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hey girls

Everythings going well, but I have to go to the charleston hospitol for testing tomorrow for the baby so please keep me in your prayers

 lots of love guys!

 I will be thinking of you!

Good luck girl...you have my prayers!!!

Prays coming your way.

Good luck!

well at the last minunte mom called and said that I shouldn‘t go. They wanted to do amniocentisis, but what I needed done is ony a blood test on me. We‘re trying to find out about spinal muscular atrophy... so there‘s no reason to go through that. I am just glad mom called cause after I looked up how the testing was done!!! I was horrified!

anyways, no we don‘t know what it is yet... still have a while.

At least I got the day off of work and since it was in Charleston so I got to hang out with baby daddy

And he‘s coming to Beaufort for the weekend to house sit for my friend with me :) yay

anyways your prayers are always apreciated

love you guys

Is that the test they do when you are about 18 weeks alone?

They can do it with blood   they don‘t need to do the amino  unless the blood shows something!

REad notpissed  read eveything they give you  plus read eveything you get your hands on.  They like to run test to make money!  

it was testing for SMA spinal muscular atrophy.... both paents have to have it and it‘s not something I think we both will, but I want to know.

This is a page dedicated to my cousin‘s child if you are looking for information about it... they are doing a lot of research and advocacy since it happened.

Everything‘s fine Shally. I didn‘t mean to get you worried, but I wanted the prayer. This doctor stuff freaks me out. I guess I am going to have to get use to it. Baby dady should be here soon and we‘re going to a play tonight. I can‘t wait to see him!!!

Still not having any morning sickness... other than being tired all the time and these fn pimples that sprang up 2 weeks ago on my chin everythin‘s going really well.

talk to you guys soon

are you sure you don‘t mean a Maternal Fetal Protein Test?

you are a little young for amnio but if the doctor thinks you should have one then remember, you could mis carry the baby. and if you are against terminating the pregnancy then there is no reason to risk it. you won‘t even get the amnio results until its far to late to have a vacum aspiration anyway.

When is MSAFP performed?

MSAFP may be performed between the 14th and 22nd weeks of pregnancy, however it seems to be most accurate during the 16th to 18th week. Your levels of AFP vary during pregnancy so accurate pregnancy dating is imperative for more reliable screening results.

All pregnant women should be offered the MSAFP screening, but it is especially recommended for:

• Women who have a family history of birth defects
• Women who are 35 years or older
• Women who used possible harmful medications or drugs during pregnancy
• Women who have diabetes

What does the MSAFP test look for?

Alpha- fetoprotein(AFP) is found in both fetal serum and also amniotic fluid. This protein is produced early in gestation by the fetal yolk sac and then later in the liver and gastrointestinal tract. The true function of AFP is unknown. We do know that this protein’s level increases and decreases during certain weeks of pregnancy which is why accurate pregnancy dating is crucial.

The AFP test is measuring high and low levels of alpha-fetoprotein. The results are combined with the mother’s age and ethnicity in order to assess probabilities of potential genetic disorders.  

High levels of AFP may suggest that the developing baby has a neural tube defect such as spina bifida or anencephaly. High levels of AFP may also suggest defects with the esophagus or a failure of your baby‘s abdomen to close.However, the most common reason for elevated AFP levels is inaccurate dating of the pregnancy.

Low levels of AFP and abnormal levels of hCG and estriol may indicate that the developing baby has Trisomy 21( Down syndrome), Trisomy 18 (Edwards Syndrome) or another type of chromosome abnormality.

good luck. xoxo

When I was here yesterday early it showed this comment was posted by musiclover but know shows markie, are my eyes playing tricks on me? I‘m sure it said musiclover was the one who made this comment back. Did anyone else see this?

i noticed when checking the website that I didn‘t put the link

http://www.maiashockley.com/