We have finally hit the double digits. That means half a year has gone by that I have been pregnant - that is a long, long time and we still have a third of the way left. But at least it is getting closer, six months done. Three months to go.
Today, DH and I spent the day having doctors who wanted more skills in doing ultrasounds looking at our baby. It was a long five hours - and something I did not anticipate was that after pressing on my abdomen for so long, I would get nauseated and lightheaded. I only lasted through half of my first session, needed a five minute break in my second session and then was able to last through the entire last session after putting my old first trimester tricks into play.
Through these ultrasounds we learned we are definitely having a girl. There is no question it is all labia and no penis. She is measuring on average a week ahead (yay!), which means basically nothing but leaves me hopeful maybe she will want to arrive early. Her brain cysts have disappeared. She has the most beautiful cerebellum they have ever seen and they anticipate her having amazing balance. She is textbook perfect. Except for her kidneys. The kidneys were quickly glanced at and the supervising doctor pointed out he thought they looked slightly enlarged/filled/off (I can't remember his exact wording). And he noticed it in both kidneys. So that problem has not yet corrected itself. She still has sometime and we will go in for her official follow up this Friday. I don't anticipate it will be better after today, but we are hopeful that the measurements at least stayed the same as where they were before or have gotten better. A movement in the right direction.
Besides letting us see glimpses of Magoo, the ultrasound study also paid us (wohoo!), offered a lunch (DH got some pitas, I was so jealous. They did not have gluten free options). And gave us gift bags that included: a bib, washcloth, rubber duckie (we are up to 5 now), a few diapers and 4 bottles. Not bad for a day's work.
Tomorrow (Monday) my goal will be to find a chiropractor - my lower back hates hard. Even with a heating pad on, it still aches. And then only 4 more days until our next follow up ultrasound. This one we pay for, but I'm going to try to convince them how much a picture of her sweet face in 3D is needed. They showed us a 2D one yesterday and it looked like she had a wider nose and chubby cheeks, but then 2D can't register fat, only bone. So who really knows.
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I had a dream last night we were in a 10k running race. But we were late starting since I was in the port-a-john too long. Once I began running I had to carry you! You were big, pregnant, and I had to carry you on my back or over my shoulders! LOL. We began passing walkers, then some runners, like I could do THAT carrying a pregnant person. Soon the leaders of the race began coming back towards the finish and everyone was staring at us and talking (who wouldn't?). I woke up when we were about four miles into the race. You were quite happy the whole time during the race, talking and laughing while I carried you.
ReplyDeleteWeird.