I'm finally done with my first trimester, only 27 weeks to go. I had my second prenatal visit and I got all of my blood work results and first trimester screening results back. All the blood work was normal, and the first trimester screening took baby's odds for having down syndrome and trisomy 18 WAY down. It took the chances of baby having down syndrome from 1 in 750 to 1 in 11,500 and the chances of trisomy 18 from 1 in 1,870 to 1 in 138,000! I am definitely glad we got the testing done. In a few weeks I can get the second trimester screening done, which is just blood work. Also I got to schedule my anatomic ultrasound scan which is when you can find out the sex of the baby. The ultrasound is on August 23rd, but we won't find out the sex until September 1st when we have our gender revel party. It's just going to be close family and friends, but don't worry we will post pictures of the cake to let everyone know what sex the baby is. I'm already super excited!
New (not to mention, lovely) development on the pregnancy symptoms front: arms and legs falling asleep in the middle of the night and having to wake up every hour and a half to switch positions. I love being pregnant... not! I am already exhausted all the time, oh you know making a baby and everything, loosing sleep over this is just what I need. Oh also this acne that is way worse than anything I've ever experienced is also lovely. Whoever said pregnancy is wonderful and makes you glow is full of shit. I don't even have it that bad, I've had friends that have had it way worse during their pregnancies, hats off to them. The only good thing that is coming from this whole experience is the end result: my very own flesh and blood baby; and I can't wait to meet him or her.
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