Friday, December 18, 2009

1st Trimester Screening

I had the first trimester screening test done today. It involves drawing blood and doing an ultrasound to measure the nuchal translucency (fluid beneath the skin behind baby’s neck). The test is used to screen for specific chromosomal abnormalities. Brian and I feel like we'd like to know if something might be wrong so we can be more prepared when the baby is born. We had the same test done with Carter.

The ultrasound tech gave us a few pictures from the ultrasound. The baby was in the perfect position the entire time so it was easy for her to get accurate measurements. He or she kept his or her hands up at his or her face the entire time. You can tell that at least one hand has 5 fingers!





I'm still feeling pretty good. The nausea medicine has been helping a lot this time and I'm still able to eat most of the time. I am SO TIRED though. As soon as it starts getting dark around 5:30 pm, I'm ready for bed. I've been getting very little done in the evenings so I'm super far behind on everything. Hopefully I'll start getting a little energy back soon since I'm 11 1/2 weeks along now.

Brian was able to meet me at my appointment which was really good because Carter was tired and we had to wait forever so he was not sitting still anymore. Carter got his 2nd H1N1 flu shot this morning and then we ran a couple of errands before my appointment. It is a NASTY day here too. It's cold and pouring. I just checked and we've already gotten an inch of rain today. Thank goodness it's not a few degrees colder or we'd be buried in snow! We're supposed to miss the bulk of the snow and possibly get an inch or two tonight. Not far from here though is supposed to get 12-18 inches. I'd love to get a ton of snow sometime, but I really don't want to be cooped up in the house for days since it'd probably take awhile to clear roads enough that I'd feel safe taking Carter out. My mom was supposed to drive here tomorrow, but I think she's going to wait until Sunday now. Brian's parents are still planning on trying to drive to Cincinnati, OH tomorrow, but they may also have to delay their drive. Hopefully the storm isn't as bad as their predicting right now!

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