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A new home ladies! Tis the season for mini eggs , time for baby neeko to arrive, and more BFP's, oh and mls joining the bigpant bench

1 in 95

Pops head in door

Gaaaahhhhh I have sooooooo much work to do, sooooooo little time to do it, DP and the cats won't recognise me any more when I get home and it now looks like I'm working the weekend and away next week, leaving me ONE evening to pack for my hols (counting the seconds now !)

Sympathy to Mermaid and MLS waiting for phones to ring.

Hope your leaving do is going OK 4EverWeeble

I was just dropping in quickly to say to Neeko

My name is Jools and I am addicted to Grays Anatomy and want to have Dr Shepherd's babies Tis all your fault I'm shattered today - am halfway through season two and was supposed to be going to bed, but there was a cliffhanger - and I had to watch the next one to make sure Meredith survived !!!!

Will be back when work allows and do a proper post to everyone soon. In the meantime, you are all in my thoughts, especially Monkey As for our new joiners, apologies for not really saying hello but life is hectic. We all wish you didn't have to be here, but I for one am very glad to have a few more people for company in the small pants bench

1 in 95 - tell me that is ok mls I am no good at numbers.

jools gorgeous toned and honed lady brill to see you posting

No it's crap. I just can't keep taking this. Going to see what my consultant says tomorrow. My heart is breaking all over again.

mls I just went backwards at the thread. why have your odds gone down? I am so sorry that you have one thing after another to contend with. I am here now lying horizontal for a half hour os so cos my lovely proper dr just gave me my script so I am here.

The hormone that was originally too high has gone down a bit - that's the one that I thought was high because of the bleed, my dates & the fact I'd released an egg from each side. Another hormone is on the low side & this hormone can be low if the baby has ds. The midwife who deals with the results has just called me back & said that my consultant may arrange for me to have a scan at St Georges in Tooting where they have a specialist unit. I can't face having any tests that may put my baby at risk. I can't face going through the next five months not knowing if there is anything wrong with the baby, I equally can't face the idea of bringing up a child with ds. I'm just not cut out for it. I also could not have a termination unless there was something badly wrong with the baby. I feel so miserable, upset & completely confused.

oh sweetheart I am running to catch up on these stats. You are bound to be a mass of confusion and awful uncertainty.
Heaps of love and strength.

mls just sending you a hug, nothing else i can do or say to you...Keep talking and we can keep supporting x x x

mls 1 in 95 gives you a 1.05% chance of something being wrong, that is a 98.95% chance of everything being ok. I know the odds look bad compared to, like, 1 in 1000, but putting it into percentages, and it looks alot better, that's how the mv explained it to my sil. The odds of having a mc, 1 in 4 which is 25% are even worse. I'm just trying to give you a better picture of things.

mermaid how tall are you, I'm 5ft7.5

barbie so lovely to have you back, and lovely to hear that D has settled down

monkey hope you are ok

sabs lovely pictures of Saara, she is so cute and so pretty.

Gotta go, my chinese is here, yum {grin]

MLS - please read and re-read Vjay's post as its true, stats are stats and yours are still enormously in your favour. I hope for your sanity that a scan can be arranged asap and they can tell from that alone. You so DO NOT deserve this .

Mermaid - glad you got your script and are lying in the correct position. I bow to your superior gardening knowledge . It was MLS who was after the pepper/bugs advice but I I have retained it in my future reference pile when my tomats and courgetts are getting eaten alive by the little blighters.

barbie - welcome back honey and only you could get fake tan on your 7-week old daughter . Great to hear she is settling down too. Recent photos please!

Just a quickie from me as both boys are asleep and want to maximise evening couch time - byee x

mls i have to agree with vjay and blue i was going to post exactly the same but they beat me to it, i read your post while waiting for tea to cook, and was coming back later to tell you my thoughts. i work in %s too, and like vjay says, it is very low when you look at it that way. not sure if it helps at all in any way if we never had all this technology, you'd be happily pregnant without a care in the world (well apart from mc scares of course) and you would give birth to a beautiful bouncing baby without ever having known the possible risks that your baby might have had. i might be rambling a tad now, but you see where i am going i think...

Just a quickie from me (that's all I seem to do these days )
MLS I second what Blue says take heart from VJay's post as the percentages show a much better picture. Will the scan look for the nasal markers etc? I can only imagine what you are going through Do you know how long you will have to wait for the scan? Will be keeping everything crossed for you

Heartfelt thanks girls, yes I know you are all right with the percentages. It's just going to be a tough few months with this hanging over me & right now I feel like I've forgotten what it's like to feel happy. One thing that is keeping a tiny bit of me positive is that I've heard so many stories about false positives over the last week. People with worse odds than me having an amnio & being given the all clear. Neeko was telling me of her friend who was among the first batch of women having the blood test in Scotland. She was given 1 in 30 of ds & 1 in 5 of edwards & the amnio showed that the baby had neither. I just desperately want to see my consultant tomorrow, for him to look at the facts, maybe give me another scan & to say that I really shouldn't be worried. I don't even know if he'll give me another scan tomorrow or refer me to the other hospital. I guess I'll be back with an update late tomorrow morning.

Just quickly wanted to give MLS huge huge hugs. We were all hoping for you that the risk went the other way. I'm so sorry you are going through this. I also think Vjay speaks a lot of sense but I know it is hard to take in when it's happening to you. Get the scan organised asap - that is not going to affect any mc risk and hopefully will put your mind at rest. I can't remember how many weeks you are but they should be able to see the nasal bone by now.

Sorry for rushed post - manic 2 days at work and I'm only now on the tube going home. Hopefully will get to do personals tomorrow.

Hi, sorry to gatecrash. I posted on here ages ago to say I was pregnant aged 44. I'm now 45 and have a gorgeous healthy little boy (my 3rd DS, eldest 22, middle son 13 and now a new baby) He is 9 months old and I count my blessings as had a termination the year before his birth due to a bad CVS result. Monkey I know what you're going through, my heart goes out to you, but you will come out the other side. Us women are made of strong stuff!!

MLS My friend had worse odds than me when I had my affected pregnancy and yet her baby was born healthy (she was 42). My odds were even worse 2nd time round (older plus one affected pregnancy) yet my new son is "normal".Both our odds were much much worse than yours.

Neekos link is www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/925968-drip-drip-drop-little-april-baby-shower?pg=26

You are all such brave ladies, truly inspiring, and it fills me with joy as one by one you are ticked off the pregnancy list.

MLS My friends nuchal fold was 4.2, mine was 3.6, her combined odds 1:16, mine were 1:40 (from memory). In hindsight, my scan showed no nasal bone, perhaps that should have worsened my odds (why didn't it?). Fairly sure you have a nasal bone? That's a REALLY good sign.

This time I went straight to the CVS as was such high risk. And had a phone call a year ago last Christmas Eve, that the prelim results were normal, then New Years Eve, full results normal Baby born 8lb 12oz 11th July 2010!!

I mean 2009!!

Insomniac lurking, had to post to Mls & say hi to Ruby with ur inspiring stories... Mls so sorry u been caused more stress, i echo the others re stats & percentages but know that means nothing when u have just been delivered what feels like yet another blow in an ongoing rollercoaster ride & it feels so overwhelming so my heart goes out to you.. Totally push for scan at St Georges if you can, they are one of best fetal meds units in the country & im blessed that is my local hospital that have been giving me my outstanding care throughout my own 3yr rollercoaster, i practically live there lately it feels! As i said to cupcake everything for me has been followed up & diagnosed by there amazin fetal meds dept.. Its a great care team so do try & get there for peace of mind cos they really are the best... BIG hug to u x x x x x

Just a quick message to say hello to MLS Try and look at the positives if you can - I know it's so much easier to say than do.

Hopefully, you'll get to speak/ see your consultant today. As you know there are many people who have had scary test results and babies born with no problems - life needs to make you one of those

Be back to post for everyone else over the weekend - just 2 more weeks left at work, yipee

mlseventaller I hope you got a bit of sleep last night. You must be feeling exhausted with this constant rollercoaster.
I knew that vjaytallerthanme would one day come in useful with all her swatting, top of the class results and incomprehensible course titles
I am keeping everything crossed for you today and hope that your consultant can calm your fears.

ruby wow what a story with a lovely ending. You have made me feel better re all these stats and %. None of this was an issue when I had ds and I have never got to the stage in any further pregnancies to think about the tests.

bluethetall ah yes quite right it was, I get mixed up, have major confused brain. I hope you are getting a wee bit of settled sleep.

lbm 2 weeks left! thats fairly whizzed by - for me at any rate.

louey hope you are winding down after hectic week looking forward to the weekend. How are the stitches?

jools I dare not watch this programme, think it is on tonight though. Am thinking of you amidst your hotel hopping and busy days. You are certainy far from too old lovely lady.

4everanotherlankylady did you have a lovely afternoon, sure hope so. It must have been very bitter sweet. Also fingers crossed that dh picked some more supplies up and has mastered the knack of the testing kit.

well no pains, no wierd pulling sensations or painful to walk. boobs making up for my vertical challengedness, sense of smell is unbearable. 6weeks today. have my councelling appoint. today may just take a packet of biscuits and thermosoh and a cushion. poor councillor

Masses of love to monkey thinking of you as ever.

Hi everyone, have been away and installing windows 7.

Rock city was excellent, I forgot what it feels like to be around people having so much fun.

Soon be time for me to make preparations for ttc again. I think pregnancy vitamins are in order.

Missed you all. xxx

mls so sorry you having this worry - all of the others talk sense, but can imagine you feel v. worried. I hope you get a scan soon. xx

mermaid hurray for the cyclogest! and for the symptoms

ruby lovely to hear your expereinces! Thanks for dropping in and for the inspiration!

mls thinking of you, hope you get a positive answer today

Yay to mermaid, 6 weeks today , and to being unbearably smelly

Will catch up properly later xx

yep short and smelly.

ig fantastic bump hope you are ok and blooming.

loey I thought you meant you were putting in new windows in your house but I am wrong aren't I? duh.

mls so hope you are ok.

Hello lovelies; I am finally connected in the new place even though I got some funny looks from the Virgin men answering the door at 8am with wild hair, pyjamas and big bump... currently perched on the stairs with laptop as we haven't set up the wireless yet

But I'm here... hello!

MLS just feel so so sad reading your posts but want to echo that a girl on my an thread was given 1 in 20 and had the amnio, all clear.
I opted against having the blood tests at all after reading of her ordeal so could be blissfully unaware of something wrong... as moon says, that was how it always used to be so I just hope and pray you and baby will come through this just fine. How is dh reacting now? And fwiw, even though we obviously all hope your darling lo doesn't have ds, you would be amazed what you can be 'cut out for'- you are one of the strongest women I've ever 'met'. Massive hugs to you.

ruby congrats on your ds3, what a lovely inspiring story

4ever so sorry the needles have been such a horrible ordeal hope it improves. Glad the results have been low so far though.

mermaid6weeks yay for no pain and for lovely docs! and I'll definitely say when my lovely bro is on UC, sometime after July apparently (Oh my word, I'll be a Mum by then )

barbie welcome home, glad you made it before all this palaver with the ash cloud! Loved the tan story

Very lovely first day of maternity leave today...sun shining the world and his wife keeps telling me this baby will be early so I'm making the most of every second while I can!

So who is voting Lib Dem now?