I called the doctor's office today to see if they would give me a prescription for Premesis, because after a week in which I thought, "This nausea isn't too bad. I can function like this," my inner Emeril decided to kick it up a notch and I have had a green and wobbly couple of days. Premesis is not a miracle cure but I have found that it cuts my nausea by about 30% -- enough to let me be vertical and not couchbound.
Anyway, the nurse had some questions for me and then said "...schedule screenings blah blah blah advanced maternal age..."
Ahem.
I know I just went on and on about my aged eggs, but it's a different thing entirely when a stranger calls them my aged eggs. Whippersnapper.
I'm going to focus on the advanced part. Advanced is good, right? Everybody likes to be advanced. Better than beginner any day of the week.
fifth child? I think you're in the advanced class by now.
good for you!
so... gonna do the screening? scheduled blah blah AMA...?
I think I already know the answer, but I'm curious to see if I'm right or not :-).
Posted by: Tracy | April 23, 2008 at 02:31 PM
exactly!
Posted by: gina | April 23, 2008 at 03:38 PM
Hah--I was 36 when I got pregnant, 37 when I found out (happy birthday to me!) and I raised the concern of my age at my first prenatal appointment. God love them, they said not to worry and they didn't really consider 37 that old (of course I planned to do any ad all screenings they could throw at me, because I am a person who Has To Know. Like, read the epilogue of Harry Potter Book 7 the minute I got it because I Had to Know -- if I was going to be dealing with a diffcult situation I wanted as long to prepare for it as I could get). So AMA, whatevs.
And I do think with your history and a home birth under your belt, you're way advanced. In the best way :-).
Posted by: AmyinMotown | April 23, 2008 at 08:58 PM
No doubt about it, you've got Advanced Maternal Skillz. I'm sure that's what the nurse meant.
I've been crazy busy, which is my excuse for not having sent my best wishes to you yet. But the good wishes are there! I'm excited for you. And I really, truly appreciated your mention of me in your announcement post... I know you want me to get to the Intermediate level of motherhood as much as I do.
Posted by: Summer | April 24, 2008 at 11:10 AM
I am also pregnant, and as I will turn 35 before s/he is born, the issue of AMA came up at my first OB appointment. Personally, I feel the same way (I am NOT OLD!), but I think my doc had a better way of wording it. She said: "You have graduated to Advanced Maternal Age." I don't know if she knows what an education junkie I am or not, but it did take some of sting out of it.
Posted by: amy | April 24, 2008 at 12:50 PM