A week and a half ago I got the call that my blood work came back with good numbers-meaning the ultrasound combined with the blood work indicates a low possibility this baby has trisomy 18 or trisomy 21. I am to repeat blood work between now and 21 weeks with results that are 90% accurate.
I am presently 15 weeks 2 days. I was supposed to be in New York this past weekend, and I managed to get squeezed into my OB that Friday for a check with the doppler. However, Dovy and I got sick en route, so we turned around and I was forced to forfeit the appointment. I have been trying my best to think positive and just hang in until my regularly scheduled appointment which is in a week from now, Tuesday July 25th. I have had a very hard time connecting to this pregnancy beyond the here and now-which is why there has yet to be a bumpdate. It saddens me because I have 6 week belly pictures from every other pregnancy, and I just can't overcome my fear and get that done. But, I will have to, because I'll regret it. And just to clarify, this has nothing to do with a "4th baby" or "too busy" none of that, "youngest child" syndrome-this is pure anxiety getting in my way, which I hope to address here soon!
Typically, I will feel daily movement, but it is still early that it's faint and can easily be confused with any other bodily function we commonly feel. So, the movements are not always reassuring-because it's easy to question them, it provides me little relief. I know that statistically, things are ok in there, and I am just trying to be reassured by that.
Check back Thursday as I'll have a pretty cool, new to me, type of update on the blog!
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