It is now the 16th week of Gemma’s pregnancy.
The “morning” sickness seems to be now easing on some days. Gemma is still having some bad days, but these are a now becoming less and less, which will be a relief to her. Fingers crossed in the next couple of weeks it will have subsided completely.
We went to see the midwife yesterday so they could take some blood for the “Triple Test”.
The Triple Test is a screening test for Down’s Syndrome and also spina bifida. The test measures certain chemicals in the blood and using these results a level of risk is calculated. The risk is given as high or low risk, this is dependant on the levels of the markers in the blood and also the mother’s age. More information can be found here.
It has been a pretty quiet week, pregnancy wise, so until the next update…..
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