Dear sisterhood. I'm a long term member and have posted many posts over the years.
I finally conceived after many losses. It's been a scary time. Everything had been going so well up until my 20 week scan when I was told baby was a bit small but in normal range. Given an extensive unfortunate history this baby has been under specialised care. At 28 weeks a scan reports baby is very small this is confirmed in a specialist appointment and a referral to a more experienced hospital in the city as some scans and tests baby appears fine normal brain , liver , heart appears healthy not deformed from what we can see but measures very small and is expected to be 980gms at birth ( 2pound ish ) full term I'm currently only 29 weeks. They are confident dates are right .Not a smoker don't drink and live and have always lived healthy lifestyle.
I'm now petrified they are admitting me to hospital for monitoring and talks of delivering baby has been discussed baby may have chromosome syndrome of some kind. I have declined an amniotic test due to risks and that it won't change anything unless baby would have no kind of life and therefore nature will take over at birth.
I don't know what to think. Looking for any other mums who have similar experiences etc outcomes .
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it may be worth the $10 000 price for genetic screening to be done for yourself and your husband there may be a reason for the miscarriages, there usually is.
and good news is if they know what it is they can give you options. which also makes getting the amnio worthwhile
I'm sorry to hear this is happening :-( I have no advice I just wanted to wish you all the best and I hope bub is a real little fighter
Hi hun. Sorry to hear you are going through this during what should be a time of joy, anticipation and celebration. We went through this just recently. At 20 week scan bub was measuring significantly small...under 3rd percentile. We were sent to have an amniotic test but my placenta covered the entire front of my stomach making it too difficult to do safely. We ended up having the NIPT done costing $500 and the laboratory tested or looked over all the chromosomes. This was more so they could detect any anomalies now which could help prepare us for what to expect at the later stage of pregnancy and birth. They came back clear but the rest of the pregnancy we had weekly scans and monitoring on the CTG machines every 2nd day. It was an awful time for us. This was our 2nd IVF pregnancy (we had a 2.5 year old). My husband's anxiety was through the roof and i cried all the time. Baby's bones were measuring significantly short. We discussed having a pediatrician at the birth. My OB decided to deliver our little girl at 38 weeks via c-section. She spent the first 3 weeks of her life in special care for breathing difficulties and feeding issues. She was fed by a nasal gastric tube. She had full genetic testing done and all had come back clear. She is now 4 months old. Very small at only 4.11kgs at 4.5 months and she struggles to put on weight so has what is clinically known as "failure to thrive" but to us she is perfect. She might be small but she is reaching all her milestones smiles, coos and babbles, laughs and rolls over. I honestly in my heart of hearts feel if she had not have been delivered at 38 weeks she would have been a stillborn...she is truly a miracle. Stay strong mumma....there are happy endings.