Our 3rd Ultrasound

This afternoon we had our second appointment with Dr. Mirabile and were praying that this one would go better than the last one. I had loads of fun with all the labs and the glucose tolerance test that they wanted done- not! I had to drink 12oz of a carbonated beverage that contained 50g of sugar and I had to do it within 4-5 minutes. It normally takes me hours to finish a can of Diet Coke. I have a lot more labs to do on Tuesday morning too. They wanted 20 tubes of blood total! The bright spot of the appointment was that we got to see the baby again. We were able to see a lot more this time too.
For my NICU friends following this, he went throught all major brain structures (hemispheres, ventricles, cerebellum, pons, thalamus, pituitary, etc.), spinal cord and all vertebrae present and intact, 4 chambered heart (echo to follow in a few weeks), intact diaphragm with stomach below, bladder in the pelvic cavity with good perfusion, 3 vessel cord, all extremity bones present and of appropriate length (femur, humerus, etc), 5 digit hands and feet, and eyes, nose, and palate all intact and in proper placement. The nuchal fold had shrunken significantly. More than likely it was at its peak last time since they are off on my dates. The baby was active, but a little less crazy than last time. Heart rate was in the mid 150s. We also got 4-D pics. The 20 week ultrasound we will be able to see the liver, spleen, and kidneys. I think that about covers it.

They have bumped my due date up again- by a week this time. So now we are looking at Dec. 8th. I have updated the ticker. We got back on July 1st. By then we will be far enough along that I can start hounding them for a definite answer on the sex of the baby.
*** We are taking bets on the babies weight, length, and DOB and any name suggestions (first and middle) that you might have***

1st Trimester Screening Results

This week Jeremy and I took a trip to Baltimore, northern Virginia, and then to Fredericksburg, Virginia for Sarrina and Mark's wedding. While we were on a boat tour of the National Harbor and Alexandria, Virginia my cell phone rang. I knew I wouldn't be able to hear anything over the boat engine so I let it go to voicemail. Once we got to dry land I listened to the voicemail. It was the doctor's office and they had some "lab results [they] wanted to discuss" with me. That is about the scariest voicemail you could leave on a mom's phone. You have to understand that I have had "lab results [they] wanted to discuss" before in my life and it hasn't been a good thing at all. Of course, Jeremy asked about the voicemail and once I told him he broke out into a sweat and was insisting that I call them back right away. After a few tries I got ahold of the nurse and she informed me that the first trimester screening was negative which means that the baby does not have Down syndrome or Edwards syndrome! Despite these results, I think we are still going to go through with the echo at this time just to be safe.