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I'm pregnant with my first. We don't know what the sex is, so with 19 more weeks to go I am getting pretty impatient to know! I am planning a home birth with midwife, plus paediatrician doctor sister in tow if she manages to arrive on time. I may end up not telling my parents in law, or my mother about the home birth - they think it is a terrible idea. I think it is none of their business! Feel free to tell me about your home birth experiences...

So I am full of moans and groans, very tired, putting on weight obviously on the stomach and seemingly everywhere else too! Not to mention cranky and sensitive! but after reading some women's stories I realise quite how lucky I am that this pregnancy is going so well and so easily. Thankfully we had no problems conceiving, after ten years on the pill, and 9 months off it I got pregnant the first month we tried.

the only thing which has freaked me out so far has been being given a fright by an over enthusiastic ultrasound technician/doctor. I'm writing this up so other women who also get frightened this way can be reassured. I went for the extended scan at about 17 weeks, and the doctor saw two spots on the heart - they are called echogenic foci. They are little calcium spots on the heart. They are not birth defects, but they are considered a soft marker for Down's syndrome. However just by themselves they are the very last on the list of markers in terms of importance. The doctor checked and double checked for any other signs of Downs but found none. But he still told me I should get a heart scan for the baby, have another extended scan at 21 weeks, and that it could mean the baby had Downs.

I of course freaked out but when I went to my normal doctor he said the first doctor was completely over doing things. He said he had read up on these echogenic foci, when seen by themselves they are not considered important at all. We don't know if people used to have them 30 years ago, because ultrasound technology was not what it is today. I found another link which had a thread with three years worth of scared women discussing the topic. Of all the posts, only one had come back to the thread to say her baby had been born with Downs, and I think it had other markers too. The rest were freaked out for the majority of their pregnancies, but then had healthy babies.

Another scan at 21 weeks showed one of the spots had disappeared, and a friend said her ultrasound man said often they prefer not to do early ultrasounds for this very reason, that often these sorts of things resolve by about 22 weeks, so there is no point freaking the mother out unneccesarily. I wish my ultrasound doctor had felt the same way!

13th FEB 2008

So I've pretty much decided I want to do a homebirth. I've found a midwife who is great (although not cheap!), and my husband is fine with the idea, despite initially being skeptical. Now I just have to stop my mother freaking me out with stupid horror stories, and try to not tell my mother in law until just before the time (she will probably drag me kicking and screaming to the nearest hospital). And I need to stop telling strangers about it because they are usually completely ignorant and like to tell me nice horror stories without actually knowing a damn thing about the topic.

18th Feb

Really feeling like I want to murder my mother in law. She is driving me mad! Anyone else having this problem?

20 Feb

24 weeks! Yee ha! I so want this to be over, and at the same time I want another year or so to get ready mentally. Aieee!

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Juniper Willow - Thursday, 24 July
Hi all just wanted to let you know that the cruise was fabulous..all is well with baby..yes, I broke down on the ship and had an u/s on ship and there he was sucking his thumb and being adorable. the doctor called all the staff in to see my little guy as many have never seen an u/s. One guy started to cry and said that was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen on the ship...I had to agree! I swear I could stare at my baby all day.:) So, now I am in NY and tomorrow I take the train and see my hubby after two weeks and start the joy of house hunting and then house settling. We came back to sad news. My grandmother passed away while I was on the ship..she was a grand ole 102!! But I looked fwd to sharing my baby with her...but as my friend said, now she has a front row seat!:) But my uncle with whom she had been living the last 8 years along with my aunt is in critical condition and I worry my aunt may lose her husband and mother in the same week. He has pneumonia and then had a heart attack in the hospital and is now bleeding internally...so if you could spare a prayer for him, please offer one up. We are waiting to hear funeral arrangements as all eyes are on my uncle right now. But, we, baby and me are fine...just saddened. so thanks for all your thoughts while i was traveling!!I am so glad now I took the cruise but was worried at the length of it...but glad we are here and still going fine! NY is hot and now rainy but great to back in the USA!

juniper willow - Friday, 11 July
It is daunting but I keep thinking it will be worth it! How are you??

gr8scottswife - Wednesday, 9 July
I don't even know why doctors mention such things knowing that those types of things usually change. If I were a doctor, I'd only mention it if it were past the time for those type of things to clear up. I wouldn't even tell a woman her baby is breech at 20 weeks. I would wait at least until 32 weeks to determine how the baby is, and even after that they still manage to flip at times. I know my baby flipped last night from head down to sideways breech, but I trust that the baby will turn again. My baby is small, I think, so there's room in my uterus still to rock and roll, even near 28 weeks. Anyway, Thumper changed position last week from sideways to head down, so that just shows that he's on the move.

juniper willow - Wednesday, 9 July
hi there as you all know by my blog..IT IS A BOY..but I wanted to share the rest of my NT screen tests with you because many have asked. The measuremenst wer immediately read and were great 1.5 and well within "normal" they then took blood for what they call a second testing..and we got ourt blood results back yesterday...these screens just give you a risk factor and cannot rule out DS or other problems completely but...Before the test due to our ages and family history our chances of achild with DS was 1 in 68..kind of scary and then they called yesterday and said our reulst were fabulous and the now risk factor is 1 in 1,312...the same risk as a healthy 20 year old!! So, they said to enjoy my 20 year old body.:) who knew!:) anyway, we weren't gping to do an amnio anyway due to tyhe risk factor and of course, we'd be keeping our little boy regradless but the doctor said he wouldn't even suggest one with these results and that he would just do teh quad 4 and the u/s at 20 weeks so we are! Just wanted to update ya'll...still packing away and tryyingh to get ready..can't believe I am leaving europe in just 5 days!! what a new life we have ahead of us!

aderyn3 - Thursday, 3 July
That's okay, you can see I'm not on all that often anymore, either! lol How is it going? Has baby finally decided to make its appearance yet? I'm assuming yes, by now. How did the homebirth go? What did your MIL do? How's life with the new baby! We are completely crazy over here...and the funny thing is, little Charlie is the least of it! I wish we had year round school. Only a month and a half, and I will have some peace! He's 2 months old already. It sure goes fast.

gr8scottswife - Wednesday, 2 July
Thanks for the information about hypnobirthing. I can't wait to see pictures of your baby.

gr8scottswife - Monday, 30 June
Have you had your baby? If so, did the hypnobirthing methods work?

Juniper Willow - Sunday, 29 June
Hi all! Just a quick update! all is well. Just deep in this move..we have our final wlak through with our landlord tomorrow and I swear we have a house full of junk yet an danother all nighter ahead of us...ARGH!!

My last u/s was lats Tuesday Jun 24 and all was wodnerful. Our little baby was steadily punching his/her little are throughout the u/s.

My Goddaughter got off on Thusrday and her parting was anything but sweet... she was quite disturbing and after her yelling f --this and f---- that for about three hours I ended up yelling back at her to just shut up...anyway, needless to say the trip to the airport was solemn. I was crying all day afraid I had hurt my baby with the over emotional scene..but she is gone an dsafely back in Korea and her three years with us is over although she saddled us with a bunch of her stuff to mail but we'll get to it eventually. It was the first time I ever yelled at her in anger so I was a bit upset but I couldn't get her to stop yelling.And I am sorry we parted in such terms..of course, she now apologizes profusely and alreay wants to come back an dlive with us but she is 18 an dready to face the world.:) without us.:)

So, I have been a bit worried but no pain, no bleeding, still exhausted and jsut came from church where I was humbly reminded this is all in God's hands and I just have to trust that all is well.

11 weeks tomorrow! I am so excited! Thursday July 3 I have my NT screen and will get to see my baby again.;)

No computer anymore so I probably won't update until after Thursday! Thanks for checking in. sorry for the long message! Have a Blessed day and thank for all the thoughts and paryers! 11 weeks and feeling GREAT!

Valena - Thursday, 26 June
Is he/she here yet? Did you have the homebirth? How is everything?

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