Today was our mid-pregnancy anatomy scan. 19 weeks along and excited to find out the sex. We had been told it was most likely a boy, but I have been reserving my excitement for a boy until we knew for sure.
I had my favorite sonographer today and from the moment she started the ultrasound the little guy was moving all over the place. He was not shy at all and we got quite a few good shots of his boy parts.
My normal doctor was at his other office this week, so I was seeing a new doctor. She came in and wanted to take a look at the little guy some more herself. After taking a look at his head and brain, she moved down to his feet. Our sonographer was having a hard time getting a good view of one of his feet, so I figured she was trying to see that foot as well. I had also felt like something wasn't quite right with one of his feet, and the doctor started off by telling us that she thought that he had a clubbed foot. The foot they were having a hard time seeing was constantly in an awkward position, and if it wasn't clubbed then they should have seen the foot in a normal position at some point in time.
That was a little hard to swallow, but she then went on to tell us that she saw a cyst on the baby's brain. It is also known as Choroid Plexus Cyst (she told us in the office, but I had to look it up when I got back to work). It does not seem to be anything that is necessarily concerning as some perfectly normal babies have it, but the fact that it occured along with the clubbed foot increases the likelihood of downs or some other chromosomal abnormality to about 1 in 300.
I broke down. I didn't know what to think, I didn't know what to say. I had opted out of the full test at 11 weeks to check for our chances of issues, and with the NT scan they did, we had a 1 in 12,000 chance of having a baby with downs, which is pretty good. Our only option now is to have an amniocentesis, and for me, the risk of this little guy's life is just not worth it to know.
It has been a roller coaster of a day, and I have a feeling it's not going to go away until this little guy makes his debut. I will have monthly ultrasounds from here on out to keep an eye on this little guy along with my previa which is still complete (the cervix is still completely covered by the placenta). I can't have a vaginal delivery unless the placenta is 2cm away from the cervix, but my doctor today told me she thought in about 8-12 weeks I should see it moving farther away.
I will love this little boy no matter what happens, and I'm working on trusting that God won't give us more than we can handle. Only time will tell how things will pan out, but God is in control.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Roller Coaster of a Pregnancy so far ...
Well, I will be 15 weeks along in this pregnancy on Monday and i've spent that last week in bed. A week ago today I started spotting, and not just a darker color but bright red, fresh, blood.
I contacted the hospital and hard a hard time getting in touch with the OB on call from my office, so I decided to call my High-risk doctor and luckily it was MY doctor on call. He told me to take it easy, stop taking my blood thinning injections, and make an appointment to see him when he was back in the office on Tuesday. As the night went on, I just couldn't shake the feeling that things weren't right, and I knew that if I didn't see my little baby that night, I wouldn't sleep any night until I did.
We decided to drop off Elizabeth at my parents house and made our way to the ER at Evergreen. Luckily it was pretty quiet and I was placed in a room right away. Once I was rolled into the ultrasound room my heart was definitely racing. Along with the spotting I had been experiencing some mild back pain and cramps, all signs of a miscarriage. She put the jelly on my belly and the moment I saw our baby jumping and moving around I could breathe. It didn't explain all my symptoms, but baby was okay, and that was my #1 priority.
Jump to Tuesday at my doctor appt where my doctor diagnosed me with placenta previa which had caused all my symptoms. I have a small part of my placenta completely covering the opening of the cervix. The good part is that the bulk of the placenta is located on the side of the uterus and with time, the hope is that as both baby and uterus grow that the placenta will move itself further up the wall and end up far enough up to be able to deliver vaginally.
The biggest and scariest part of all of this is that I am on blood thinners. I was removed from my shots for 3 days before my bleeding stopped, and then could go back 1/2 dosage. This has really set my anxiety on high alert (sure wish I could have taken some meds a few times this week) as being off the shots leaves me highly vulnerable for clots, then put me on bed rest and it's even higher, but put me back on my thinners right away and it could cause more bleeding. As my doctor put it, we are walking a tight rope right now between baby's health and my health.
Other things I have been ordered to stop until further notice: working out, even yoga (and this is killing me), picking up Ellie (only doing it short distances and making her do as much as she can), and sex (there is a good possiblity this will be most of my pregnancy unless the placenta moves far enough up). Right now that's all that I can think of, but it sure is tough. I wanted SO badly to make this pregnancy different than with Ellie, to stay active (which I did with her, but not the same), and at the same time I worked so hard to get to where I was with my strength conditioning, and now it's all going to be lost. I know it's all for the baby, but I am going to be a little selfish as it is hard to just sit around.
Anyways, I'll make sure to update as I know what is going on. I have doctor's appointments this next week and the week after, and i'm sure i'll be seeing the doctor much more than I had initially expected as they monitor my situation.
*sigh* This little boy better appreciate what i'm doing for him! Oh, yah, at my scan my doctor said that his opinion was that we were going to have a little boy ... 90% sure (my sonographer agreed as well)! Mark is over the top excited!!
I contacted the hospital and hard a hard time getting in touch with the OB on call from my office, so I decided to call my High-risk doctor and luckily it was MY doctor on call. He told me to take it easy, stop taking my blood thinning injections, and make an appointment to see him when he was back in the office on Tuesday. As the night went on, I just couldn't shake the feeling that things weren't right, and I knew that if I didn't see my little baby that night, I wouldn't sleep any night until I did.
We decided to drop off Elizabeth at my parents house and made our way to the ER at Evergreen. Luckily it was pretty quiet and I was placed in a room right away. Once I was rolled into the ultrasound room my heart was definitely racing. Along with the spotting I had been experiencing some mild back pain and cramps, all signs of a miscarriage. She put the jelly on my belly and the moment I saw our baby jumping and moving around I could breathe. It didn't explain all my symptoms, but baby was okay, and that was my #1 priority.
Jump to Tuesday at my doctor appt where my doctor diagnosed me with placenta previa which had caused all my symptoms. I have a small part of my placenta completely covering the opening of the cervix. The good part is that the bulk of the placenta is located on the side of the uterus and with time, the hope is that as both baby and uterus grow that the placenta will move itself further up the wall and end up far enough up to be able to deliver vaginally.
The biggest and scariest part of all of this is that I am on blood thinners. I was removed from my shots for 3 days before my bleeding stopped, and then could go back 1/2 dosage. This has really set my anxiety on high alert (sure wish I could have taken some meds a few times this week) as being off the shots leaves me highly vulnerable for clots, then put me on bed rest and it's even higher, but put me back on my thinners right away and it could cause more bleeding. As my doctor put it, we are walking a tight rope right now between baby's health and my health.
Other things I have been ordered to stop until further notice: working out, even yoga (and this is killing me), picking up Ellie (only doing it short distances and making her do as much as she can), and sex (there is a good possiblity this will be most of my pregnancy unless the placenta moves far enough up). Right now that's all that I can think of, but it sure is tough. I wanted SO badly to make this pregnancy different than with Ellie, to stay active (which I did with her, but not the same), and at the same time I worked so hard to get to where I was with my strength conditioning, and now it's all going to be lost. I know it's all for the baby, but I am going to be a little selfish as it is hard to just sit around.
Anyways, I'll make sure to update as I know what is going on. I have doctor's appointments this next week and the week after, and i'm sure i'll be seeing the doctor much more than I had initially expected as they monitor my situation.
*sigh* This little boy better appreciate what i'm doing for him! Oh, yah, at my scan my doctor said that his opinion was that we were going to have a little boy ... 90% sure (my sonographer agreed as well)! Mark is over the top excited!!
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