thing I'm looking forward to right now is the 14th May, where I will have my 12th week scan and also meet my OB for the very first time

On another note, anyone of you have any food cravings yet? I know lots of pregnant women have very strict diet now but do you think it's ok for us to give in to fast food every now and then? Such as red rooster rippa subs, nuggets, etc?

[charlottesmum04]

well a positive post from me for once.

i dont know what i did but until this morning i was still . Everything that went down came straight back up again. Woke up this morning and like usual. Then i had my pregnancy massage and boom. by 11am i was suddenly wanting a sausage roll. ( usually i hate the stuff ) Went down with DP to our local pie shop and ate a sausage roll, then decided well i kept that down so went for a scone with jam and cream and then half a brownie......
Since then i've been fine. In fact i just made dinner and ate a full plate. I dont know what happened to suddenly change everything but i am very glad it did. Last night saw me at 6:30 sobbing on the kitchen floor going "its not fair i just want to eat. I'm so jealous of everyone else whos eating and i just cant do this anymore " ( imagine that in a sobbing whiny voice )

Meifong i have been getting minor cravings ( see above over the sausage roll ) but luckily the long lasting ones have been fairly healthy. I went 2 weeks practically inhaling up to 15 mandarins a day. I think as long as its only an occasional craving then its ok. ie sometimes i want some pretty unhealthy stuff and i want it so bad i can smell it. Its like a drug addict needing its fix. As long as i only do that once a week and can stop at one then its ok. If i want cheesecake but i eat the whole cake thats when its an issue.

I am glad everyones scan results are coming back so good. We all really are pregnant by now arent we......

[Chief Pancake Ma...]

Evening Ladies,

Everything OK here, just so so tired!!! Had 3 hours of meetings today at work, battle to stay awake.

I have my CVS and first meeting at hospital with midwife in tuesday & thursday in 2 weeks, I asked my boss for the whole week off, he said yes so as wll as looking forward to the results I am also just looking forward to a rest.

Cravings: fresh bread - any thing sweet and bready, walking past a bread shop the smell of bread cooking makes me drool. I think I ate my weight in hotcross buns over easter. Other than that - only fruit juice. Hubby says the baby is boring - it only likes bread, he was expecting pickles or hot chips at midnight.

[franno]

Can you believe it ?!?!?!? My results were not back at my appt yday which I had moved from Mon morning as they told me they could push through to Mon arvo and change my appt to the arvo. Ob doesn't work the arvo and tues was a public holiday (in Singapore) so Wed it was. Sweaty palms in the car and arrive to nothing. They said they could chase and call me in the arvo with the results (we discussed the what ifs already with the ob) and they never did. I was calling from 3-6pm both their lines and only the blinking answer phone. So now it's thurs after being promised Mon!!! Hope they come through today.

Not sure if I mentioned earlier that during the scan on Sat the scanner said it was too early to tell sex but if she had to guess she would say girl? Well yday asked the ob (she scans every visit) and she said too early to tell but if I had to guess I would say boy! Haha so who do I believe? DH says he doesn't care and neither do I but he had a grin from ear to ear so I thought I wanted another girl but now I want a little boy for him. Going to ask again in 2 weeks she said it looked like something but could have been umbilical cord.

Also we talked about amnio and she said she doesn't recommend if we are under 1:300 chance of DS but understands us wanting too if it's higher. She does them herself and has had 2 losses in 30 years but said her colleague is even better than her and in my case (assuming because I had 2 miscarriages) she would send me to him. Cool huh?

This post has been edited by franno: 03/05/2012, 09:46 AM

[tanglez]

Greetings fellow preggi folk!

Franno ARGH I am feeling your frustration, how darn annoying I seriously hope you only have one more sleep before you find out the test results! As we don't have enough things to be patient for lol!

CPM Mmmmm fresh bread! Great news about the time off, I bet there are few people around who could use a nice break, and it sounds like you will need it with all that!

Charlottesmum Fingers and toes crossed that your turn around i the beginning of the end of sickness and the start of EATING!

Meifong I give in to my cravings, perhaps a little too often but as long as I am eating a healthy balanced diet an exercising regularly I figure a few treats a week wont hurt!

TJ Super Awesome news!

I wont go back further or it wll just get too long, will just say, I have been following and thinking of you all

AFM To be honest I feel I'm losing it this week I am exhausted and work has been pretty stressful. Plus, my partner and I don't live together yet which I was ok with but I am really starting to feel alone, it doesn't help that he is so busy with work that I get even less time with him than I'm used to. I've ended up a sobbing mess more than a few nights recently Well enough whinging, need to cook dinner and get some more work done before bed Much love and belly rubs!

[franno]

So they finally called me with the results this morning and all good!

1:4336 for trisomy 21 (downs)
1:10000 for trisomy 18
1:34000 for trisomy 13

[Maree2411]

Its been wonderful reading about your scans. At last my turn was up. My DB and I went to our first 12 week scan yesterday and it was all great! The staff were fantastic (Boyd Street Medical Centre Tweed Heads). A healthy and VERY active little bundle appeared on a massive TV screen and it really shocked us. DB cried. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders in so many ways. I conceived while on holidays in Thailand in Feb and I was drinking nice cold beer like you wouldn’t believe, and smoking cigies, I had no idea I was pregnant. When I found out I was pregnant in March I didn't think bub had a chance, I also have family history of defects – so I am v relieved. We have been in hiding keeping my pregnancy to ourselves, people have been wondering where I have been for two months! So it was time to start telling people the fantastic news. I sat on my phone for 4 hours phoning everyone. Its finally happened and it’s just wonderful. BTW my gorgeous girlfriend got me “pregnancy and birth” mag today. Very interesting. Just reading it now. I will let you know if I find any interesting info.

[Maree2411]

I have been waiting to hear from you Franno - great results! I had to look up the trisomy 18/13 again cause I couldn't recall what they were. Great numbers.

[T.J.]

Hey everyone,

Rachel5 - Oh that is fabulous news. I am so happy for you. I bet you were exhausted after ringing everyone!!

Franno - Awesome odds!! I can only imagine how you felt turning up and then being sent away without the results. At least the outcome was great. That is pretty funny about them both picking the opposite sex at the ultrasound. Doesn't really fill you with great hope, lol. There was a post a few weeks ago in the pregnancy section that had the photo's of male/female babies at around 12 weeks. They both looked almost identical, so I don't really hold any hope in them getting it right. More like a lucky guess if they did!!

Tanglez - Oh no, you poor thing Big giant hug to you. Are you planning on moving in together?? Are you living by yourself atm? Remember if you want a chat, we are here for you!

Charlottesmum04 - Wow, maybe it was your pregnancy massage that made you feel better?? You will have to book in daily if it makes a difference, lol. Any excuse

All good with me. I have no news.