Forum: High Risk Pregnancies

My older sister is 46 and is hoping to carry a child for my hubby and I as i cant have children. she is healthy,,had 4 perfect pregnancies. any concerns or worries i should have? is she too old or no? any help here would be greatly appreciated!!!

While researching IVF/PGD for a recessive genetic disorder, my husband and I figured we'd try to get pregnant for a couple of months and take our chances with CVS. We already have one child (conceived before we knew we were carriers). Well, the good news is we got pregnant. The bad news is that...

Hi all! We're 9w3d into a high risk pregnancy following IVF. Our issue is that we have an enlarged (and growing) yolk sac that is concerning, especially because I'm 38 yo. Our infertility doc has strongly urged us to get a CVS at 11 weeks, which we plan on doing. I've just been...

(reposting in this thread) hi everyone..just checking in, its a bit late so i'll make it short...hope everyone is doing well late last week i suddenly got nervous and was upset i didn't 'feel' pregnant anymore and my dark brown/black spotting and stringy discharge continues for another week...

Hi, i am considered high risk as Im in my 40's and also have immune issues. I have an FET in two weeks, and my dentist said I needed a crown. Can you get this done w/o novocaine? or is is better to just wait until second trimester..the pain is not so bad that I need to take Tylenol..it just has...

We're about 7w3d along in this pregnancy after IVF and just had a disappointing u/s. Last week showed normal everything with a flicker of a hb (127) in normal range. Today, the fetus growth is still on track and the hb increased (144), BUT the yolk sac is measuring 6mm. The doctor said this...

hi everyone, things have been going along well the past few weeks for me, i'm ~ 8-9 weeks along. yesterday i woke up and passed a large clot with bleeding. eventually went to emerg to get an ultrasound, waited forever and then the d.i. department closed. i basically got bloodwork and a very...

Ugh, I can't believe I'm facing these issues again :( I'm 12 weeks pregnant with twins after an IVF cycle with PGS (embryos were screened for genetic/chromosome issues). I did genetic testing because I've lost two previous pregnancies due to chromosome issues. For this pregnancy, I also had the...

Hi, I'm devastated. I'm hoping that some of you have stories of encouragement. I am 6w3d today and had my first ultrasound after IVF. I was told that there was not a fetal pole visible and that I would probably miscarry. Has anyone esle had this and then found a heart beat the following week?...

hi everyone, i was able to get a pretty good note from my doctor (via one of the secteries) and its a not-bad all rounder...not as specific as i had hoped but i like the way it says i'm "very high risk pregnancy" (due to the spotting i've been having) and that should be enough to get me out of...

I have twin boys now age 2.5. Had very good normal pregnancy with them. Only complication was broken tailbone while pushing them out. 4 days after delivery I was dressed ready to go home and all of a sudden I got a headache felt nauseated and my feet started to swell before my eyes. They rushed me...

so my OB normally follows all his pts w bleeds, unless they are out of control; i think i might feel better if a peri took a look; i know there is nothing that can cure this but..... or, maybe i just keep searching for more info - i dont know; i just booked my 12 week nuchal scan w the peri and...

I had IVF and am not 26 weeks pregnant with twins! We are soo excited but also a little nervous because our son ( we're having a boy and a girl) has been diagnose with a L5 S1 open spina bifida possible hydracephalus but wont know 100% about that until he is born. The Dr's are very optimistic and...

I'm not sure if I should be posting here or on the general pregnancy message boards. I was diagnosed with Cholestasis about a week ago. Before that I had never heard of it. Now I'm wondering if anyone else out there has it or had it during a previous pregnancy. If so, how high were your bile salt...

I was diagnosed with a Prothrombin Gene Mutation in January of 2005. All of my doctors have cleared me to have a baby, now I'm just waiting for it to happen. If anyone out there has this mutation and has been pg in the past, please share your experiences with me. I'm so curious to see what...

Hello everyone, A little background, I almost 17 weeks p/g with twins. Had a subchorionic bleed at 12.5 weeks which caused me to have a thrombophilia panel workup done. I went to see a hematologist today about my MTHFR issues that were discovered as a result of my bloodwork (I am compound...

so, i called the OB and going in for a visit at 2 45; my subchorionic bleed was behaving itself for days adn this am, i had spotting and a pink mucus like blood; will keep you posted

are any of you on either of these? i have a hx of high blood pressure, before pregnancy; as for lexapro, i am a very anxious person and was on lexapro for years; my psychiatrist said it is ok; i am only on 10mg a day; thinking of cutting back to 5; so hope it doesnt hurt my baby but i think my...

Hi all - very nerve wracking experience i am going through now - last post on this was in 05 so i hope someone responds w some reassurance; i have been to ER 2ce - once for spotting and once for bleeding, like a period; ER was not able to diagnose anything; said everything looked fine, etc; went to...

I am 12 week and 2 days pregnant and yesterday I went in for a NT scan. My Final MoM is horrible. That is the number I am supposed to look at right? HCG1 1.01 PAPP-A 0.11 ---this number is way too low which flags for down syndtrom NT, Fetus 1.91 ---this is a bit high but it's...

Hi everyone. I am new to this forum. I don't want to scare everyone but ALOT of the times you get no "real" answers on the outcomes. Let me tell you the test results. I am 33..First Pregnancy. We had NO difficulty getting pregnant and I had NO morning sickness. I though this pregnancy would be...

I am currently 16 weeks pregnant with twins. For the last month, my cervical length has decreased from 5 cm, to 4 cm and most recently 3.6 cm on Friday. My high-risk OB put me on bedrest and I'll go back again today, Tuesday, to re-check the length. If things haven't improved or have gotten worse,...

Is it possible to prevent preeclampsia? I've heard high protein diets. I've also heard about the Brewer Diet. Does anyone have experience with this? Do you think it worked? I got preeclampsia when I was pregnant with my son. I was lucky because it didn't show up until 36 weeks and I was induced...

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Anyone with very low Papp A blood test results? I had the nuchal translucency u/s yesterday and got the results of a normal nt scan (2.0), a normal HCG level, but extremely low Papp A (.2) :confused: . It apparently could mean.....possible genetic problem with the baby, possible placental...