[blparent] update: preg, ultrasound, etc.

[Erin Rumer]

Jan, congrats on a healthy pregnancy.  I have LCA and got genetic testing
for myself for a study that is being done for RPE65 but this was two years
before I got pregnant with Dawson.  I did ask the geneticist about my
children out of curiosity and she literally told me that if my baby was born
with LCA then go get a lottery ticket because that's how unlikely it was
that my child be born with a visual impairment.  It wouldn't have mattered
to me either way and to be honest I was more concerned about scoliosis since
my sister has a bad case of that and I've watched her go through a lot of
physical pane.  Dawson is a carrier of LCA of course but we might not see
someone with active LCA in our family for generations.  It's all in God's
hands and he'll bless us no matter what.

Take care of yourself.  Are you having any funny cravings right now?  The
only strange thing that I couldn't get enough of while I was pregnant was
hard boiled eggs and peanut butter together.

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Veronica Smith
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 4:04 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] update: preg, ultrasound, etc

Jan, I am glad you and baby are doing well, Gab sat on the placenta the
entire pregnancy, thus my pregnancy was call privia.  I hope your baby boy
moves over and lets the placenta move over. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of jan wright
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 10:25 AM
To: blparent
Subject: [blparent] update: preg, ultrasound, etc

Hi All,
Remember, I am 42, now and preg. The docs tried to get me to do genetic
testing  -- partly, probably because I am an older parent and partly because
DH and I are both blind.
mine is not genetic, but he and his sister both have   LCA.
 I said "no."
they told me that an ultrasound would tell if there was any abnormalities,
just to prepare us. We would not have terminated, even if there were, so we
opted out of the not-so-accurate expensive tests.
Now,
I just had my ultrasound at 22wks today. the placenta is between me and baby
which is why I have not been feeling much movement -- which made me worry
for a while. i am carrying quite low which explains why i still have to go
to bathroom often, although research/books say that my bladder should be
feeling better from the first trimester.
It was very hard to see the face, the baby was laying in awkward positions.
But, we did get some good skelital pics. And, the ultrasound tech said that
i did not need to worry about anything.
Of course, from a genetic standpoint, the worry was about Downs Syndrome.
My 80+ yo grandma wanted us to find out the sex because "bless her heart,"
she is making a baby blanket. This is her way of saying that she accepts the
baby -- and she has not done this for every baby in the family. I think that
this is also her way of saying that she accepts my new husband.
(culture, religion and all).  But, I could be making too  much out of it.
Anyway, if my 80+yo grandma wants to know, then, against my obstenance, I'll
find out.
And, I did.
Let's just say, i have to start seriously looking for good boy Pakistani
first names that will go well with a good American middle name.

the hunt is on.
and, i was so sure that it would be a girl.
(smile)
thanks for reading the long post.
Jan

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