Blogs Posts on "High Risk Pregnancy"

Hi This is Dr Jones, I've Got Some Really Bad News by Live From The Wang of America on Nov 19, 2009This, in my opinion is not the way to start any conversation with a pregnant woman that doesn't end with "And your baby is dead."I went last Friday for my next round of sequential screening - and they RAVED about the baby on ultrasound. She looks gre...

The Redemption of November 13th by Live From The Wang of America on Nov 14, 2009Last November 13th, I thought I was going to give my mother the BEST birthday present (it's her birthday).I was going to call her, after my trip to the OBGYN, to tell her I was pregnant.I had an appt for a 8 week ultrasound and despite the massive am...

Am I Still Pregnant? by Live From The Wang of America on Nov 12, 2009I think it's the transition from being irretrievably sick, cramping, in danger of miscarriage to totally smooth sailing that's got me flummoxed.I keep forgetting I'm pregnant.Now, don't get me wrong. My already gigantic G size cup boobs are even bigg...

Advanced Maternal Age Is A Valid Diagnosis by Live From The Wang of America on Oct 20, 2009This is the mantra at the perinatologist, apparently. If we heard it once, we heard it 20 times during our visit for luchal translucency (down syndrome) screening. This is the drum they beat to make insurance companies pay for the myriad tests they'r...

Popcorn and Down Syndrome Screening by Live From The Wang of America on Oct 15, 2009Just when you think that you won't be able to distract yourself from a test you're not looking forward to, reality comes along and gives you something to figure out.Such as - why is my child making that noise with is nose?And - why is he gingerly tou...

The Pregnant Nightmares by Live From The Wang of America on Oct 14, 2009They say that it's really normal to have crazy, horrible, visceral nightmares when you are pregnant.I find that to be disturbingly true.Some people apparently have dreams of killing, or being killed or axe murderers and stuff like that - of doing thi...

I.Am.Sick. by Live From The Wang of America on Oct 11, 2009So, I need to write a birthday post but as I sit here sucking in my much needed oxygen, I realized that I should share something with you.Pregnancy reduces your immune system's efficiency. This is how it keeps your body from destroying that little cr...

Pregnant at 40 by Live From The Wang of America on Sep 23, 2009There shouldn't be, in my mind, a big difference in being pregnant at 40 vs. being pregnant at 34 as I was the first go round. Yet biologically speaking, my body seems to have different ideas.The bed rest was the first difference, and the random, pai...

Let's Talk About Fatigue by Live From The Wang of America on Sep 18, 2009I've been pregnant to completion a couple of times, so I'm well acquainted with the 1st trimester pregnancy fatigue as well as the "oh crap I'm tired" feeling that the other two trimesters bring. Or I thought I was.Maybe it's because I'm 40, maybe it...