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Bad news. Again.
Mar. 15th, 2010 07:05 pmWe went for the scan at Leiden University Hospital today at 3pm, to see what the situation is with the baby. Sadly, they confirmed that not only is there no heartbeat there is also no change in the foetal size. This means that the baby is dead, and probably died about 2 weeks ago.
We're gutted, of course, but we knew that this was the likely outcome, so we are coping pretty well. We've not collapsed into crying heaps just yet, but I suspect that this will be on the cards in the fairly near future.
Because C's body has not yet realised that the pregnancy is over, they have given her a course of tablets to induce contractions & thus expel the remains of the maybebaby. This should happen in the next 24 to 48 hours.
In related news, after we had the scan results, we went & talked to the genetics department, for the results of our tests; overall, the good news is that there is no genetic reason underpinning Katies death. This is not, however, to say that we are both completely 'normal' - the mutation seen in Katie (7 extra genes on chromosome 21) - is inherited.
From me.
I've been given total reassurance that this has no impact on my long-term health and that, as this is inherited, it was in no way related to Katies heart problem, but its... strange news & I'm not sure how to rationalise it. Its odd to be told that my genes are slightly different from the vast majority of everyone elses, but the fact that the variation is now recorded means that, when it is detected in other people, they will know that it doesn't have any link to heart problems.
After speaking with the doctors, we've established the way forward - we're going to avoid trying for the next few months, to allow C's body to reset itself. When her system is cleared of the hormones, she will undergo a battery of tests to see if there are any blood clotting and/or antibody factors that would cause misarriages... and then, after everything has settled down, we try again.
Overall, its been yet another bitch of a day on the reproductive biology front, and I'm concerned that my Kryptonian biology cannot interface with human DNA, but we've been given hope - and a firm instruction to have a holiday.
As such, the 'no drinking' rules are now invalidated, but I intend to get my weight down to 85 kilos before I go to the US, so I certainly intend to be abstemious & also keep doing the rowing. But I intend to kick back & relax when over in the USA.
So there we are.
S
We're gutted, of course, but we knew that this was the likely outcome, so we are coping pretty well. We've not collapsed into crying heaps just yet, but I suspect that this will be on the cards in the fairly near future.
Because C's body has not yet realised that the pregnancy is over, they have given her a course of tablets to induce contractions & thus expel the remains of the maybebaby. This should happen in the next 24 to 48 hours.
In related news, after we had the scan results, we went & talked to the genetics department, for the results of our tests; overall, the good news is that there is no genetic reason underpinning Katies death. This is not, however, to say that we are both completely 'normal' - the mutation seen in Katie (7 extra genes on chromosome 21) - is inherited.
From me.
I've been given total reassurance that this has no impact on my long-term health and that, as this is inherited, it was in no way related to Katies heart problem, but its... strange news & I'm not sure how to rationalise it. Its odd to be told that my genes are slightly different from the vast majority of everyone elses, but the fact that the variation is now recorded means that, when it is detected in other people, they will know that it doesn't have any link to heart problems.
After speaking with the doctors, we've established the way forward - we're going to avoid trying for the next few months, to allow C's body to reset itself. When her system is cleared of the hormones, she will undergo a battery of tests to see if there are any blood clotting and/or antibody factors that would cause misarriages... and then, after everything has settled down, we try again.
Overall, its been yet another bitch of a day on the reproductive biology front, and I'm concerned that my Kryptonian biology cannot interface with human DNA, but we've been given hope - and a firm instruction to have a holiday.
As such, the 'no drinking' rules are now invalidated, but I intend to get my weight down to 85 kilos before I go to the US, so I certainly intend to be abstemious & also keep doing the rowing. But I intend to kick back & relax when over in the USA.
So there we are.
S