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In the hands of nature
Nov. 16th, 2010 08:35 amWent in to the Birthing Center last Friday to get the 12-13 week Fetal Nuchal translucency test. This is the one where they look at the fetus to see if it possibly has Downs Syndrome and take a blood sample also. Little Stree, wouldn't cooperate. So I went back yesterday. Guess who wasn't cooperating again. Did get some really adorable u/s pictures (including a Kermit the Frog looking one). But because of that, they also didn't take my blood (a blessing?).
These were the options they gave me: I could call the ultrasound place that the Birthing Center I'm going to works with and pray they can get me in sometime around my schedule in the next two days, I could schedule the screening blood test at 15-20 weeks (but it has a high rate of false positives), or we could just let nature run its course. When I got home, I talked about the different options with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lordaerith and, we decided on the last option. We figured that this was the Universe's and the baby's way of telling us to chill out and not worry about it. I'm 31, so the risk is not that high and I'd rather not take a test that could cause lots of stress and turn out not to be true anyway.
And now, fetus Stree as Kermit the Frog:
Why yes, I'm embarrassing my offspring before it is even born. :)
These were the options they gave me: I could call the ultrasound place that the Birthing Center I'm going to works with and pray they can get me in sometime around my schedule in the next two days, I could schedule the screening blood test at 15-20 weeks (but it has a high rate of false positives), or we could just let nature run its course. When I got home, I talked about the different options with
lordaerith and, we decided on the last option. We figured that this was the Universe's and the baby's way of telling us to chill out and not worry about it. I'm 31, so the risk is not that high and I'd rather not take a test that could cause lots of stress and turn out not to be true anyway. And now, fetus Stree as Kermit the Frog:
Why yes, I'm embarrassing my offspring before it is even born. :)
Expecting!
Oct. 29th, 2010 01:45 pmI am 11 weeks pregnant!
I know that you're technically supposed to wait until the first trimester is over, but I just couldn't wait to tell people anymore.
I'm due May 20, 2011. No, we don't know the sex of the child yet, but we're pretty sure that it's human, which is a good start. Right now I'm just hoping for 10 fingers, 10 toes, and no tail (well... a tail would be cool... but probably not the best idea).
I've had a pretty good first trimester. No morning sickness, but some burping and cramping and a touch of spotting, all of which are perfectly normal. Also am tired and have to pee all the time and occasionally irrationally cranky, angry, weepy, or all of those other fun emotional things that go with wacky hormones.
Currently I'm calling it Stree (get it?). I had an ultrasound a few weeks ago and got to hear Stree's heartbeat. It sounds a little distorted cause I recorded it by holding my iPhone up to the computer speakers and used the Voice Memo app.
I got to see it too. The tech gave me a copy of one of the pictures:
It's head is on the left. The two little brighter lines to the right of the head (after the neck space) that look like a butterfly are its heart, which I could actually SEE beating. Of course being over three weeks later, it's supposedly much bigger now. My app tells me that this week it's the side of a fig or a plum or something.
I'm going to be a mommy in just over 6 months. Holy shit!
PS. I'm going to be posting some stuff publicly, but there'll probably be some other things that will be a little more private, so I've started a pregnancy filter. I've made some guesses already, but please let me know if you want on it. (If you click on the "almost king" tag and you can see other posts, you're on that filter already.)
I know that you're technically supposed to wait until the first trimester is over, but I just couldn't wait to tell people anymore.
I'm due May 20, 2011. No, we don't know the sex of the child yet, but we're pretty sure that it's human, which is a good start. Right now I'm just hoping for 10 fingers, 10 toes, and no tail (well... a tail would be cool... but probably not the best idea).
I've had a pretty good first trimester. No morning sickness, but some burping and cramping and a touch of spotting, all of which are perfectly normal. Also am tired and have to pee all the time and occasionally irrationally cranky, angry, weepy, or all of those other fun emotional things that go with wacky hormones.
Currently I'm calling it Stree (get it?). I had an ultrasound a few weeks ago and got to hear Stree's heartbeat. It sounds a little distorted cause I recorded it by holding my iPhone up to the computer speakers and used the Voice Memo app.
I got to see it too. The tech gave me a copy of one of the pictures:
It's head is on the left. The two little brighter lines to the right of the head (after the neck space) that look like a butterfly are its heart, which I could actually SEE beating. Of course being over three weeks later, it's supposedly much bigger now. My app tells me that this week it's the side of a fig or a plum or something.
I'm going to be a mommy in just over 6 months. Holy shit!
PS. I'm going to be posting some stuff publicly, but there'll probably be some other things that will be a little more private, so I've started a pregnancy filter. I've made some guesses already, but please let me know if you want on it. (If you click on the "almost king" tag and you can see other posts, you're on that filter already.)
