Well, it looks as though we will be having two more.....
GIRLS!
I had my (first, of probably many) level II ultrasound today. Both babies look good...four chambers in the hearts, complete spinal columns, all the right blotches (at least that's what it looked like to me) in the brain, complete lips, and the correct number of limbs. And both the tech and the fetal specialist MD thought they were both girls. (Although we'll refrain from using gallons of pink paint anywhere. We have a nephew whom the tech was 100% sure was a girl. We were all a bit surprised when she was a he.)
But, of course, because it seems doctors as a whole are always on the lookout for pathology, I will need to go back for another level II in a month and a half or so. Both babies' kidneys had fluid in them, though still within acceptable parameters. But even so, we were told in serious tones, that it can sometimes lead to surgery after birth (although rare) and that it is a soft marker for Downs (though there were no other markers present, other than my age, of course). It seemed to me that the amniocentesis that was being suggested was far riskier, odds wise, than what was going on with the little one's kidneys. I refuse to let the medical establishment take away my joy about these two babies. We will of course pray for their continued health and development, but they are our beloved children no matter what the future holds.
I had my (first, of probably many) level II ultrasound today. Both babies look good...four chambers in the hearts, complete spinal columns, all the right blotches (at least that's what it looked like to me) in the brain, complete lips, and the correct number of limbs. And both the tech and the fetal specialist MD thought they were both girls. (Although we'll refrain from using gallons of pink paint anywhere. We have a nephew whom the tech was 100% sure was a girl. We were all a bit surprised when she was a he.)
But, of course, because it seems doctors as a whole are always on the lookout for pathology, I will need to go back for another level II in a month and a half or so. Both babies' kidneys had fluid in them, though still within acceptable parameters. But even so, we were told in serious tones, that it can sometimes lead to surgery after birth (although rare) and that it is a soft marker for Downs (though there were no other markers present, other than my age, of course). It seemed to me that the amniocentesis that was being suggested was far riskier, odds wise, than what was going on with the little one's kidneys. I refuse to let the medical establishment take away my joy about these two babies. We will of course pray for their continued health and development, but they are our beloved children no matter what the future holds.
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Speaking complete health into your womb and silencing the enemy from any joy-robbers that were thrown out there at you today! Your girls ARE healthy, they ARE whole, and they WILL be perfect! :)
Love ya,
K
Also, I cannot tell you how many people I know who receive some scary thing about an ultrasound and it's always been okay. Our Patrick was one and like you I refused amnio--too risky and we knew the outcome wouldn't matter, he was our baby no matter what! He was born perfectly healthy!
Congrats!
So, any name choices yet?? :)