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Post by coopersmoma on May 15, 2004 21:24:00 GMT -5
From the time I got pregnant until I found out (~28 weeks) I was always worried about my baby being born with DS. I'm not sure why, I don't have a family history and I was only 26 at the time of delivery. I was just something that I started stressing over as soon as I found out that I was pregnant. Could have been nothing but I think it was someone telling me to think about it. I was truly blessed when Cooper was born. All my worries were gone and my precious baby was here.
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Post by MaggiesMom on May 16, 2004 1:15:07 GMT -5
Oh the stories I could tell...Let me just say that to start things off, I go to the OB/GYN to discuss with him whether I should get pregnant or not, based on my age, health, etc. He said "Oh sure, you're chances of having a child with DS are the same as anyone else's."
Well needless to say, I proved that point correct!
I was GREEN for 6 months while I was pregnant with Maggie. I was not sick for more than a few weeks with Matthew.
I cried all the time. I knew something was not "right". I even had regrets of being pregnant soon after I found out. Don't ask me why, I just did. I wasn't scared of anything in particular. I just went from really wanting another child to questioning why I had made the choice to try again.
When Maggie was born, no one said a word in the OR. It was too quiet! I asked what was going on and they wouldn't say. I sent my husband over to see what was going on and he came back over with the nurse who then said..."your baby is having difficulty breathing, we think she has DS, she has to go to the NICU."
I thought "okay, I can deal with that" and never really blinked an eye. Tim was totally caught off guard and really devastated. But, deep down, I think I had always known that she had DS. I don't know why, I just knew.
I adopted a saying after Maggie was born and I began to be better "in tune" with that little voice in my head...
"When that little voice inside your head talks...listen!"
I wish I would take my own advice sometimes! I'd be more in tune with what's going on.
We're still praying for you and thinking about you Janis! Take care.
Robin M - Maggie's mom
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Post by carianasmom on May 16, 2004 8:29:20 GMT -5
Well, this is really interesting. I think you are right that we all need to listen to that little voice more often. I call it listening to my "gut" rather than my head, because it is more like intuition, while the voices in my head are usually rationalizations or things that other people have told me...ANYWAY, not trying to sound like Oprah here.... I just realized I hadn't really shared my premonition story. So at the risk of being thought very strange... I was still working part time as a pediatrician and I was pregnant with Cariana. I was sitting at my desk opening mail and a brochure fell out, you probably got it too, that one with the baby with DS on the front, it's called A Baby First. It had been sent to all the pediatricians, I guess. But the minute I saw it, I felt that it meant something. I immediately said (inside) "No, not that" and then I heard/felt a voice saying "It will be ok." I didn't have any testing except high level ultrasounds which were all normal. I just put it out of my mind until she was born. Our pediatrician didn't admit she had DS until she was 2 mos old, but Dave and I knew right away. Please don't write and say how weird I am, I know it sounds bizarre  |
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Post by Chris on May 16, 2004 18:48:39 GMT -5
Janis,
You are not weird and your story isn't bizarre. Although I never had a premonition that Sarah would have Ds, I did have an overwhelming feeling that I needed to have an amnio. I had this feeling right after I left the geneticists office after I refused the amnio. I called back the next day and had the amnio the next week.
After I got my amnio results, I cried for a couple of days and then heard that small voice saying everything would be fine. I believe that those strong feelings and the small voice is the Holy Spirit. It is one of the ways that God talks to us.
Janis, thanks for sharing your story. You are still in my thoughts and prayers.
Chris
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Post by mom2kellymarie2 on May 21, 2004 18:24:36 GMT -5
I had vague worries that I always pushed to the back of my mind. Kelly was my third, I was 29 years old, and I had two healthy, active sons. Why worry?
The doctor had no indications anything was wrong, but I was sent to get a level II US 4 mos. before she was born. This was because she wanted to get a clearer picture than her office US machine would provide. She told me that there was no problem with the afp test.
Also, around 4 mos., I almost fainted while shopping with my sons. That has more to do with the fact that I was slightly anemic than the fact that I was carrying a child with Ds. Also, at my 7 mo. appointment, the doctor was concerned that my dd's heartbeat was a bit slow for awhile (Kelly ended up having a/v canal defect and pulmonary arterial stenosis). The heartrate returned to normal during the appt., though.
My dh, the doctor and I fully expected a perfectly healthy baby when I went into labor, and we were all surprised by the diagnosis. After the initial shock and depression, we got to know this new, wonderful person, and my dh and I feel honored that God brought her into our lives.
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