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Also...anyone feeling overly emotional super easily? I swear seeing a b___terfly could make me cry....I feel so stupid sometimes...sorry, just had to ask!

ive been hearing alot about glucose tests. is this something you have to ask to be tested for, or is it automatic? my hubby and i decided against getting any chromosomal screening done to check for downs or anything, is the glucose test part of that? i would want to know if i had diabetes...

Elizhope, the glucose is a seperate test, it is one to see the sugar count in your blood, I believe it is to make sure you don't have or won't be pron to gestational diabities..they generally make you drink this horribly sweet juice and then take your blood after an hour...if the numbers are too high, then they make you take an extended test where you drink the stuff again, then they take a series of 3 blood test one an hour for 3 hours...(it was such a pain)...I failed the first test, but not by too much, and then pa__sed the longer test. I don't think this one is optional...Renae, i'm sure everything is going to be fine...I know its going to be hard to wait...but once you get your results back you can rest a__sured for the remainder of your pg that you lo is fine...as for me, they do an advanced u/s along with the blood work, and its a 99% accuracy, I had it done at 11 weeks (they do it early here, I guess in case people want to terminate) and everything came back fine, and we are in the lowest risk catagory...as for your baby's father, be glad he wants to be in your child's life, i'm sure its not going to be so easy for you, but at least you know there is someone there to support you with the baby...big hugs for the upcoming week :-))

I posted this on it's own, but am copying it here as well... say big prayers for me and the baby please...Ok went today to get results of quad screen, trisomy 18 was positive and so was one of the others....so they tell me that the # I got was .98 for the one, and positive is actually 2._ _ or higher, so they don't know why the lab sent it as a positive, also they told me that both of them can't be possitive. They said that the trisomy 18 would mean some serious physical abnormality, but that my little guy looks perfect every where, and with every measurment...that out of 35 positive results there is 1 true positive, so now I have to go back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound... it's so aweful worrying about this. They tried to rea__sure me that my baby looks perfect...but once they started talking about amnio, and c-section and true positives and false positives, and can't reach the lab to find out why the lab put it as possitive, this is just aweful... by the end, when my doctor was looking at the actual numbers they said that they dont want to do amnio, but they want to follow up... also that since there is no obvious abnormality they believe the trisomy 18 was a false positive... help.... I'm so worried now, I haven't even been able to let it sink in that I'm having a little son

oh Renea, i am sending you big hugs, maybe the lab just screwed up with the final result...if you said the numbers show its not positive...and don't let this stop you from bonding with your little boy...a Son...that is wonderful news...I have heard those tests can give false post_tives...and if your dr's are optomistic you owe it to your little one to be optomistic as well...I am keeping you in my thoughts during the next two weeks that everything will come out well, and in 5 months you will have a healthy baby boy in your arms...just focus on that...to get you through....good luck....

ranae i hope everything works out for you!!!! i have faith that everything is fine! PS i have been feeling EXTRA emotional lately!! i cry and then be mean! and then cry again! LOL i swear i see the commnercials for the iphone and that soft gentile music in the backround makes me cry!

Renea I also tested my baby and the genetics counselor said sometimes you can get a false positive. She said it could be a screw up in the lab or other possibilities like that so stay positive. I will pray for you and your little one. I went on Monday and found out we are having a little boy. I couldn't be more excited. We are for sure going to call him Oliver. I am so excited to see his little face. My dh is overjoyed. He wants to go out buy him tools and baseball stuff. I just laughed and said to wait a little while. Even though I want to go out buy him a whole bunch of cute boy clothes. I too have been very emotional.. I literally cry once a day and sometimes more. I cry at some really stupid things like commercials that are sappy or especially movies. There are times that when I cry I have a hard time stopping. I am sobbing and it is hard for me to catch my breath. The funny part is I am crying over the dumbest things like the finale of The Apprentice. That is not a sad show at all but there I was blubbering away.LOL. I was already a bit of a cry er before being pregg, but now I pretty much always have a tissue around.LOL.

I just posted this my other post, but my doctor spoke to the lab and the numbers were right not the words! the neural tube defect test is truly negative! The trisomy 18 is positive, but my doctor has told me he believes my baby to have a 99% chance of being perfectly normal! We will follow up with another u/s on the 25th, but I'm feeling much better, and looking forward to meeting my son! Thank you all for your kind words of support!

Renea, I am so glad to hear about those results...its amazing how much we rely on what a lab or dr tells us..and when they screw up that can devistate us...I had something similar right at the beginning of my pg...I had my hcg levels taken...and my dh's whole family had come into town to suprise him for graduation...after the suprise, dh wanted to tell his family...but I wanted to wait for my results...well my dr's office called, and the stupid nurse had this really sad tone to her voice and was like.."well they didn't double, we need you to come in on Monday"...(it was a friday)...well I asked her what my numbers were...and of course looked it up when I got home and everywhere I read that they were fine...they were pretty high, and meant to double every 72 hours not 48...but the whole weekend, dh and I were in limbo, we didn't tell his family while they were visiting...I took all my maternity clothes out of my suitcase (we were leaving for scotland the next week)...well on the Monday I went in, and had a scan...and we instantly saw the baby and the heartbeat...and everything was fine...but that still won't take away how horrible we felt that whole weekend, b/c of that stupid nurse... anyways (way off tangent there...lol)...glad to hear things are well, keep us posted... Happytobe Mommy...CONGRATS with the boy too...wow two boys and one girl in here so far...I'm jealous, I have to wait another 2 weeks to find out...I had a midwife appt, on thursday...and all she did was the dopplar...and I could only hear my hb, but she said she could here the baby in the background and it was fine...I was bummed, but at least she said everything looked great...okie, gotta dash to work...big hugs girls :-)

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hi imdue sept 29th this is my 1st and ive just registered.

hello everybody..i am priya and i am due sep 20th.nice to see so many of u here.hpe everything's well withh all of u here.good luck

i also am having a baby in september!! im due on the 29th the later part i've just entered my 2nd trimester and couldn't be happier. I just found out im having a boy also. This is my first baby so i have alot of questions. thanks ladies for listening talk to you later.

HELLO :0) I'M DUE SEPT 2. WE'RE NOT TO FAR APART!

Morning ladies! Cookie thank you for your encouraging words! I've been going crazy trying to get things together for my son! My crib, changer, and dressor will be here sometime next week.... I have all the bedding, and I think more clothes then I should! I think focusing on getting things together is helping me! I'm so excited for it to actually look like a nursery! Also I don't know if I mentioned it to anyone else reading but I'm due Sept.14th...I finally gained my 1st pound at my last appt. and have my next u/s on the 25th! I think I've gained since my last appt too! I tend to start gaining around this time with my babies... and then it's like plow! :) It's probably a good thing considering I will put on 20 - 25 lbs in the next few months and I'm only 5'3". Hope all is well with everyone this Saturday morning and best wishes sent out to everyone!

Hi girls, welcome to all the newbies :-) We must have all had the one good December...lol...Renea so glad to hear that you are getting everything together for your little one...i've been horrible about it...since we are sort of living in a company house I haven't done anything...my folks are arriving this week for the summer (it's their business I am currently running) so they are bringing our pram etc, and I think I will get our LO a moses basket for our room...I'm hoping to be back in the states as soon as I can travel on the plane with the baby...I'm a little worried b/c my daughter (who will be 21 months older) and the baby will end up having to share a room...hope it all works out...I have gained about 6 pounds so far...and with my daughter I had gained 16 at this stage..lol..so we'll see how it goes...anyone feel like your organs are starting to get squooshed? I can feel things starting to get displaced...