hi Stella
I am an ardent reader of your blog. No day pass without me checking Stella's blog...........
In 2012, i found out i was pregnant, went for my scan and all, everything was perfect, we were expecting a boy, hubby was over the moon. Fast forward at 13 weeks, as part of blood test performed, they discovered i am AS. I received a letter from the hospital that i should bring my partner for testing, we live in the UK.
BVS, i wanted to enter ground, i shouted Jesus Christ
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🏼i did not even ask hubby his genotype when we were dating, love blinded me. I quickly ran to him and he said babe, take it easy , i am AA. I asked who told him, he said in Nigeria, then i started crying and laughing at the same time. chaii my parents would kill me, i have 2 cousins that died of sickle cell, hubby kept saying don't worry the baby wont have sickle cell.
lo and behold, hubby's result was out, he was also AS.they called us for counselling, either we do abortion or do CVS and check if the baby would be a carrier. when i saw how long that needle was to pierce my tummy, i declined the CVS. we decided to leave the baby. fast forward due date was Christmas eve, no sign of baby. i was having serious braxton hicks, i kept calling the hospital am in labour, and after few questions, they tell me that's not labour. choii , i hear am.
On new years eve, i saw my show, then i called hospital and they asked me to come. after 24 hours of labour , i asked for epidural, i was in mad pain as in maaaaad pain. that epidural injection calmed me down. eventually , after 48 hours, 2 doctors came and checked me and said i was only 2cm dilated for 48 hours and baby's heart rate was dropping on the monitor. they said the next option is CS, i signed the document with immediate alacrity.
I was ready to meet my baby. i was wheeled into theatre, and within 20 minutes, my queens baby was born. he didn't cry, i kept asking , is he alright? finally they handed him over and he was the most gorgeous baby ever.
immediately, his blood was taken to check his genotype. chaii i was crying because i did not know what result would come out. i was discharged 3 days after. i couldn't bond with my boy, i was scared, unhappy, everything you could think of. 7 days later, we received a letter from the hospital saying our baby was AS, you need to see the way hubby carried me and we were screaming the house down. thank you Jesus,you did this
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🏾.we had 2 more babies but both were delivered through IVF, the embryos with sickle cell were destroyed, while the good ones was planted in me. To God be the glory.
I will be in the comment section. Stellllllastica

*WOW....so they can check and destroy the ones that have the sickle cell?This is another good one for couples who insist on being together by all means.
I will be in the comment section. Stellllllastica
*WOW....so they can check and destroy the ones that have the sickle cell?This is another good one for couples who insist on being together by all means.
Big congrats to you. That was God that showed up in HIS mercy. #icantriskit
ReplyDeleteC tears in my eye. Congratulations.... Lemme borrow u my daughters fav song " Aka bu aka ya,aka Jehovah na eme ma" it was pure and simple. Aka Jehovah
DeletePoster congratulations! God is good.
DeleteThat is if u have money. Congrats woman.
ReplyDeleteWaoh....Grrat testimony and may God keep them safe for you. Please intended couple always check your genotype and blood group before you venture into marriage to avoid had I known.
ReplyDeletecongrats madam. ire akari o. Stella you think say IVF na beans, its costly o
ReplyDeleteYes Stella. They even do it in Nigeria. A friend told me this week cos she's going for IVF and we were gisting about different fertility clinics and their success rates.It doesn't come cheap though.
ReplyDeleteThat is why it's very good to check genotype before marriage.
Congrats to you both
I have a friend who got married last year, she and her hubby are both AS, and she's even a nurse.
DeleteShe said once she's pregnang after 3months they will check the baby's genotype and if its SS they will terminate it but up till now a single belle never enter (God pls forgive me). I told this my friend to part ways with her hubby while they were still dating but she said if she leave him people will say she jilted him after graduating from nursing school because it was her hubby who saw her through school.
The hubby said even if its just two AS he doesn't mind. This thing called love though.
Hello Swaggie
Hi Elegant.
DeleteNa wa for your friend o. See what olojukokoro made her enter. They should find money and do IVF
Na wa oo. Who then told the hubby he was AA. You see all this quack lab that do test here in naija im suspecting them.
ReplyDeletePoster I smiled when I got to the part where the baby's result came out as AS too. Thank God.
imagine o, he said he did it in a military hospital in kano. mtweeeeh, thats how people are entering marriage unknowinly
DeleteNig.Hospital that told me I was going to have a CS. Baby Daddy stubborn die, na so I enter Dubai push fiam @ 38 with plenty complications. If is not GOD forget it. Nothing pass Jehovah ' aka by aka ya, aka Jehovah me eme mma'
DeleteThat's for couple who are rich na. Please if u don't have money don't compromise oooh. I no dey to come dey read long tears inducing epistles. Congrats ma'am
ReplyDeleteNa money die on top your matter o.
ReplyDeleteWho no get money nkor?!
Congratulations all the same, you are one lucky woman.
Congrats to you and family
ReplyDeleteIt's indeed a testimony
Yes that's one of the benefits of IVF...u can literally decide everything,and discard d rest...na to carry d embryo full term be d koko..for some after every she go still miscarry.its just God
ReplyDeleteCongrats poster. IVF is free in UK. Depending on your postcode, you can be entitled to about 3 rounds of IVF. It is well
ReplyDeleteReally? Please tell me more. I stay in London and it's not free here unless you are aged 40 and above. I have a friend who really needs one biko.
DeleteAre you serious?????? Please I need to know more.
DeleteWow... God is GREAT! I can't imagine the trauma you would go through until the day you were told your baby is AS. Didn't know they use to do genotype selection through IVF, I thought it was only gender selection they do.
ReplyDeleteCongrats ma so happy that your labor room drama ended with great testimony, say hi to your little ones for me
ReplyDeleteAmnioncentesis. Can couples afford it coupled with IVF fees
ReplyDeleteIs 'destroy' good though? Why go through something to purposefully destroy?
ReplyDeleteGreat read and I learnt something new too. ThankGod for ivf.
ReplyDeleteWOW, God is AWESOME!!!!!
ReplyDeletewhen you have money and God by your side, nothing is impossible to achieve
ReplyDeleteScience is improving daily... Thank God for u madam
ReplyDeleteThank God for your family , congratulations.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to you o. But please know that the poster is in the UK, and they obviously have money for IVF.
ReplyDeleteIf you people like, go and marry someone that AS with you when you people are broke.
Lie lie poster, Stella you don't want to say this. Both of you have been aware you are both AS. Stoping deceiving us joor, we won't bash you. Inukwa story, upon how educated both of you are, the issue of genotype didn't come up. Akuko. Gist us another thing jare.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your babies and bundles of joy but you have to stop lying.
i swear with my life, we didnt even talked about it, i am an advocate against 2 AS marrying each other, but how i forgot to ask surprised me. if i had not gone for blood test, i will just be giving birth to babies with SS unknowingly
DeletePoster/15;44. I blv u, cos up until my labor day, I saw women that were pregnant who didn't know dir genotype
DeleteAnon 14:01, calm down. Not everyone check these things. Hubby and I didn't even check sef. It was when I was pregnant and I was told to do some test that genotype issue came up. But lucky for us, we are both AA. So the poster, might not be lying.
DeleteCongratulations Ma'am. Honestly this AS Genotype thing has ruined some of us relationships. Worst part this bloody AA people will be doing shakara. Some will even marry themselves. Selfish AA people. 😊😊😊
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha your last line got me laughing 😂😂😂😂😂
DeleteRowland is it your AA??
Deletelol it's well.
DeleteLol. Leave us o. Is it your selfish? I don't believe anyone who genuinely loves you will refuse to marry you because you are AS. Thank God there is a solution though albeit an expensive one.
DeleteThis your last statement got me in stitches. Choi..
DeleteCongrats poster.
Lmao🤣🤣. Rowland is it your AA? Leave us alone. My hubby and I are both AA. My parents too are both AA. Abeg let me give my kids the chance to marry whomever they love even if the person is SS.
DeleteEmmy'bee abi oo! We have same reason but my child better marry AA and keep it going oo! I won't do that for you to come and make my grandchild now become selective😂😂
DeleteLol @Rowland. Is it your AA?
DeleteEveryone I've ever had blood ties with are AA. My parents are AA, their siblings, my siblings and I, my hubby's parents, siblings too. So I wonder when they say AA is scarce. Lol.
Hows your little naughty nephew though? 😂 😂 😂
Don't worry you would see a girl that would marry you with your AS. Me am AA hubby is AS. Children are AS and AA
DeleteRowland you made laugh,abeg I like the both of us AA like that,my both parents are AA,my MIl and FIL are both AA,my sister married AS,my cousin married SS,so chill your AA babe will definitely show up.
DeleteThank God for safe delivery. Some labs in Nigeria dont have good equipments, infact some use expired reagents which affects the result at the end of the day.
ReplyDeleteCVS chorionic villus sampling is done earlier than amniocentesis as early as 10-12 weeks gestation.Both are for prenatal genetic abnormalities.
ReplyDeleteCongrats poster. Pls shed more light on the IVF option. It is free in the UK? How can one do it if you don't reside in the UK? We need more information about it.
hi darling IVF is free in the UK, they give you 3 cycles free and it works for a lot of people. that is if you are a UK resident. if you are not , then its thousands of pounds. i think 3 cycle could be upto 30k pounds
DeleteHELLO POSTER, please can you tell me how you went about it. I stay in London, same with my friend. She has been told by the hospital to come back for the IVF when she's 40 or go private. Please kindly tell me what you know.
DeleteShe is a UK RESIDENT as well.
DeleteYes stella , it is called PGD/PGS. pre diagnostic screening, where each embryos will be screened to see which one has sickle cell. they take a little bit of the embryo and test it in the lab. so they will destroy those eggs, and the good embryos will be preserved. they can alao check the embryos sex or other chromonosal abnormalities. we get IVF free but we paid little extra for the PGD. intending couples who live abroad and are both AS can try it
ReplyDeleteAll glory to God. Wonderful
DeleteThat's how yesterday's lrd was in labour for days and someone had d foolishness to write " thank God cos some other hospitals would have said cs'. It's poverty that's our problem in this country.
ReplyDeleteDon't mind some stupid people.
DeleteLeave them to be doing Hebrew woman up and down.
Congratulation. Pls people share your ttc testimony to encourage us that Are waiting on God to conceive
ReplyDeleteCongrats dear poster ....very interesting experience. Pls I live on London, could u gv more info on how to access IVF ...I'm a uk resident. Thanks
ReplyDeleteCongrats poster
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