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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...

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...