Good news! I'm still pregnant and I was able to see our little one's HB at a rate of 160bpm! Two days ago I had my NT scan and baby was measuring 12w4d-13w according to CRL. Right on time.
I was terribly disappointed with my NT scan experience. My ob/gyn practice sends out to another hospital in the area, weird huh? I think so. Anyways it is the same place I went for my ex-RE appts. That made me uneasy to begin with so it was going to take a lot to win me over before they even got started.
Who ever came up with the new design and especially parking for the Med Centers patients should be fired immediately!!! I had to park in a parking garage and walk to the OTHER side of the hospital. Not cool, especially not cool for a pg woman let alone someone who may be in much worse health than I.
So first I met with a genetic counselor who was genuinely nice and explained things thoroughly to me. A resident ob/gyn was in the room as well and he was ok. Didn't say a lot but he was there mainly to observe.
After that meeting and a quick bite in the cafeteria I was called back for my ultrasound by a fellow who spoke English but with a thick accent. Strike one. He asked me the normal questions DOB, pg # (6 remind ya) and how many children I have at home (1). He was pretty surprised with my answer and did say, "Oh I'm very sorry." It was nice that he had the courtesy to say sorry because some techs/doctors/nurses don't even acknowledge it. So I do give him a point there.
So as he is performing the u/s he keeps looking at this paper which I'm assuming is a "cheat sheet" or instructions on what measurements were needed. Because he would do one thing and look at the paper, another and look at the paper again. REALLY? Strike two. This is ridiculous, I've had too many u/s to know he has no clue as to what he is doing.
The first thing I realized (not that he pointed any of this out to me but) was the babe's heart beating. Woo! :::wipes brow::: I was most nervous about not finding a hb. So I was thrilled when it was still there and strong at 160 bpm. While he was trying to measure the hb babe kept "jumping" up and then it looked like he was "floating" back down to where he/she was. It was cute! Babe was definitely moving.
So then in walks an u/s tech as he is trying to look for the nasal bone (had no idea what he was doing) but I was able to decipher from the conversation the fellow was having w/ the tech. So guess what! They were unable to see it because of the way babe was laying. She/he was almost at a 45 degree angle instead of laying flat. Seriously I know these things happen but really? They stopped the test here.
I'm not sure why because I don't think they ever measured the fluid behind babe's neck. At least I didn't see them measure this and I watched every move he made.
Also why I'm thinking of it...at one point I saw a black spot outside of my uterus and I was thinking "Oh shit what is that?" Then I asked is that my ovary and he said yes and I said so it still has the cyst on and he again said yes. :::whew:::
So...needless to say I have to go back to a place I really don't like. :::sigh::: Before I left I asked the fellow if what he saw looked good so far? Do you know what he replied? He said, "Well you saw the same black and white images I did." WTF?? You are going to be a d-o-c-t-o-r??? Strike three! You're out!
The only good thing? We get to see babe again in less than a week. Actually 3 days from now. Hopefully they will be ready to cooperate!
On a happier note here is the furniture we ordered. Its from BRU. It is the Baby Cache Essentials Collection. We got 25% off the crib and got a $150 gift card from BRU for spending over $1000. How generous? ;-)
Now we are working on Landon's big boy bedroom. We are going to do a nautical theme. I'm pretty excited for it. We currently have the room stripped down and have a few things to touch up on the wall and someone needs to come in and re-do the hardwood floors because we decided on pulling the carpet up.
Here are my inspirational pictures from Land of the Nod.
Hopefully we'll get his room done before finding out what sex babe is and then we can work on the nursery. I'm thinking a woodland/forest theme. I'm obsessed w/ owls right now. However, if we have another boy I don't see myself convincing Mike on a new nursery theme. But just for fun here are some ideas I've been throwing around in my brain.
I also really like the tree ideas...
I'm hoping in the next few weeks I will start feeling some movement. That would really help to reassure me. However, I did ask where my placenta was located and at first the fellow said its posterior. Well, after looking back on the u/s pics the fellow determined that it was anterior. I was also asking because of this study on
obgyn.net. However, he was worthless to get an answer out of. He wanted to know why I wanted to know.
