It’s Fine If I Don’t Think About It
Posted in: Pregnant
I was talking to Bridgette today. I told her I was having an amniocentesis next week. And she said why? Because you’re over thirty? And I’m like no. And she was asking all these questions and I couldn’t talk about it without bursting into tears so I told her to read my blog. Hey Bridgette are you reading this?!
It’s a lot easier to write about it then to say it out loud. I’m having an amniocentesis. Oh well that’s not so bad. I think it’s why I’m having it which is the bad part. So after talking to Bridgette I was thinking about it. IT. So I thought oh I’ll go back to my knitting to get my mind off of IT. So I picked up my green something and took a picture of it to post on here. I say green something because I can’t remember what I was making. Was it a wrap of some kind or was it something I didn’t like and was going to rip? I wrote it down in my notebook which I can’t find.
I was going to post a picture here but couldn’t find my camera cable either. Wonderful sweet Alan has been helping with housework. He cleaned up and now I can’t find that or my wacom tablet pen, and my sewing scissors, or regular everyday keep in the top drawer of the bathroom scissors. So…no picture of the green something I was knitting. Oh well. I’ll ask him when he wakes up tonight. I mean we do have two, yes TWO, camera cables. One of them has got to be somewhere.










The AFP test is notoriously WRONG! I got a positive on my first pregnancy, opted not to have an amnio after having an additional ultrasound that looked normal, and gave birth to a normal child. For my second pregnancy, the AFP came back just fine. I ended up finding a birth defect during an ultrasound that I had during my eighth month due to other health problems. So, hang in there!
I did have an amnio with the second one, during my ninth month of pregnancy, because they wanted to see if the baby had any chromosomal abnormalities in addition to the birth defect. It feels a bit like being punched in the stomach — it doesn’t hurt, but it kind of takes your breath away for a split second. Get plenty of rest after the amnio. You’ll probably feel a bit tired, but you will also feel a bit emotional and a good nap will help.
Good luck! Let me know how you’re doing.