About Baby M:
I'm about 16 weeks along, time surely flies. At the beginning of the pregnancy I wasn't feeling well, but now I'm feeling great. I do get extremely tired at night, but that is to be expected. We do know that we are having a baby GIRL, yes it is way too early to know what we are having. The reason that we know already is on November 30th I had my first trimester testing which measures the fluid between the neck and spinal cord. The test came back abnormal, the fluid was measuring more than what is should be, so that is a sign of a possible problem with the baby. On December 3rd I went in for what is called a CVS test, this test takes a Chromosome sample from the placenta. We also met with a Genetic counselor that day who went over what the possible outcomes of the test could be. This test is looking for any genetic abnormalities such as Downs syndrome or Turner syndrome. On Friday December 4th the genetic counselor contacted us about the first part of the results. Those 48 hours were probably the hardest hours of our lives. This first part came back normal, it ruled out Down syndrome and other major genetic abnormalities. The last part of the test came back on December 14th and that was normal as well. So all major genetic problems were ruled out from the CVS test. Even though the genetic problems were ruled out the doctor still wants to look at her heart in depth to make sure everything is okay with that, because of Tony's heart defect. We have our big ultrasound on January 13th, this will measure all of her limbs, organs and other parts. They will also look at her heart closely too. After that ultrasound an EKG will be performed on her to make sure there are no defects.
Some good news though. We had a follow-up ultrasound on December 15th to measure the fluid again behind her neck. The fluid has gone down. This is great news!!!! Sometimes these things just correct themselves, but the doctor still wants to look at the heart to make sure everything is good there.
All in all it's been a pretty stressful December, but things are looking up. There have been a lot of prayer chains going and they are surely working. We are sooo blessed to be having this WONDERFUL addition to our family. We can't wait to meet her. I wish we could have her now, but I need to realize that we have a lot of work ahead of us and it's better that we have 6 months to prepare :).
I hope that everyone enjoys reading the blog. I will try to keep it up to date as much as possible.
Happy New Year Everyone!!!
Thanks for reading!
Here I am at 16 weeks.
