Sorry I didn't post anything about the amnio yesterday. I stayed on the couch after I got back from the appointment and then tried to scan the pics of the baby, but it wouldn't work. I didn't want to post without a pic. Then, I went to bed pretty early since I hadn't had much sleep the couple nights before. Anyway...the procedure went well. We spent about 35 minutes doing an ultrasound, watching our baby BOY move around. (Yes...another boy. I told Zach, the next dog is going to be a girl, I'm a bit outnumbered in this house! But, Cameron will be glad to have a brother and it definitely makes life easy for us with clothes and hand-me-downs.) We also got to see 4D pics of him. It was pretty neat. Then, the doc came in and did the amnio. He couldn't get anything with the first stick, so he had to do it again. That part was not very comfortable, I felt like he was jabbing so far, but I knew he wasn't. He got tons of fluid, but only about half of what the lab wanted. Apparently they want a ridiculous amount to test for CF and he didn't think it was a safe amount. So, he did what he thought was safe and thinks it will be fine. We checked the baby afterwards and his heart rate was unaffected and he seemed to be fine. I'm still a little sore there this morning, but I think we'll both be fine. I let Cameron go to the sitters today so I could take it easy another day, get the house cleaned a bit, not lift anything too heavy. Now, it's a waiting game! The results will come in about two weeks. They will be checking CF specifically, but the results will also reflect any kind of chromosome issues (like Downs, etc.). I just hope they will have the cells they need for the test, I do worry about that part a little. Once we get results, I'll be sure to post them. We will probably get them when we are in San Diego on vacation. Thanks to all of you that were thinking of us yesterday and concerned.
Hope you like the pics of the new little guy. I didn't post the one of his "boy parts" because that's about all you see in the pic. I didn't think it was necessary, but trust me, he's definitely a boy!
The one makes him look like a little alien, but the 4D is so different, I thought I'd post it.
2 comments:
you ARE outnumbered! I'm happy to hear it went relatively smoothly and you're recovering nicely. I hope i don't miss you guys when you're in cali...i'm in central america until mid july...when are ya coming?
lovelove
Mandy
I loved posting about the baby girl, but inside I was really hoping Cameron would have a little comrad. I know it has been so nice for my girls to be the same sex--it seems they have a perfect built in friend. I am so happy for all of you. Courtney: this just means you never have to share your reign as queen of the house!!! We'll be praying for the test results. Lots of love, Margaret
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