IT'S A ..........

Wow what a ride the past few weeks have been. I had abnormal results come back from my first trimester screening that said the baby had a 1 in 81 chance of having down syndrome. For someone my age that risk should have been 1 in 883. As you can imagine I was totally freaked and stressed out. I went in for a CVS test on Friday the 13th. The test involves taking tissue from the baby's placenta and sending it off for genetic testing. Justin was so good the whole time we were waiting telling me everything is going to be OK and not to worry. After waiting 11 days which felt like a lifetime I finally got the call. The baby is absolutly fine and its a GIRL!!!!! The weird thing is that I had a dream last night and in it we had a little boy. I haven't had any baby dreams so far so it was strange that this one took place last night. I am sooooo over the moon to be having a little girl. I would have been happy with either as long as it is healthy, but I can now admit that I secretly was hoping for a girl. Justin's response was "we will have to try again for a boy". After the ride I have been on so far I just want to have a healthy baby. I honestly feel like I can breath again and be excited and happy about this pregnancy. Now the fun stuff like shopping comes next :-) I'll keep you updated on the name we pick out.

Dam tilted uterus

We went in for our monthly check up with our OBGYN and she said everything looks great. Apparently I have a tilted uterus which means instead of going up and down mine tilts back towards my pelvis. It should correct itself as the baby gets bigger. In the meantime it makes it hard to see the baby when doing an ultrasound on top of the stomach. On the bright side the Dr said that my hemorrhage has reabsorbed and isn't showing up anymore. I am very excited about this because it did have me worried for a time there. Its so weird to watch the little baby jumping around in there without me feeling a thing. I feel gassy air bubbles on a frequent basis but can't feel a jumping bean floating around in there, how strange. We should get to find out if its a boy or a girl at 20 weeks which by my calculation is April 23 (that day can't come fast enough). Justin was releaved to see that the baby seems to have 2 arms and 2 legs. We didn't get to hear the heart beat today because her dopplar wouldn't pick it up because of my dam tilted uterus. I am going back for a second shot at the screening on Friday so hopefully the baby will be in the right position this time. I am planning on telling my boss this week which should be interesting.
Until next time :-)