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Good day all around
We finally got news today. The CDH7 mutation test on my amnio fluid came back as normal. I guess J got the call at 8:30am but didn’t tell me until he came home for lunch because the genetic counselor said he can’t tell me this over the phone. Probably right because I begged him to not leave me alone if it was bad news and if he came home mid-morning I would have assumed the worse. But I took the boys to a playgroup so we got home the same time as J so it wouldn’t have been a call I would want to take with people around either way.…
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Answers ??
We are expecting our CHARGE results today. The lab in said early next week. Then when John was talking with our genetic counselor she mentioned Wednesday so I’m sitting by the phone eagerly waiting. I just need to know. eta: So the results never came today. Maybe tomorrow. Hopefully Friday.
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Another day in the vicious cycle
I spent the majority of yesterday afternoon and evening in tears convinced that when MFM calls it’s not going to be good news. It’s like a reoccurring bad dream where they tell me and I fall to the ground in tears and somehow have to call your Dad. It keeps playing over and over. Is it because my instinct is trying to prepare me or just me being over paranoid? It’s only been 3 weeks of waiting and I worry it’s going to be 3 more. We’ve sent an email to our genetic counselor to see if she can find out turnaround time so we will have a better idea…
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18w Scan = Complete
Well yesterday was the anatomy scan in Calgary. We stayed overnight since I was the first ultrasound of the day at 7:45am. No way we’d be driving for that. Brutal time. I had to get up early just to make sure I drank water with enough time. For those who know me, know I love my sleep and getting up before I really have/want to for drinking water was like torture but it was worth it. Finally our turn and it was the same room I had been in for N’s fetal echo. I’ve never seen any of the other rooms. Maybe the next appt. I will. N started panicking…
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Almost anatomy scan time
Just days away from our anatomy scan. The anxiety is building. Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited but there is this nagging voice in my mind prepping me for bad news. It doesn’t make sense in that I’ve never gotten bad news at an ultrasound or echo, just got a big ol’ surprise after labour but I can’t tell you the number of minutes, probably hours, I’ve spent staring at the ultrasounds I’ve had done and analyzing each little thing. The growth of this baby, the heart rate, my glucose levels, etc. You name it, I’ve studied and compared it to previous pregnancies, which is ridiculous because it will tell…