Well just kidding....

Went in for my amnio today and returned home 2.5 hours later without having it done. Some days are such a waste haha

I was a little concerned from the beginning due to my appointment on Monday, and how "awesome" it went. If you aren't sure what I am talking about read the post before this one. When the ultrasound tech came in, she confirmed I was there to do the genetic testing amnio and that is when I corrected her. I wasn't there just to do the genetic testing. To be honest, as far as I was concerned, the genetic testing wasn't really needed. Everyone already believes all it would do is confirm what we already believe- that Adrian has trisomy 18. I was there to have some of the fluid reduced since he has more than double that of his sister's, and we believe it is causing all the preterm labor issues.

Then the tech did an ultrasound to check on the babies, their position, and their fluid levels. When all was said and done, she had the wrong name pulled up. So she did it again. Another reason to make me nervous. hahah The doctor finally came in and proceeded to explain that she was a little weary of doing the amnio at this point just to reduce the fluid. Apparently they would have to use a bigger than normal needle, and the chances of causing major issues is more so than with a normal amnio. To make matters worse, the fluid they would reduce would be back in about 2 days, only providing me with a couple days of relief. I asked her if she would talk to my doctor about all that and let me know what they decide.

She came back and explained that after talking to my doctor and a few of her colleagues, they all agreed that the risks outweighed any benefit of doing the fluid reduction. And since I didn't feel the genetic amnio would give us any more information than we already had, we decided against the procedure all together.

So for now I will continue on, as I have been, and we will hope to keep these babies in till at least the 30th without reducing any fluid. My next appointments are on Thursday and Friday so I will update after my surgery consult at Primary Children's Hospital on Friday to let you all know where we are going to be delivering.