[tri-med] Re: Adding to Research Topics

On Thursday, February 26, 2004, at 03:45 PM, Karen wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kraig Warnemuende"
>>> We found out Keren was on her
>> way about a month later!  But it does seem it was pretty late in the
>> cycle.  We had our first ultrasound at what we thought was seven weeks
>> and all the indications made it seem more likely it was only six 
>> weeks.
>>   I often wonder, was her egg "old" and somehow things still worked, 
>> or
>> if my cycle was simply delayed due to the stress of the season.
>
> Or maybe you were further along than you thought because the baby was 
> small
> and most of the hormones used to detect pregnancy are naturally low in 
> T-18
> pregnancies???

Also a good possibility--one of the reasons why our doc wanted to make 
sure Keren was born by her "due date"--he didn't want to take any more 
chances than necessary with her life!  'Course, I'd rather it that our 
dating was the correct, 'cause otherwise it would mean she was 
conceived in 2001, not 2002.  I'd had two miscarriages in 2001 and just 
wanted to put that year fully and completely behind me.  It helped my 
mental stability to believe Keren was completely a 2002 baby!  Amazing 
what we do to keep ourselves sane! :)

> To add to the discussion there is also a noted increased occurrence of 
> such
> things as blyted ovums and such occurring after a trisomy pregnancy.
>

Oof--that's a little bit of a scary thought....  Sometimes I wonder if 
our miscarrying days are over.....  I know it's a lot more common than 
I used to think.

Loren (wife to Kraig, mom to Keren, T18, 17 mo.  :) )
Southeast Michigan
http://webpages.eng.wayne.edu/~ad6075

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