[tri-wings] Re: tri-wings- Michelle and Bill


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <BilnMichel@xxxxxxx>
> To: <tri-wings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 8:13 PM
> Subject: [tri-wings] new to the sight
>
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >    Iam new to this sight. My name is Michelle,I live in Florida. Bill
and
> I
> > had a baby girl Dec. 30th 2000. She was diagnosid with full trysomy 18 >
>     We are now having another baby and are so nervous,im having the cvs
> test
> > done on the 8th of may,to make sure everything is ok with the baby. I
just
> > wish the test was already done and over with and we had the results.


Hi Michelle...

Welcome to the world of the wings list....wish you didn't have to be here,
but know that there are a lot of folks that can relate to your feelings...

I for one!  We lost our first child, Christian, to Trisomy 13 back last
June.  He was stillborn....We (well,more I than him!) wanted to start trying
again, and managed to get back in the family way only 3.5 months later...As
overjoyed as I was, I was also scared witless.  Talk about mind battles!  I
feared every pain, every little ache, you name it....I thought that I was
doing something wrong that was gonna make me lose this new baby.   They
offered me the CVS and the amnio, but I ended up chickening out of both of
them.  Decided that nothing would change my mind, whether there was
something wrong or not!  I had carried Christian to 33 weeks, and made it
thru that, so I knew that I could make it thru anything!  Well, faith wasn't
always that strong!  I fought the fear but still had that worry in the back
of my mind.  I had an AFP test done at 16 weeks and everything came back
negative, so that helped...But I really didn't feel any better until that
first u-sound, when they showed me that everything that was wrong with
Christian was not there with this baby!  I had 2 more u-sounds after that,
my most recent only 2 weeks ago.  And everything still looks good.  So now,
I really don't fear it.  I finally got to the place where I am at peace with
it, but it takes a long time to get there.  Just hang tough, talk about
those fears, and know that whatever happens, that you will somehow get thru
it.  BUT, I am sure that you all will be ok!!  Just hang in there and let us
know the results when you get it done....You've got more guts than I do!!
;o) LOL!  It was totally out of being a chicken that I turned it down!! :o)

Best of luck to you, and please keep us posted....

Love
Angie

                  Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows
                       www.trisomyonline.org
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