Genetic Sonogram- 17 weeks

Went to the doctor last night for my genetic sonogram. Baby was moving all over the place like crazy and I didn't even eat or drink anything sugary!

We saw an awesome picture of the spine, we saw the kidneys and brain, the stomach and bladder...it was awesome! Heart rate was 157. I didn't find out the sex and thought I may've seen a penis until the tech pointed out the umbilical cord !

The doctor said everything looks good, no seen chromosomal abnormalities...we are just awaiting the bloodwork but he said it should come back fine.

AND- the blood clot is completely gone and I am allowed to *lighten* the restrictions I have been on! He said not to go buck wild, but I can do light exercise, AND start slowly going back into a normal sex life (which I know DH will be against because he's terrified lol )So- all in all it was an awesome appointment and I am SO happy this baby is healthy! =)

16w3d

FINALLY had a doctor's appointment last night. I was nervous going in (as usual) but the baby was perfectly fine. Heart beating away at 130bpm and all measurements were right on schedule. I have to scan the new sono picture in later because I didn't have a chance to do it last night.

So the doctor was able to tell if the baby was a boy or a girl, and as I was laying there getting the sonogram done, the doctor asked us two or three times if we wanted to know babies sex.

Since DH and I have been changing our minds every other day about this particular moment- I decided that I would wait until the doctor asked to decide what I wanted to do.

I decided to wait. It was VERY hard to turn away that opportunity, but we managed to hold strong- told the doc NOT to tell us and we are going to wait 5 more months until this little babe is born!!!


Genetic sono is on Tuesday. Both mom AND dad are coming to that one- and my dad is VERY excited!

I'll update more then!

Ultrascreen Results...

We got the best results possible for the Ultrascreen. For both down syndrome and trisomy 13 & 18 we were 1/>10,000. WooHoo!!!! On the 24th I go back for a genetic sonogram to check for any abnormalities on the baby, and to get more blood work done for spina bifida and to redo the blood work for the other tests again so they can get a higher percentage.

I haven't been to the doctor in almost 2 weeks now. I go back (finally) next Thursday to the regular OB on the 19th. This waiting is absolute TORTURE!

We still don't know if we are gonna find out if the baby is a boy or a girl. I think we are both kind of torn. We can probably find out at next weeks appointment- I will be just over 16 weeks.

I watched a documentary from Netflix called, "In the Womb," with DH and my brother-in-law. DH loved it and was sooooo amazed. It was very, very sweet. His brother was kind of in shock, grossed out and amazed all at the same time. I asked DH the other day if he thought we scarred his brother for life by watching it while he was over and he told me that his brother wanted to come to the doctor with us last week after watching it, and was disappointed when he found out we were just meeting the genetic counselor! I was very suprised about that. He's really excited to be an uncle, I guess!

Just a quick update

Went to the doctor with hubby last Thurday night and my cervix looks perfect, baby looks good, but I have slight placenta previa. If it doesn't move- I will be having a c-section. Chances are good that it will move, though, since I am only just beginning the second trimester.

By the way- today makes 14 weeks!!! Yay!!!