Thank you, that is good to hear.

It was a quad test, when my doctor suggested it, what she specifically mentioned was that it was checking for neural tube defects, I don’t remember her saying that she had any reason to expect an elevated risk for downs (other than being over 35). I don’t understand the results, and have had a really limited…

Thank you, I really am thankful for the support.

I meant to reply to you and instead replied to myself, thanks for the comment, I had an ultrasound at that time, but they didn’t say anything about that specific test, I will ask on Monday. 

I don’t know, I had an ultrasound at that time and they took a bunch of measurements, but they didn’t say anything about that specifically. I will call my doctor Monday and ask to see. I hope they did.  Thank you for the suggestion.

Also, good luck with your implantation! Wishing you a healthy pregnancy and baby as well!

I am, which is part of what makes me freak out about the prospect of a special needs child as an adult, I feel like I can do it when she is little (my Mom was a special ed teacher, and I’ve spent a lot of time with kids with developmental delays), but the idea that I could die and leave her alone as a young adult just…

This is so far down I don’t know if anyone will see it, but I’m sick with worry. I’m pregnant and an initial screening came up positive for Down’s syndrome. My baby was conceived via ivf, so her chromosomes were tested preimplantation, that test was normal, and my dr said that one could be wrong, but is less likely to…

I Struggle with that too, it gets better with practice, and it might depend on the therapist. For me, cognitive behavioral therapy works best, it I see more focused on what to do now than on investigating why you feel the way you do, so it feels a little less personal.

I didn’t move away until grad school, but I was hella homesick in my first year. I found that while I missed friends and family the most, I also missed knowing people outside my 21-24 year old age bracket. All those relationships with your aunt’s weird friend or your piano teacher, they just made me feel like I…

My company has been preparing for a big reorganization for the last two years. They keep saying it is coming any day, and it’s been so long we don’t really believe it. As part of the roll out they have been releasing podcasts and videos about how we’re going to win. Not clear who we are winning against. Our peer…

I think it is. I remember the first time I did it, there is something about not being at home, away from the list of chores that is always hanging out there, that is just so relaxing. It doesn’t need to be a super fancy hotel for me, but one with room service, in a nice area to walk around, and I am set.

Beto seems to me a once in a generation talent, kind of like Barack Obama. As I watched him race, it was incredible to see how consistently kind, strong, empathetic, and decent he is as a person. I worry that Texas did not make quite as much progress as it mitt seem because whomever has to follow Beto’s lead will seem…

I have hope for WI in 2020, but one thing that gave me pause is the voter turnout in Madison was 93%.  It took 93% turnout in Madison to just eek out a victory over this terrible excuse for a governor. There is a ton of work to be done  improving voter rates in Milwaukee, but it is not going to be easy to turn that…

It helps that Madison is so politically engaged, 93% voter turnout in Madison.  93%.

Were now on track to pickup 38 house seats, along with 7 governors, and sometime in the hundreds of state house seats. I’m tired of the Democrats are losers narrative, Republicans are losing. They are holding on with razor thin majorities in many places and are doing so by supressing voters. They suck and still have…

Yeah, I voted for Ed Emmett too and am bummed he lost (he was the only reason I didn’t straight ticket. Houston and Harris county has had excellent, practical governance in the last decade thanks to Parker and Turner as mayors, and Emmett as judge. I didn’t like al his policies, I wish he would have gotten behind bail…

I can totally agree on the mistrust and wariness of being in the hospital, but the idea of not having any help just seems crazy to me. For $900 you could have a doula, and the benefit of having someone with you who had attended possibly hundreds of births (although I think that might cause them to lose their license…

I know it is besides the point, all of Kemp’s rules are bullshit and he knows it, but the exact match rule is unbelievable bullshit. You are holding voters accountable for the accuracy of state records. My name has an apostrophe in it, and you would think I am the only person in the world with one given the number of…

All medical treatment is more expensive in the United States, because we have a fucked up system. My IVF drugs alone were almost $9000. All together it was over $25,000 in TX.