[blparent] update: preg, ultrasound, etc.

[sharon howerton]

Jan and Erin, pardon my ignorance, but what is LCA?
Good luck to you new moms! I was so blessed to have babysitters who either 
picked my sons up at home or that I could take by walking a couple of blocks 
to them and for school that was within walking distance. How many moms and 
young children I used to notice on my way to work on the busses! You ladies 
have some long days, and you stay at home moms have my utmost admiration!
Sharon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] update: preg, ultrasound, etc.


> 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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