Weekend wrap-up

At our last ultrasound, we discovered that the cyst that was on the baby's brain is gone. We thanked God and settled in for some more ultrasound watching... enter Dr. Evil.

After the visit, the hospital's doctor came in and ruined our good news. He told us that the baby's cord only has two "ports" or "ventricles" instead of the normal three. Typically the umbilical cord has two arteries and a vein. We only have one of each. Dr. Evil then proceeded to ridicule us for not having done any of the diagnostic genetic bloodwork such as the AFP test, or an amniocentisis. We had declined them both because there was not a damn thing we were going to do if the baby had any deficiencies anyway. So he told us because of this genetic defect, there could be others such as Down's, heart problems, kidney problems, or cleft lips. He recommended we have the amnio.

Too bad for you Doc, because we're not doing it. Our baby is going to be just fine and we know God won't give us more than we can handle anyways.

A couple days after that, we had a regular checkup with my doc and he put things in a better prospective. He wasn't so worried and told us that it was Dr. Evil's job to give us the worst case scenario.

What this does mean for us is monthly ultrasounds to make sure the baby is getting enough nutrients and growing properly. If not, they will take her by c-section. Immediately. As in, no waiting until 9 months. Now. Scary stuff. He also said no falling or bumping my belly too hard because I would have to go to the hospital to be monitored. Today we are 23 weeks, almost 6 months along. It's amazing to us everyday that we've even gotten this far. The next ultrasound is one to hear the baby's heart and it will also be 4D. Which means we should be able to see very clearly the baby's face. We can't wait.

We have painted the nursery and set up the crib and completed a registry. We are planning baby showers and have bought Isabella's first outfit she'll wear home from the hospital. It's unbelievable how this baby has already changed our lives. We just can't wait to hold her in our arms. :)

In other news, iron pills are not my friend and anemia be damned I'm not taking them anymore. I spent last night tossing and turning with horrible stomach pain because of them. I've now boycotted them.

And my next checkup is the diabetes testing with the sugar water. Yummy. Nasty orange sugar drink-here I come!