Sorry girls,
this will be a me post but I have so much to catch up with that I have missed since doing my ostrich routine (head in the sand iykwim)for the past month or so.
I finally got to the hospital for my next amnio appointment, after the ferry got bogged and I missed the last one, and the first thing we saw was streets closed all around the hosp. with police cordons, firies and rescue people blocking areas and
DH nearly had an adrenaline overload. He thought if there was some nutter holding up the hospital with a baseball bat, he would go in there and sort him out himself. I had already begun thinking of the belly belly post to let you know this time the hospital was closed and I missed the appt again. Anyway, it turned out to be no big deal.
I had the amnio...I was meant to squeeze DHs hand and avoid the pain but I felt nothing, my head was in another space and I wasn't even watching anything going on with my body. It was easy and painless..but then the next blow was delivered..."you will get your results in 3 weeks". what the???? I nearly fell on the floor after being told by every other doctor that it would be 48hrs. It turned out that he wouldn't make a termination based on prelim results so didn't want to give them to me...I was looking for that damn baseball bat, stuff the calm thoughts!!! I can't believe how cold these specialists can be, good bad or ugly, we just wanted some answers and who the hell said anything about termination you jerk! Arrrrgggh. I fell to pieces after the procedure, the shock and the stress just hit me.
Anyway, I got my way, plus called in some reinforcements and the results were promptly and unexpectedly delivered on Thursday morning (15 years since
DH and I met).
DH had thought there was no way they would come in the few hours he had to duck into the field for work, so wasn't there when I was given the news so casually over the phone...."everything is fine so you can stop worrying...no Downs Syndrome and no abnormalities in the chromosomes..now do you want to know the sex? OMG I was bowled over, I wasn't expecting any of it and I was alone again just sobbing with relief and happiness.
DH came racing home and we spent the day just stunned and stoked with news that we are having a healthy little girl who we have already named Jasmine, she is so real now!!!!!
Thankyou all so much for your thoughts and wishes and I am sorry I haven't been around much but I have just had to get through in my own way with nothing to go on and the waiting has been the worst time of my life. I will get back to the business of supporting you and updating your EDDs now that I am out of limbo. xoxo