[blparent] update: preg, ultrasound, etc

[Leslie Hamric]

Hi Jan.  I carried low too when I was pregnant with Michael.  His head was
pushing down on my bladder so the need to go to the bathroom a lot was
always there.  Good luck with everything.
Leslie

-----Original Message-----
From: jill [mailto:jillbilly4 at comcast.net] 
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 10:57 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] update: preg, ultrasound, etc

Congratulations!  I have a pen pal friend from my college days who was from
pakastan.  His name was Helmi.  He was raised in the U.A.E.  his mom was a
principal of a school there and he has great English.  He is married now
with 3 little girls and living in Canada now.  I met him when he was at
University of Arkansas back in 1993.  


Jill
-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of jan wright
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 11:25 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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