Thursday, November 6, 2014

RELIEF!!! (Anatomy scan results)

Holy lord was that difficult. This past month waiting for today's anatomy scan has been my own personal kind of hell. I cannot tell you how happy I am that it is finally over. And man oh man do I appreciate aaaallll the support from you wonderful ladies here and on PAIF and SAIF and TB - I really don't know what I would do without you all. I SO appreciate all the comments and the love and positive thoughts!!! <3 <3

So now, I am THRILLED to say that I have good news to report!!

Our rainbow appears to be healthy.   Pheeeewwwwwww.

::I am taking deep calming breaths as I type this, letting more and more of the anxiety go and more and more of the relief seep in::

They were able to confidently rule out any kind of neural tube defect or paralysis. No markers for Downs' Syndrome.  Only one marker for Trisomy 18 (they found choroid plexus cysts in the brain which, in recent years have been proven to not be reliable as a marker anyway so the perinatologist said do NOT worry and do NOT google.  I will not.) Besides that the brain looks good, no hydrocephalus, all parts of the brain are there(!), all parts of the body were moving(!), and overall our baby appeared healthy and measuring a couple days ahead!!

It was still too early to see everything in the heart so the dr is not making a judgment call on that yet. The heart was beating though and there were the proper number of chambers so during A/S 2.0 (in 2.5 weeks on Monday Nov 24th) they will be able to tell for sure if all is good with the heart.

The one not so great piece of news today was that it looks like our baby may only have one kidney.  Petey only had one kidney too but while his was barely functioning this one is strong.  Lots of people only have one and it's certainly not life-threatening so if that is the case, that is totally fine.  (My perspective on what is worrisome is sooooo different now.) Doc said it was possible it is just a little too early so that's why we couldn't find it but he wasn't too optimistic. There didn't look to be blood flow to the left side where there should have been. On Nov 24th we will know for sure.  Hopefully it will be there but in the broad scheme of things this is very miniscule.

I am SO. F-ING. RELIEVED I don't even have the words to express it.


Aaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnndddddd...........





We found out the sex!  :-D 





(Warning: Total fetal porn below)





So much for 'mother's intuition'! 


BAM!  Hello little willy! Baby boy was not at ALL shy.  I was shocked it was so easy to see and, quite honestly, slightly taken aback that it's so visible so early. Yikes! haha! Hubs, on the other hand, is one proud papa, LOL!

I can't believe we're having a little boy. A little healthy baby boy!!! I am so so HAPPY I can't stop the tears from leaking out.  Hubs and I just looked at each other and cried and smiled and cried some more when we found out. So many happy tears and just... amazement.  

This little guy certainly put us through the wringer today though.  He was moving during the U/S but refused to turn off of his back or change positions.  The U/S Tech had to dig around in my stomach for a LONG time, had me lay on my side, drink water, walk around, go pee... nothing worked.  Talk about flashbacks to previous scans when Petey wouldn't cooperate.  It was not a pleasant experience.  Finally I suggested trying a transvaginal U/S and I'm glad I did because although she didn't glean too much additional info from the T/V part, when we tried the regular U/S one last time he had flipped upside down so she was able to see the full (closed!) spine and the (lack of 2) kidneys.  It was a long appointment - almost 2 hours in total since we met with the perinatologist for results directly afterwards.  I am just so so happy though.  The relief feels like soothing waves enveloping my body and just washing over me.

I am just so THANKFUL.



 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Looks like I have some store returns to make.... what a dope :-D )


 

23 comments:

  1. Boy oh boy did these little boys fool us huh!?!? I'm so happy for you that everything is looking good and HUGE CONGRATS on a little boy!!! I will be having to return items too ;)

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    1. They're so sneaky!! FX so hard for you for your A/S tomorrow Kate!! <3

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  2. Such wonderful news! Enjoy the afterglow.

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  3. YAYYYYY!!! I have been refreshing your blog all day (haha stalker) I am so happy for you guys! What a handsome little man you have in there! I spit out some of my drink after ready "fetal porn" snarf!

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  4. YAYYYYYYY!!!!! OMG, relief!! I'm so so happy for you!! You deserved some good news! Hurray healthy baby boy!!

    And I'm sure the nursery will be just as cute ;)

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  5. Thank you ladies!! I am so excited and happy I cannot concentrate on anything right now. I so appreciate the stalking!! You know I love it!

    And YES Ally - the nursery will be adorable because there will be a healthy little boy in it :-D

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  6. BEST.BLOG.POST.EVAR!!!!!! I am seriously over the moon excited for you!! And happy, and relieved!! Congrats on a great scan, I hope you get more good news at A/S 2.0 and congrats on your healthy baby boy!!! Aaaaahhhh!!!! I love you, Chickin!!! <3

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  7. congrats!!! so psyched everything is as planned!! hoping for more good news on the 24th!!

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  8. I am so relieved for you and am crying happy tears!!!! This is the best news ever!!!!!

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  9. Thank you!!! Every new comment makes me cry all over again, haha! <3 <3

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  10. aoeirfa;woeirjaw;eorijaw;eoirawe;oruwae;oiruaw;e I can't even get words out!!! First - huge congrats on the great A/S. AND A BOY!!!!!!!!!! oh he will be such a mama's boy. So happy for you!

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  11. Anonymous friend from the Bump checking back in. I was eagerly awaiting this post! Today is the first day I went back after maternity leave so the date was already resonating in my mind and I sent good thoughts to you guys non stop. So happy to hear this! Wonderful!

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    1. Thank you 'Anonymous Friend'! Heehee. I'm sorry you're back to work now, I'm sure it must be very hard. Hugs to you mama!

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  12. So, so, so thrilled that today caused relief. And congrats on your son :)

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  13. So happy to see your update and everything looks so good! And congratulations on your baby boy!

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  14. This is such good news. I can feel your relief as you type and find myself crying too. Good news, just brings a lot of hope. Thanks for sharing your journey, the ups and downs and the wonderful news. Thank you for bringing hope to my day!

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  15. I have been waiting for this post!! I am so SO happy for you! Words can't even express it, but I wanted to cry reading this. Congratulations on a healthy rainbow boy!!!! :D

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  16. So excited for you both!! That is some seriously awesome news. Like previous commenters said, a tearjerker for sure :)

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  17. Sorry to be late with this comment -- can't comment on Google blogs at work! But I remembers to check back this weekend and wanted to say how happy I was to hear this wonderful news. BTW, my grandmother had only one kidney and she lived to 80+ so no worries. Congrats on having a little boy and looking forward to continue reading as you get closer and closer to the big day.

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  18. Still loving this!! Ahhhhh!!!!! It's a BOY!!! (as I told to two different airports by now!)

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  19. So, so, so happy for you! I may have cried tears of relief when I first saw this great news. Hopefully a/s 2.0 will confirm everything's perfect (+/- a kidney)

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  20. Just popping in to say again how absolutely thrilled I am for you. Congrats on your baby boy! I will be keeping you guys in my thoughts and prayers and hoping that your next appointment goes really well!

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  21. I am super behind in my blogging/blog stalking, but just wanted to say again how excited I am for you! I am SO SO SO glad you got a good report and yay for being team blue! <3

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