Due Sept/Oct/Nov 2016

I'm so mad. I found out yesterday my doctor's office filled out the form for Harmony incorrectly so they canceled the order and I have to go back for blood work again so they can re-submit it. To make it more frustrating my doctor knew this early last week and never contacted me until I left a message for her inquiring about my results yesterday. So another 2 weeks of waiting for me. I'm so sad and frustrated. I was waiting to share our news until we had these results so we could be sure all was well with the baby. Now I'm not sure I'll last another 2 weeks or that I won't show too much bc this bump is definitely expanding!! I know its not a really big deal but now I'm questioning my doctor's ability to be my primary care provider throughout this pregnancy. She has one of the biggest patient loads of one of our large healthcare system's here, my wait is at least 30 min. every time I see her and she always seems to get confused or write things incorrectly every time I have an appt. I'm thinking of switching to the nurse midwife in her office who has a much smaller patient load (and I wanted a midwife for this birth anyway). :P

Trust your instincts crd. Midwifery care is gold standard anyway. You don't need a dr unless something is abnormal. I'm sorry that she screwed up your test. How disappointing.


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Originally Posted by crd5ed

I'm so mad. I found out yesterday my doctor's office filled out the form for Harmony incorrectly so they canceled the order and I have to go back for blood work again so they can re-submit it. To make it more frustrating my doctor knew this early last week and never contacted me until I left a message for her inquiring about my results yesterday. So another 2 weeks of waiting for me. I'm so sad and frustrated. I was waiting to share our news until we had these results so we could be sure all was well with the baby. Now I'm not sure I'll last another 2 weeks or that I won't show too much bc this bump is definitely expanding!! I know its not a really big deal but now I'm questioning my doctor's ability to be my primary care provider throughout this pregnancy. She has one of the biggest patient loads of one of our large healthcare system's here, my wait is at least 30 min. every time I see her and she always seems to get confused or write things incorrectly every time I have an appt. I'm thinking of switching to the nurse midwife in her office who has a much smaller patient load (and I wanted a midwife for this birth anyway). :P

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I'm sorry :( If it makes you feel better it looks like I won't be getting the harmony test. Just a basic first trimester screening :( So it looks like we have another 6+ weeks of waiting to find out :(

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I *think* I'm going to find out and not tell anyone. We'll see if I can do so successfully without slipping or letting on I know! Ha! I think it fun to keep it a secret and if I didn't have so much boy clothing to unload I'd refrain from finding out too but I'm a planner and a purger. I don't like to keep anything we don't need and less is more to me! ;)

BunnyGirl, I hope you're feeling ok about the genders, I *think* you were hoping for two girls? How did DH and the rest of the kids feel? I think it will be so much fun to have twins. I knew a boy/girl set of twins in high school who were so close with each other. They had such a wonderful relationship. :)

I'm old (36!) Twointow so our insurance covers everything but $100 for ours because of my "advanced maternal age". I honestly didn't feel like it was necessary until I was given the statistics of birth defects that increase with age, then I got nervous. :/ We would welcome any baby regardless of any anomalies but I would like to know if something is terminal. I had a friend whose little boy had anencephaly, he lived 48 minutes after being born. Ever since her experience I truly take nothing for granted.

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I'm old (36!) Twointow so our insurance covers everything but $100 for ours because of my "advanced maternal age". I honestly didn't feel like it was necessary until I was given the statistics of birth defects that increase with age, then I got nervous. :/ We would welcome any baby regardless of any anomalies but I would like to know if something is terminal. I had a friend whose little boy had anencephaly, he lived 48 minutes after being born. Ever since her experience I truly take nothing for granted.

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Yeah, I am 32. I lost our DD to a chromosomal abnormalities but DH and I's bloodwork came back normal so now they are saying I am high risk but not high enough risk to warrant the Harmony.

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We were hoping for two girls to even things up in the house, but just one being a girl was all I needed. I'm not disappointed aside from being minorly bummed about not dressing them in matching outfits, but they can still coordinate. DH is glad one is a girl so I won't have a meltdown. I feel a bit relieved that I don't have to pick a second girl name though. DH and I don't agree at all and none of the compromise names seemed to fit. We have an easier time agreeing on boy names so I think we have them both named now. I'll probably look at boy names a bit more, but I like what's picked already.

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Yeah, I am 32. I lost our DD to a chromosomal abnormalities but DH and I's bloodwork came back normal so now they are saying I am high risk but not high enough risk to warrant the Harmony.

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I'm so sorry, Twointow, I think your history of miscarriages would qualify you as high enough risk to cover the tests. I dislike the stipulations that insurance companies get to place on lives when we know our bodies and medical history best.

Crd5ed that would make me furious!!!! I had a midwife for my second delivery and it was sooo much better. I'm only 34 but Progenity apparently wants to make it available to anyone so the most I'll have to pay is $100. That's worth it to me.

My morning sickness came back this morning as I tried to work out. I'm 10 weeks! I've never had it this long and I had girls.


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Crd5ed that would make me furious!!!! I had a midwife for my second delivery and it was sooo much better. I'm only 34 but Progenity apparently wants to make it available to anyone so the most I'll have to pay is $100. That's worth it to me.

My morning sickness came back this morning as I tried to work out. I'm 10 weeks! I've never had it this long and I had girls.


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Yeah my insurance won't cover mine so my doctor had said the cost was $138 which I thought was good compared to the $1200 first trimester screening. Let's hope he is right! When I called harmony the guy who answered said that seemed right. Quinn... I am in the same boat! Maybe threw up once with my daughter and was nauseous but not this bad. It did last until week 17 with her though until symptoms were gone. Last night I had tried to cut back on Zofran and was puking at 11. Thought I was better but I guess I still need the medication a bit longer. I'm at 12.5 weeks.

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