NT Scan

Ok so it has been forever since I posted. I am just so worried that something will happen so if I don't mention that baby it is safe. Dumb I know.

So we had the NT Scan (Nuchal Translucensy Scan). It tests for Down Syndrome, Trisomy 13 & 18. They do an ultrasound to measure the fold at the back of the fetus' neck. Well, apparently we have a lazy gummi bear in there! Baby did NOT want to turn around. He was facing my back and we needed a profile shot. It was supposed to be a 30 minute ultrasound. After the first hour, they had us get up walk, get something to eat and drink (OJ and a rice krispie treat, I tried loading up on sugar to kick that baby's butt into gear!). We go back up, and for the next hour, they try some more. And by try, I mean, for two hours, I was pushed on. Think what it would look like if you tried bouncing a bouncy ball on a mold of jello. Yup, squishes, pokes, prodes, evilness. At one point, I felt the baby move, she was pushing so hard on him! Finally, just when they were about to give up, he turned! The fold was measured at an avg of 1.7, anything below 3.0 is good! And they saw the nose bone, which also helps prove that there is no defects.

After the very long u/s, they prick my finger and take 5 droplets of blood to run bloodtests for. A week later they called me and said we have a 1/10000 chance for these defects. Which basically means out of 10000 people 9999 will not have a baby with DS or Trisomy. Basically it is as negative as it gets! Yay!

OH and I keep saying He because we were told 80% chance its a boy. Meaning, if the genitals have finished forming by that point we got a tiny boy in there! We will find out for sure June 20. Now its off to decide on a boy name.

Heartbeat!

We got to hear the heartbeat on Monday! It was 150 bpm! The little gummi bear looked like it was doing a touchdown in there!

When we got home, I showed Wy the u/s picture. I showed him where the baby was and he kissed it and yelled My baby! He is absolutely smitten with this whole baby idea. His favorite thing right now to do is ask where the baby is, I will show him my tummy and he will shove his finger in my belly button, yell baby, giggle, then run off. Then he usually does the same thing to himself. Lifts his shirt, pokes his belly button, yells MY baby, and giggles! Love this!

We go back to the RE in two weeks for one more final appointment with him. Then we will be switching back to the regular ol' OBGYN. In two weeks I am also hoping that I can stop taking the progesterone suppositories. Hate those! But at least they are working. My progesterone level was up to almost 36 Monday. So in reality it is probably MUCH higher because the suppositories aren't absorbed directly into the blood stream, they are absorbed directly where it is needed.

So that is what is going on in the world of baby!

Baby Pool

Ok, so here is a link to our baby pool! Go ahead and venture a guess if you want. I just wanted to see if it would work, and it did haha!



Edited: Just to help you makea more of an educated guess, Wy was 7lb 12 oz, 21.25 inches.

Finding out about being broken

Two years and one month ago my husband and I gave birth to a beautiful, perfect baby boy. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 oz and was 21 1/4 long. Pure perfection.

But lets rewind a little farther. October 2007. My husband and I had been married 2 months. We were itching to have a little one. He was working as a hydraulic engineer in T*Town at the time and I was a full time student at OK State. So off the pill I went and we tried and tried. Right after Valentines day 2008 we found out we were going to have a baby! It only took 4 months for us to get pregnant the first time. The pregnancy was pretty monotonous as far as pregnancies go. I was induced 1 week early and after about 10 hours of labor our son was born.

After his first birthday we decided to try for #2. Now, if your math is correct that means its been about 12 months of trying. And my belly is still empty. Oh but I forgot, the wild card. Two months after our son was born my husband found out he had Testicular cancer. Within a week he had surgery to remove the cancerous testicle. Radiation followed two months after the surgery. About 6 months after the radiation (give or take a month or two) he started hormone supplements because his testosterone was quite low.

So after trying for about 2 months for # 2 we decided he should check out what lefty is shooting. Imagine our extreme surprise when it was 0. Nope not a type. The tech had to check twice and call in an second opinion. He had nothing there. So we talk to husband's urologist who says well, go off the testosterone for 3 months and we will check again. And by the Grace of God, 3 months later that 0 turned into 39 million! Yay husband is fixed, now lets get knocked the heck up!

So, now its April/May 2010. We find out then that I have slightly low TSH. After 7 months of trying to figure out why, they still aren't sure. But it is so slightly low, most Drs ignore it. Ok, fine. Which brings us to early November 2010. I go to see my OB/GYN because I haven't had a normal menstraul cycle since January. As in, 2-7 days early and lasting 10-14 days (yup pure hell ladies!). So since we are trying for a baby, the Dr Rx's 10 mg of provera for 10 days and 50 mg of clomid for 5 days. I will finish the provera (medicine to start the menstraul cycle) on Sunday. From there I will take the clomid starting on day 5 of my cycle.

Heres to luck that this is our lucky cycle. Cycle #13. Hopefully, 9 months from now I will be holding a beautiful perfect bundle (or maybe even two, I'd be ok with that, instant full family at once) of joy.