In the hands of nature
Nov. 16th, 2010 08:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
atheneWent in to the Birthing Center last Friday to get the 12-13 week Fetal Nuchal translucency test. This is the one where they look at the fetus to see if it possibly has Downs Syndrome and take a blood sample also. Little Stree, wouldn't cooperate. So I went back yesterday. Guess who wasn't cooperating again. Did get some really adorable u/s pictures (including a Kermit the Frog looking one). But because of that, they also didn't take my blood (a blessing?).
These were the options they gave me: I could call the ultrasound place that the Birthing Center I'm going to works with and pray they can get me in sometime around my schedule in the next two days, I could schedule the screening blood test at 15-20 weeks (but it has a high rate of false positives), or we could just let nature run its course. When I got home, I talked about the different options with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lordaerith and, we decided on the last option. We figured that this was the Universe's and the baby's way of telling us to chill out and not worry about it. I'm 31, so the risk is not that high and I'd rather not take a test that could cause lots of stress and turn out not to be true anyway.
And now, fetus Stree as Kermit the Frog:
Why yes, I'm embarrassing my offspring before it is even born. :)
These were the options they gave me: I could call the ultrasound place that the Birthing Center I'm going to works with and pray they can get me in sometime around my schedule in the next two days, I could schedule the screening blood test at 15-20 weeks (but it has a high rate of false positives), or we could just let nature run its course. When I got home, I talked about the different options with
lordaerith and, we decided on the last option. We figured that this was the Universe's and the baby's way of telling us to chill out and not worry about it. I'm 31, so the risk is not that high and I'd rather not take a test that could cause lots of stress and turn out not to be true anyway. And now, fetus Stree as Kermit the Frog:
Why yes, I'm embarrassing my offspring before it is even born. :)
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Date: 2010-11-16 07:05 pm (UTC)With Zoe I opted to have the blood tests done (the quad screening) but hubz and I both agreed that we wouldn't do anything drastic if the results were bad. My reasoning was basically so we would have time to prepare if Zoe was going to have some sort of issues.
My biggest hurdle right now is WAITING TO TAKE THE DAMN PREGNANCY TEST. ugh. I'm trying desperately not to read too much into all the symptoms I'm having right now. I'm 99% certain I am preggers though, considering I was on the pill when I got pregnant with Zoe. go go super fertility!