12w5d
Yesterday
we went to our Nuchal Translucency Screening (the ultrasound to look for
genetic abnormalities such as Down’s Syndrome, Trisomy 13, and Trisomy 17). While the screen is just a
predictor not an absolute, everything went really well! They check for several things during an
ultrasound (Nuchal fold, nasal bone, heartbeat rhythm, gestational size), and
they also take some more blood from me to look at 2 hormone levels. We won’t get the full results with the blood
work until our next appointment, but everything from the ultrasound was
great! Baby had a Nuchal fold of 1mm
(anything under 2.5mm is good), nasal bone was present, heartbeat was 160 bpm,
and gestational size measured right on track (actually, one day bigger than
their first projected due date, but I was charting my BBT, so I knew they had
been one day off all along.)
Now that we
have all the official stuff out of the way… Baby was so cute during the
ultrasound! (For simplicity, I am going
to refer to baby as a "he" today, but next time I will use "she" until we know
which pronoun is correct.) He would not
cooperate with the u/s tech, so we got to watch him for a long time! He liked to stretch and play with his
hands. In the profile shot, you can see
his arms are up next to his face. You
can just barely see his other hand on the other side of his face. He played with his foot and sucked his thumb
for a while too. So amazing to
watch!!!!
At this point, we are really close
to being out of first trimester (YAHOO!!!), and my morning sickness has been
calming down. I still have difficulty
swallowing pills and brushing my teeth, but not every time. Hopefully it keeps improving!
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