Amnio

They set me up for the amnio last Monday, followed by the Fetal MRI Tuesday. To be honest I was more nervous about the MRI than the amnio, because I am so claustrophobic.
They diagnosed me on Thursday, and I had all this testing the beginning of the week. The weekend in between was pretty bad for me. I cried for two days straight (not in front of anyone mind you), and I didn't sleep for two days either. Thank god for Josh though, because he kept reassuring me that everything would be ok, and to think positive. I have to say his constant optimism and "glass half full" attiutude has annoyed me in the past but it really came in handy when I needed it.
Monday I had to be at Maine Med for 9, and again thank god for Josh because I was completely lost in that massive hospital I probably would of been late had he not been there. They finally called me in a half hour later and I was instantly nervous because there seemed like alot of people in the room just to stick a damn needle in me. They said it would only take up to a minute and it wasn't painful so relax (yeah right). Well they were right it didn't hurt, just kind of a weird pressure feeling, and they took out three syringes of fluid, and she shows it to me and says "wanna see your baby's pee?" So that was over and done with, now they just had to moniter me to make sure I didn't go into labor.
I was put in a room on a monitor and what do you know I'm having contractions (nothing can ever go smoothly), so they make me drink a lot of water, and go to the bathroom to see if that helped. It didn't so they had to give me medicine to stop them, which caused my heart to beat rapidly, and I was shaking uncontrollably. I finally got to go home after three hours. Ok all in all not that bad of an experience, except for the fact I have to wait 10-14 days for results. I also got a call on the way home from Dr. Pinette's (Fetal-Medicine) office, stating they set me up for an appt. Thursday the 11th for a follow-up ultrasound and meeting with the genetic counselers.