freaking out, just a little

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amber682

New member
Some of you may remember me, I was on here pretty regular for quite a while, but haven't been on much in the past year.

Anyhow, I have a 3.5 year old with CF, and am expecting another baby in March. The doctors wanted me to have a CVS to see if the baby has CF. I told her I had no plans on aborting if he/she did, but she said we should do it anyways. She said its best to know now, so we can watch out for bowel obstructions later in pregnancy, and having this newborn baby have to have bowel surgery is a *huge* fear of mine. Plus I do think it would be nice to know now, and have time to process it, then when my baby is born I can just enjoy it, without worrying if it has CF or not.

So the CVS is scheduled for tomorrow, and I'm freaking out. I'm so afraid I'll have a miscarriage! A little worried about the pain, a little about the results, but really super worried about miscarrying. I almost called and cancelled the whole thing today.

Now I don't know what to do. Just cancel? Do it and hope and pray for the best? Has anyone here had a CVS or amnio, knowing they WOULD NOT be aborting?

I don't know if this is just last minute jitters, or my gut telling me not to do it. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">
 
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amber682

New member
Some of you may remember me, I was on here pretty regular for quite a while, but haven't been on much in the past year.

Anyhow, I have a 3.5 year old with CF, and am expecting another baby in March. The doctors wanted me to have a CVS to see if the baby has CF. I told her I had no plans on aborting if he/she did, but she said we should do it anyways. She said its best to know now, so we can watch out for bowel obstructions later in pregnancy, and having this newborn baby have to have bowel surgery is a *huge* fear of mine. Plus I do think it would be nice to know now, and have time to process it, then when my baby is born I can just enjoy it, without worrying if it has CF or not.

So the CVS is scheduled for tomorrow, and I'm freaking out. I'm so afraid I'll have a miscarriage! A little worried about the pain, a little about the results, but really super worried about miscarrying. I almost called and cancelled the whole thing today.

Now I don't know what to do. Just cancel? Do it and hope and pray for the best? Has anyone here had a CVS or amnio, knowing they WOULD NOT be aborting?

I don't know if this is just last minute jitters, or my gut telling me not to do it. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">
 
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amber682

New member
Some of you may remember me, I was on here pretty regular for quite a while, but haven't been on much in the past year.

Anyhow, I have a 3.5 year old with CF, and am expecting another baby in March. The doctors wanted me to have a CVS to see if the baby has CF. I told her I had no plans on aborting if he/she did, but she said we should do it anyways. She said its best to know now, so we can watch out for bowel obstructions later in pregnancy, and having this newborn baby have to have bowel surgery is a *huge* fear of mine. Plus I do think it would be nice to know now, and have time to process it, then when my baby is born I can just enjoy it, without worrying if it has CF or not.

So the CVS is scheduled for tomorrow, and I'm freaking out. I'm so afraid I'll have a miscarriage! A little worried about the pain, a little about the results, but really super worried about miscarrying. I almost called and cancelled the whole thing today.

Now I don't know what to do. Just cancel? Do it and hope and pray for the best? Has anyone here had a CVS or amnio, knowing they WOULD NOT be aborting?

I don't know if this is just last minute jitters, or my gut telling me not to do it. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">
 
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amber682

New member
Some of you may remember me, I was on here pretty regular for quite a while, but haven't been on much in the past year.

Anyhow, I have a 3.5 year old with CF, and am expecting another baby in March. The doctors wanted me to have a CVS to see if the baby has CF. I told her I had no plans on aborting if he/she did, but she said we should do it anyways. She said its best to know now, so we can watch out for bowel obstructions later in pregnancy, and having this newborn baby have to have bowel surgery is a *huge* fear of mine. Plus I do think it would be nice to know now, and have time to process it, then when my baby is born I can just enjoy it, without worrying if it has CF or not.

So the CVS is scheduled for tomorrow, and I'm freaking out. I'm so afraid I'll have a miscarriage! A little worried about the pain, a little about the results, but really super worried about miscarrying. I almost called and cancelled the whole thing today.

Now I don't know what to do. Just cancel? Do it and hope and pray for the best? Has anyone here had a CVS or amnio, knowing they WOULD NOT be aborting?

I don't know if this is just last minute jitters, or my gut telling me not to do it. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">
 
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amber682

New member
Some of you may remember me, I was on here pretty regular for quite a while, but haven't been on much in the past year.
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<br />Anyhow, I have a 3.5 year old with CF, and am expecting another baby in March. The doctors wanted me to have a CVS to see if the baby has CF. I told her I had no plans on aborting if he/she did, but she said we should do it anyways. She said its best to know now, so we can watch out for bowel obstructions later in pregnancy, and having this newborn baby have to have bowel surgery is a *huge* fear of mine. Plus I do think it would be nice to know now, and have time to process it, then when my baby is born I can just enjoy it, without worrying if it has CF or not.
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<br />So the CVS is scheduled for tomorrow, and I'm freaking out. I'm so afraid I'll have a miscarriage! A little worried about the pain, a little about the results, but really super worried about miscarrying. I almost called and cancelled the whole thing today.
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<br />Now I don't know what to do. Just cancel? Do it and hope and pray for the best? Has anyone here had a CVS or amnio, knowing they WOULD NOT be aborting?
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<br />I don't know if this is just last minute jitters, or my gut telling me not to do it. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">
 
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dyza

New member
If you want to cancel it, then you should. They can still watch out for bowel obstruction later on in pregnancy, they dont need a CVS to do that. As you said, your not aborting no matter what, then why should you take the risk.

Craig
 
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dyza

New member
If you want to cancel it, then you should. They can still watch out for bowel obstruction later on in pregnancy, they dont need a CVS to do that. As you said, your not aborting no matter what, then why should you take the risk.

Craig
 
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dyza

New member
If you want to cancel it, then you should. They can still watch out for bowel obstruction later on in pregnancy, they dont need a CVS to do that. As you said, your not aborting no matter what, then why should you take the risk.

Craig
 
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dyza

New member
If you want to cancel it, then you should. They can still watch out for bowel obstruction later on in pregnancy, they dont need a CVS to do that. As you said, your not aborting no matter what, then why should you take the risk.

Craig
 
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dyza

New member
If you want to cancel it, then you should. They can still watch out for bowel obstruction later on in pregnancy, they dont need a CVS to do that. As you said, your not aborting no matter what, then why should you take the risk.
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<br />Craig
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Amber,

Just wanted to offer my support; I had an amnio. My worries were the same as yours. I had no plans to abort, I was so stressed about not knowing whether or not my daughter had CF I was having a terrible pregnancy; not sleeping, crying all the time, eating junk food. I had a hard time taking care of my child without CF. I found the best doc I could find to do the amnio. It is a personal decision; Not telling you what to do hun; just know I've been there and gone through a similar situation. Hugs to you.
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Amber,

Just wanted to offer my support; I had an amnio. My worries were the same as yours. I had no plans to abort, I was so stressed about not knowing whether or not my daughter had CF I was having a terrible pregnancy; not sleeping, crying all the time, eating junk food. I had a hard time taking care of my child without CF. I found the best doc I could find to do the amnio. It is a personal decision; Not telling you what to do hun; just know I've been there and gone through a similar situation. Hugs to you.
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Amber,

Just wanted to offer my support; I had an amnio. My worries were the same as yours. I had no plans to abort, I was so stressed about not knowing whether or not my daughter had CF I was having a terrible pregnancy; not sleeping, crying all the time, eating junk food. I had a hard time taking care of my child without CF. I found the best doc I could find to do the amnio. It is a personal decision; Not telling you what to do hun; just know I've been there and gone through a similar situation. Hugs to you.
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Amber,

Just wanted to offer my support; I had an amnio. My worries were the same as yours. I had no plans to abort, I was so stressed about not knowing whether or not my daughter had CF I was having a terrible pregnancy; not sleeping, crying all the time, eating junk food. I had a hard time taking care of my child without CF. I found the best doc I could find to do the amnio. It is a personal decision; Not telling you what to do hun; just know I've been there and gone through a similar situation. Hugs to you.
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Amber,

Just wanted to offer my support; I had an amnio. My worries were the same as yours. I had no plans to abort, I was so stressed about not knowing whether or not my daughter had CF I was having a terrible pregnancy; not sleeping, crying all the time, eating junk food. I had a hard time taking care of my child without CF. I found the best doc I could find to do the amnio. It is a personal decision; Not telling you what to do hun; just know I've been there and gone through a similar situation. Hugs to you.
 
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sdelorenzo

Guest
I would cancel. I am expecting also (20 weeks along). I have a 7 yr old and a 5 yr old son both with cf. The way I see it, is I have faced a lot of odds that have not gone my way. Why would I want to face 1/100 (1%) odds of losing my baby when the results of the test wouldn't changed anything. When I got pregnant with my son 5 yrs ago, I calculated a 2% chance that my baby would have cf and also meconium illeus. You also have a 2% chance of a cf baby that is born with meconium illeus (25% chance cf, then 10-15% of those babies are born with meconium illeus thats 2.5 chance). I still changed to OB's and hospitals just in case. Well those 2% odds came true. He was born with meconium illeus, but we found out way before he was born by ultrasounds.

My OB recommended with my 5 yr old and now my one on the way NOT to do prenatal testing. She knew that we won't abort, so she said there are other ways to monitor the baby without putting it at risk. Ultrasounds showed when I was 24 weeks along with my son that his bowels were bright white. I started going to a perinatal (specialist) dr who monitored his bowels and we had a plan when he was born. His bowel problems were easy for the dr to see on the ultrasounds. By the way, my son ended up not needing surgery, he just had enemas. Just request to see a perinatal dr who can monitor you baby to see if bowels show signs of meconium illeus.
Congratulations on your pregnancy,
Sharon
 
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sdelorenzo

Guest
I would cancel. I am expecting also (20 weeks along). I have a 7 yr old and a 5 yr old son both with cf. The way I see it, is I have faced a lot of odds that have not gone my way. Why would I want to face 1/100 (1%) odds of losing my baby when the results of the test wouldn't changed anything. When I got pregnant with my son 5 yrs ago, I calculated a 2% chance that my baby would have cf and also meconium illeus. You also have a 2% chance of a cf baby that is born with meconium illeus (25% chance cf, then 10-15% of those babies are born with meconium illeus thats 2.5 chance). I still changed to OB's and hospitals just in case. Well those 2% odds came true. He was born with meconium illeus, but we found out way before he was born by ultrasounds.

My OB recommended with my 5 yr old and now my one on the way NOT to do prenatal testing. She knew that we won't abort, so she said there are other ways to monitor the baby without putting it at risk. Ultrasounds showed when I was 24 weeks along with my son that his bowels were bright white. I started going to a perinatal (specialist) dr who monitored his bowels and we had a plan when he was born. His bowel problems were easy for the dr to see on the ultrasounds. By the way, my son ended up not needing surgery, he just had enemas. Just request to see a perinatal dr who can monitor you baby to see if bowels show signs of meconium illeus.
Congratulations on your pregnancy,
Sharon
 
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sdelorenzo

Guest
I would cancel. I am expecting also (20 weeks along). I have a 7 yr old and a 5 yr old son both with cf. The way I see it, is I have faced a lot of odds that have not gone my way. Why would I want to face 1/100 (1%) odds of losing my baby when the results of the test wouldn't changed anything. When I got pregnant with my son 5 yrs ago, I calculated a 2% chance that my baby would have cf and also meconium illeus. You also have a 2% chance of a cf baby that is born with meconium illeus (25% chance cf, then 10-15% of those babies are born with meconium illeus thats 2.5 chance). I still changed to OB's and hospitals just in case. Well those 2% odds came true. He was born with meconium illeus, but we found out way before he was born by ultrasounds.

My OB recommended with my 5 yr old and now my one on the way NOT to do prenatal testing. She knew that we won't abort, so she said there are other ways to monitor the baby without putting it at risk. Ultrasounds showed when I was 24 weeks along with my son that his bowels were bright white. I started going to a perinatal (specialist) dr who monitored his bowels and we had a plan when he was born. His bowel problems were easy for the dr to see on the ultrasounds. By the way, my son ended up not needing surgery, he just had enemas. Just request to see a perinatal dr who can monitor you baby to see if bowels show signs of meconium illeus.
Congratulations on your pregnancy,
Sharon
 
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sdelorenzo

Guest
I would cancel. I am expecting also (20 weeks along). I have a 7 yr old and a 5 yr old son both with cf. The way I see it, is I have faced a lot of odds that have not gone my way. Why would I want to face 1/100 (1%) odds of losing my baby when the results of the test wouldn't changed anything. When I got pregnant with my son 5 yrs ago, I calculated a 2% chance that my baby would have cf and also meconium illeus. You also have a 2% chance of a cf baby that is born with meconium illeus (25% chance cf, then 10-15% of those babies are born with meconium illeus thats 2.5 chance). I still changed to OB's and hospitals just in case. Well those 2% odds came true. He was born with meconium illeus, but we found out way before he was born by ultrasounds.

My OB recommended with my 5 yr old and now my one on the way NOT to do prenatal testing. She knew that we won't abort, so she said there are other ways to monitor the baby without putting it at risk. Ultrasounds showed when I was 24 weeks along with my son that his bowels were bright white. I started going to a perinatal (specialist) dr who monitored his bowels and we had a plan when he was born. His bowel problems were easy for the dr to see on the ultrasounds. By the way, my son ended up not needing surgery, he just had enemas. Just request to see a perinatal dr who can monitor you baby to see if bowels show signs of meconium illeus.
Congratulations on your pregnancy,
Sharon
 
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sdelorenzo

Guest
I would cancel. I am expecting also (20 weeks along). I have a 7 yr old and a 5 yr old son both with cf. The way I see it, is I have faced a lot of odds that have not gone my way. Why would I want to face 1/100 (1%) odds of losing my baby when the results of the test wouldn't changed anything. When I got pregnant with my son 5 yrs ago, I calculated a 2% chance that my baby would have cf and also meconium illeus. You also have a 2% chance of a cf baby that is born with meconium illeus (25% chance cf, then 10-15% of those babies are born with meconium illeus thats 2.5 chance). I still changed to OB's and hospitals just in case. Well those 2% odds came true. He was born with meconium illeus, but we found out way before he was born by ultrasounds.
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<br />My OB recommended with my 5 yr old and now my one on the way NOT to do prenatal testing. She knew that we won't abort, so she said there are other ways to monitor the baby without putting it at risk. Ultrasounds showed when I was 24 weeks along with my son that his bowels were bright white. I started going to a perinatal (specialist) dr who monitored his bowels and we had a plan when he was born. His bowel problems were easy for the dr to see on the ultrasounds. By the way, my son ended up not needing surgery, he just had enemas. Just request to see a perinatal dr who can monitor you baby to see if bowels show signs of meconium illeus.
<br />Congratulations on your pregnancy,
<br />Sharon
 
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