GOT THE BLOOD RESULTS BACK

I kept telling everyone, "once I get to the 12wk scan I'll be able to relax", they kept replying, "yeh right, then its, once I get to the 20wk scan I'll be fine" They were so right!!!!

Dr phoned (from his house) last night with our blood results. They've got worse. 1-9 of Downs, 1-37 of Pataus. Looks like we've no choice but to go for the amnio. The Downs isn't as big a concern as the Pataus. If the baby has Pataus, it will either miscarry or die within a week of being born. I feel sick. Part of me wishes I hadn't had the second Nuchal.

I was of course being drama queen in bed after the scan thinking " was there something wrong, why didn't bubs move after being prodded so much?"

The Nuchal scan is a pretty detailed scan - as detailed as you can get before 20wks. I'm waiting on the clinic phoning back re the amnio. The Dr last night said if we have any bother getting seen by Wishaw Gen, he will do it himself at the Queen Mothers. He was a really nice guy.

My dad likes to put on a coupon at the weekends and he was talking about 9-1 odds, and my sis asked if there were nine lottery tickets in front of me and one of them was worth a million, what were the chances of me picking it up!?! Nice wee reality check!!

The amnio is done around 16wks and we have our next scan on 5th June to check on the fibroid, so we'll be getting well looked after.

I just have to think really positively, poor wee bubs has been frozen and thawed twice - it must be healthy to go through all that and stick!!

NUCHAL # 2

Went to the Nuffield tonight for Nuchal # 2!

Well, wee bubs was misbehaving!! Was lying with bum in the air and would not budge, no matter how much I coughed and the Dr jiggled my belly!!

Anyway, he did manage to get measurments which he said were all fine, and again we'll just have to wait for the blood results. Also, bubs is measuring two days bigger, so seems to be healthy enough!

Please God, let everything be OK.

BLOOD RESULTS ARE BACK

Well, just got a call from the consultant who done our Nuchal scan with our blood results. For my age (34), the odds of Downs are 1-464, I am 1-131, for Chromo translocation 13/14 the odds are 1-3712, I am 1-242. Apparently the chromo odds are quite good, borderline would have been 1-250.

The Dr was of course going on about CVS and amnio, but I know we don't want to go there. DH was totally upbeat converting the odds to percentages. At 1-131, Downs is 0.7%, so 99.3% chance everything is fine, and at 1-242, Chromo is 0.4%, so 99.6% chance of everything being fine.

I of course wept buckets when I came off the phone, and we've ended up booking a private Nuchal at the Nuffield. I've read of other girls on the fertility website having their NHS scan early, then getting better odds later with their private. The closer you leave it to the 13wks6day cut off, the clearer the odds are.

I read a girls post to DH about her 1-8 odds, then the 20wk scan showing everything to be perfect, he was even more adamant we were fine, and I do feel like a bit of a drama queen, but you can't help worrying can you?

WE SAW OUR BABY!!

Well, Nuchal Scan went well, doc kept commenting on how perfect the baby was, wee thing kept bouncing as if it had the hiccups!! There was two docs, and then a second opinion from a nurse who had been working at the Queen Mothers where all mums to be get a nuchal. She confirmed the docs opinion that everything was perfect, and again, commented on what a perfect wee baby, and how well behaved it was!!!! Hope it keeps that up when it pops out, lol!!

Will have to wait a couple of weeks for the blood results, but I may be brave enough to put up a due date ticker now on the online forum!

One small problem, when she scanned me I told her I thought the baby was on my right side, where I can feel the lump, this was where bubs was, and the reason, is, I have a large fibroid where baby should be. I have to go back for another scan in four weeks, to check on it. This explains why my trousers have tightened so quickly and why I have been peeing constantly since about 7dpt. Apparently they feed on the high hormone levels. It also means I probably won't be able to have a natural birth, as the baby wouldn't be able to squeeze past the fibroid, and it will probably be lying in a funny position, so it will have to be a c-section.

Anyway, I can't tell you what a relief it was to hear "it's perfect". Sorry if I've rambled, we've just been so worried with DH's chromosome translocation, we were scared to believe this day would ever come.

In other news - my sister is pregnant!! She's on the pill, but after a day out boozingand shopping for bridesmaids dresses, she was seriously ill and was thowing up all over the place - so she of course negated any protection her pill was giving her! Baby will be due around beginning of January. First thing DH said when I told him - thank God we're pregnant. I think it would have been incredibly tough for us to watch my sis getting a lovely wee baby bump if we weren't pregnant too.