tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4355082394752703079.post2288033456981804473..comments2023-05-15T02:27:59.640-07:00Comments on The Grand Science Experiment: Healthy Passenger, Engine Light On.2dognitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247158356810025811noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4355082394752703079.post-26439957809102170402015-10-20T14:12:23.522-07:002015-10-20T14:12:23.522-07:00You are right on all points. Even if they seemingl...You are right on all points. Even if they seemingly contradict at times as most complex arguments do. I am so grateful for technology right now while simultaneously pissed that it's making my pregnancy a little less joyous. Almost entirely grateful. Because massive hemorrhage is the potential alternative among others.<br />As a wise woman once said, "I don't need no stinkin' uterus, just a healthy baby."2dognitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05247158356810025811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4355082394752703079.post-83497120050155793392015-10-20T14:07:20.694-07:002015-10-20T14:07:20.694-07:00Thank you for that link! It is really helpful and ...Thank you for that link! It is really helpful and reassuring to read about stories where these scary possibilities have very happy endings.2dognitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05247158356810025811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4355082394752703079.post-38895280894055212052015-10-20T13:45:39.936-07:002015-10-20T13:45:39.936-07:00Whoa. First of all, congrats on your healthy and t...Whoa. First of all, congrats on your healthy and thriving little girl (see, I told you she would stay a she). <br /><br />That's a lot of scary what-ifs and I don't envy you those at all. But I also think that as infertiles - in the dreaded minority, where it seems like everything bad that can happen does happen - we are prone to expect the worst and hope for the best. So I'd be the same as you...mentally preparing for all the bad things... but rare means rare and I'm really hoping you get lucky and all these hypotheticals never happen. Obviously.<br /><br />As my mother-in-law kept repeating, as my sister-in-law was sent over and over for repeat, in-depth ultrasounds at the fancy specialist because the dark shadow in the baby's brain was "quite possibly a giant tumor they'd need to operate on immediately post-birth" (spoiler alert - there was no tumor) - "In my day, we didn't even have ultrasounds!" And that's the truth. In general, birth is dangerous/scary for mother's and babies, but sometimes I think we've reached the point where we know too much and we panic ourselves unnecessarily.<br /><br />That said... I'm happy you and baby warrior girl will be closely monitored from here on out, because early delivery + NICU time + even a hysterectomy beats fetal demise any day of the week. So what I'm confusingly trying to say is, don't worry, I'm sure none of these rare complications will transpire, but even if they do thank goodness we have the technology to figure them out ahead of time and save lives, amirite?Deedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02386061097583007160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4355082394752703079.post-49298245878980341332015-10-20T09:47:49.636-07:002015-10-20T09:47:49.636-07:00Jane at Mine to Command had this worry with her pr...Jane at Mine to Command had this worry with her pregnancy and everything turned out okay. Here is her first entry on the topic: http://minetocommand.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-new-perspective.html. Non Sequitur Chicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07268138421234170972noreply@blogger.com