And now we wait. And a big WHOA!

CVS went without a hitch today.

Doctor did mention that cord attachment issue w/ the placenta again. He talked about how it could inhibit fetal growth, but that isn't too big of a worry. He said the most likely of problems will be delivering the placenta, as the cord can detach when pulled on (no, not while baby is in the womb). He said, as the other doctor, to get a fetal growth u/s starting at 28 weeks. This condition starts with a "v" and I cannot for the life of me, remember the name. He did say that the reason he's not worried is because it's not on the cervical side. Whew.

The CVS itself was painless. The only issue was I had to come "floating". I had a full bladder at 8am and the procedure didn't take place until after 9am. Ugh. I can tell you, however, I had the best pee ~ever~ right afterwards.

The doctor did give me a shot of the evil, evil, evil turbutalene. Anyone who has ever had a brush with pre-term labor will remember this drug. I've never smoked crack, but I would compare it to how that would feel. My heart is racing and I'm twitching/shaking enough you can actually see it. Yuck. I had pre-term labor with Allison one time and this drug sucks assholes. And then they tell you to go home and rest. Sure. How about go home and shake on the couch? That's more like it.

These next 24 hours will be the biggest tell in the risk of miscarriage. So far, so good. The doctor checked for any active bleeds and all was well. So rest, rest, rest. Or at least, sit still, sit still, sit still.

The package goes out overnight to a lab in New Mexico. The lab will then work on it and it takes about 24 hours. I ~should~ get results by Thursday.

This is going to be a LONG 2 days.

-- and a sincere thank you for all the wonderful comments you've given. It really picks up my emotions!

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Here's the whoa. A wonderful friend of mine from the boards told me her doctor gave her literature how the first and second trimester screenings can show an increased false positives for Down syndrome. (not positives, as they are screening, but increased risk.).

So I googled some medical journals (beth, don't yell at me) and I found many references to it. Here is one I just read:

"Recently, two studies (Liao et al., 2001; Wøjdeman et al., 2001) have evaluated the first-trimester markers profile among ART singletons and reported conflicting results. Although both of these groups agreed that NT was not influenced, one group (Liao et al., 2001) found decreased PAPP-A and increased FßHCG among their IVF cases."

Which is what I had - decreased PAPP-A and increased FßHCG. The other study didn't find a big enough difference to report, but one did. Maybe they just had the "right" subject group. I know this doesn't mean much in the scheme of things now, but it provides some hope. And the fact that her RE sent her literature warning her of this aspect, helps. It does. So thank you Hollie! ♥