The screening results today came back good. It isn't a guarantee, but it shows the odds that our child will have a chromosomal abnormality. The tests changed the odds in our favor, we now have only a 1 in 5800 chance (give or take a couple hundred) that our child will have an abnormality. It doesn't cover all possible problems, but a couple of major ones like down syndrome. I know I'm not explaining it well, but let's just say it was a great result and leave it at that.
The ultrasound today was fun - the baby looks good. His/her foot measured 0.8 cm in length. So tiny! His/her heart rate was 163. He/she was moving like crazy. It's funny to see him/her move so much when you cannot feel a thing yet. They gave us a ton of cool pictures. In one, the baby is "waving" hello - you can see the whole arm and hand up by the face. Cute!
It is such a relief to have everything working out for this pregnancy. I will be 12 weeks on Friday and everything today seemed fine, so I should be in the clear for miscarriage. What a great feeling! Six months and I will have a second child! It seems like just yesterday we were struggling just to get pregnant the first time. Two babies two years apart - I never thought that would happen for us. I am glad our kids will be close in age. (well at least the first two!) We are feeling pretty blessed today.
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Glad to hear the tests turned out favorable. That is neat that you could see the hands and feet at not even 12 weeks. I didn't realize that was possible! I had an US at 6 weeks, 19 weeks, and 23 weeks. Of course, 6 weeks you couldn't see much...but 19 and 23, I saw alot...but wow, even at 12 you can see him/her moving around! Amazing!
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