12 to 24 week pregnancy thread

Queen_B_3

Hello to all the newbies

Chonorla - sorry to hear that you are suffering badly with sickness, gosh I don't know how you manage with 3 little ones to look after?!?

Good day for me today, handed my maternity leave letter in at work with my matb1 form, finish 5 weeks on Friday, hooray! I can feel my stress levels declining already.

Found out last night that baby likes the X factor, was wriggling away for the whole results show especially when there was singing.

Hope everyone else is well

QB 22+3

Saffagal

Welcome to all those who've moved up to this thread

We (hubby and me) had a week away last week for his birthday and it was so wonderful to not be at work. Back at work today and all the same issues and stresses there as well as the same bits and pieces to pick up... grrr am I wrong to wish away the time until I can go on mat leave?

In other news, I really, really want a mcdonalds chicken burger! I've gone totally off chicken - can't even let DH eat it in the same room as me, but I really, REALLY want a mcdonalds chicken burger!!!

Hope everyone else has had a good Monday
xx

(Saf, 14+3)

Queen_B_3

Saffagal wrote: »

We (hubby and me) had a week away last week for his birthday and it was so wonderful to not be at work. Back at work today and all the same issues and stresses there as well as the same bits and pieces to pick up... grrr am I wrong to wish away the time until I can go on mat leave?

Glad you had a good holiday. I've been conting down to mat leave since I found out I was expecting :rotfl: I hate hate hate my job so much at the moment, going through a lot of change and redundancies which is stressful so can't wait to get away.

helen4891

hello,

ive got to have a cvs on thursday as i got a phone call that ive got a 1 in 122 chance that baby's got downs, has ne one had this done and can give a bit of advise please as im very worried? its classed as high risked
im 28.
thanks xx

savageHK

helen4891 wrote: »

hello,
ive got to have a cvs on thursday as i got a phone call that ive got a 1 in 122 chance that baby's got downs, has ne one had this done and can give a bit of advise please as im very worried? its classed as high risked
im 28.
thanks xx

Sorry to hear that. In our case we weren't classed as high risk so didn't need to have cvs or amnio done, but if we had been classed as high risk we wouldn't have had the cvs/amnio done in any case. Remember, you don't have to have the test, unless you want/need the certainty of knowing whether baby has downs. At the moment your odds are over 99% that the baby doesn't have downs, so please don't get too upset about it (easy to say, I know).

If you are going to have the baby even if the cvs comes back as positive, it doesn't make sense to have it done as there is a miscarriage risk attached to it. If on the other hand you already know you wouldn't have a downs baby and would end the pregnancy, then you would need to have the test done.

savageHK

Edit: this page is quite good on giving you the facts.
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/antenatalhealth/testsandcare/cvs/
You might want to ask why you've been offered a CVS and not an amnio (which seems to have a lower risk attached).
Your odds of miscarriage from the procedure are 2 in 100, where at the moment the chance of your baby having downs is under 1 in 100, so there is more of a chance of you miscarrying a healthy baby following the procedure than having a baby with downs. Although to be fair the chances of either of these are still very small, but you need to make the decision you can live with, not the rest of us. So would you be more upset if you miscarried than if you didn't have the test and ended up with a baby with downs? It's questions like this that only you can answer.
If you are offered an amnio instead, the chance of miscarriage is 1 in 100, so about the same as your 'high risk' of having a baby with downs. It's worth asking the hospital why you've been offered cvs instead, and also asking what the hospital's miscarriage rates are following either procedure.

helen4891

i dont wanna sound horrible , i am going to have the cvs test, i really need to know, ive got 2 boys already and i really wouldnt be able to cope and have the time for my other 2 aswell as they are 6 and 2, if this was my first child then i wouldnt have the test done as i wouldnt mind.
my mother in law works at a school looking after children with downs , so i do understand alot about the time and hard work and ive got someone to talk to aswell
i have thought long and hard about everything, and i really do feel that im myself i have made the right choice.

savageHK

Then you know already, so best of luck for the test. I would, if it were me, ask the hospital in any case why the cvs is being offered rather than the amnio (are you under 15 weeks?) as I would still want to minimise the chance of miscarrying.

helen4891

thanks salvage, im 13 weeks , i can wait another 3 weeks , in myself i would worry to much though, ill check out that website, but thanks for replying xx

savageHK

Yes, three weeks would be a long time to wait. Hope you manage to relax a bit before Thursday though, remember even though you are 'high risk' 1 in 122 chance of downs means 121 in 122 chance that your baby is perfectly healthy.