Hi Sandra,

I saw two geneticists. One was part of the Ultra Sound clinic I went to who we saw while we were investigating what was going on. I could get into see him within days, but it was very expensive. It was the that clinic that suggested DH & I have our chromosones checked. I'm not sure if you delivered your baby in a private or public hospital, but if you went public, they should have a genticist there that could see you. My OB said to ask the hospital for a refferal to see one and it took about 6-wks to get an appointment. They asked me for family history over the phone when I made the booking so they could collate all of the info for when I went in (we have no family history of problems either). Also, seeing the genticist this way was free through the public system and I found them very good.

I'm not completely sure what testing your docs are doing on Abbi, but it should only take 2-wks for them to test her chromosomes, that would certainly give your docs a lot of insight into what may have gone wrong, but perhaps they have already done that? It should only take about that long to check your chromosomes as well. Is it the full autopsy that is taking 4-5 months? That is how long they told me it would take for Jasmine's as there is only one hospital in NSW that does them on little bubs. Sorry, I am probably asking too many questions. I am just happy to help someone else going through this, as I haven't come across many people who have been through what I have gone through.

I completely understand why you are your DH want to try straight away. I am sure that chances are this was a really bad one off event. My OB told me that in his 30-yrs of practise he had only seen a case like mine about 4-5 times and had NEVER heard of a couple having it happen a second time, so I really hope that is the case for you as well. Take care.