Nuchal Translucency Test

Today, I am 12w1d pregnant. I am looking forward to welcoming the 2nd trimester on 2/11/09, I can hardly wait! I went in for my nuchal translucency u/s on Tuesday, 2/3/09. DF took the day off work and was able to go to the appointment with me. We got to hear our 'Lil Bean's heartbeat (3rd time for me, 1st for him) and it was strong at 182 bpm. We also got to see our baby swimming around in my belly! 'Lil Bean was very active! The technician didn't tell us the results because I also had to have some blood drawn for this test, too, but I was able to see the measurement of the fluid under the skin at the back of our baby's neck, and it was 1.2mm, which is in very good range and at a low risk for DS, praise God! The technician did not tell us this, I know this from doing some online research in my spare time. We also got 3 more pics to take home, and we have been looking at them non-stop since! We will not get the results back from the Ob office for another week or 2, as they are waiting for the results of the blood work from the lab to come back. I am eager to get the results back so I can relax.

Last night DF and I went to dinner with his parents and decided to tell them that they will be grandparents! DF told them that we went to get pictures done yesterday, then asked them if they wanted to see them. Of course, they said yes. They had no idea what he meant was pictures of their grandbaby! They were surprised and happy! And I'm glad now that we are not keeping this secret anymore, as it was getting too hard to keep up!

I go for another u/s tomorrow, 2/6/09, to get measurements of my cervix and to schedule my cerclage. I'm hoping that it gets scheduled for sometime next week. That will be a big weight lifted off my shoulders. Then I can finally breath!

Please continue to pray for a happy and healthy pregnancy for us, and for a healthy baby to take home. Thank you all!