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I'm currently 17 weeks in to my pregnancy so a little late to start documenting however I want to try and remember as much of this as I can and with my sieve-like memory, that isn't very likely without writing things down.
So far, I have tested positive for Group B Strep, which isn't really an issue, just means that I will have to be given intravenous antibiotics in labour. I've discovered that my blood type is the rather undesirable Rhesus negative, also not too bad, just means that every time I have a little bleed I have to go to the hospital and have an injection called Anti-D.
Unfortunately this seems to be a regular occurrence in my pregnancy with 3 trips to the hospital due to bleeding so far but hopefully that'll calm down soon.
The one issue I did have was finding out that bump was at high risk of Downs Syndrome, (1:110 risk), which left me with a dilemma - carry on for the rest of the pregnancy and find out if they suffer with Downs when they arrive or have an amniocentesis, an invasive procedure where the docs use a needle to go in to my womb (through the belly) and draw 20ml of amniotic fluid to test bump's chromosomes in finding out if he is positive or negative for Downs. (I'm going to explain the procedure fully in another post just in case I ever have to have another one). I chose to have the amnio.
The reason that I wanted to find out for sure if baby had Downs was not because I would have terminated the pregnancy in the event that they had downs, purely because I am a little ball of stress so I decided that in my personal situation that it was better for me to have the amnio and find out rather than continue for the remaining 5 months stressing and wondering if baby were going to be affected or not.
Luckily, bump is 100% free of any genetic disorders and is growing at the exact pace that they should be which was a huuuuuge relief! Due to the docs checking baby's chromosomes, they were also able to tell me the gender of the baby and they are an absolutely beautiful, bouncing, active baby boy.
I'm absolutely over the moon and couldn't be more excited to meet my little dude. <3