12 Weeks!

Moving right along, and we are so very thankful! It's still kind of surreal. We met with the high risk specialist yesterday, Dr. Horton. It's the same office but different doctor from the last pregnancy. We really loved her, though! As she was spending a lot of time with us, explaining all of our options in full, easy to understand detail, we were talking about how we are (or have been in the past) always in the 1%, 3%, 5% category that meant we were receiving bad news. We are so thankful that so far with this pregnancy we have not been in those scary small percentage categories!

Our appointment yesterday went great! Since baby was ready to be busy and move around a lot, we got to watch on the ultrasound screen for what felt like close to 45 minutes, waiting for baby to get in the right positions for certain measurements! We didn't mind at all :) We got to watch baby flip over, moved arms and hands, kick legs, ans wiggle around!We took video of the screen so I will upload that soon. She even took the 3d/4d (? I'm not really sure what it's called) pictures! They said there is no way to tell gender from the ultrasound this early, and that's what we expected her to say.

She says that nothing on the ultrasound gives her any reason to be concerned, and we are waiting on some bloodwork to come back that will give some more verification. And....it will tell us the gender! 

Hopefully those results will be ready next week. Our last pregnancy ended due to a chromosomal abnormality and because of all of the problems we have had in the past, the doctors wanted us to do these additional screenings. We chose to only do the noninvasive ones (ultrasound and bloodwork from me, rather than from placenta) and since the ultrasound looked good, she did not feel that anything invasive was necessary. The doctors know that no matter what results we may have gotten or still may get, we are keeping this sweet baby. Unfortunately, some people use these tests to decide whether or not they want to keep the baby. That has never been a question in our minds.

Everything else is going great. I had a week break from "day/evening sickness" and then it returned in full force last Wednesday and has continued to stick around. I don't mind it; it reassures me in the two week wait between appointments that something is still happening. We did get a fetal heart doppler to have at home. However, we found out two weeks ago that the placenta is anterior  (in front) so that blocks the heartbeat from the doppler and makes it hard to find. I haven't been able to find it at home yet, but they say it may take a few more weeks because of the position of the placenta. From what I read, that will also make it more difficult for me to feel baby moving, so that may be delayed from what's "normal". But, it isn't anything bad or dangerous so it's not a big deal :)

Here are some pictures from yesterday! Baby is laid back and hanging out in one. :) And thank you for the continued prayers!