genet313

[626]

Good luck at your appointment today.

I hope things go well.

Been thinking of you.

[luv2rn4fun]

Thinking of you and sending prayers. I really hope things go okay today.

[kballerina]

Thinking of you. Best wishes.

[Deleted]

Hope your appointment is going well.

[genet313]

Thanks all, I so much appreciate the support - it's so nice to have a place to just "scream" a bit.  I've calmed down slightly from yesterday.

The appt went OK - the genetic counselor basically said it's likely that everything is fine and there's no genetic issues, but she gave us our options for further testing.  So, we've opted to do Maternity21 for now and further CF testing for DH (I'm a carrier, but he tested as a non-carrier a while back, so probably no issue, but we're doing some kind of test that goes deeper into the genes.  Who knows, it's pretty much all greek to me right now.

So, if either comes back with any semblance of a positive reading, we'll think about doing amnio, but right now, we are both pretty set against it.  I just don't feel comfortable with it, and I'm not really sure what our decision would be.  I can't imagine terminating at this point unless there are serious, serious issues, and no one's giving me that speech yet.   And I still believe in my heart that everything will be OK in the end, so I'm just going on that irrationality right now.  

So I get to be in limbo for another 2-3 weeks while we get testing lined up and results back.  In the meantime, I'm just going to up my protein and calcium intake in the hopes that that spurs increased growth by the baby.  Awesome sauce.

[Deleted]

I'm sorry for all your stress, but glad they could walk you through everything.

[626]

I'm glad to see this update. Please keep us posted when you get the results back. I hope everything turns out ok. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[luv2rn4fun]

I'm glad the appointment went okay. I really hope the genetic counselor is right and that there likely aren't any issues. I'm really sorry you are going through this. Praying for you and your little one and hoping for the best. Please keep us posted.

[laurenh]

I'm glad to see your update. We were also offered MT21 or an amnio when my NT results came back and opted for MT21.

I'm sure it's not always this fast but I got my results back a week later and we're on the other side of the country from the Sequenom lab. Keeping you in my thoughts and fingers crossed everything comes back perfectly.

[KaraOrNot]

I am glad that your appointment went ok. I am keeping you and your baby in my thoughts!

[ewall]

Thinking of you and hoping for good results.

[mrspost08]

Lots of positive dust sent your way