When I got there, they immediately started the ultrasound. It was sooo amazing to see the photos of our little football. It's getting so big! So big in fact, that we had a little bad news. The test is two parts: Ultrasound and Blood work. Well, in order to do the blood work, the baby has to be no larger than 84 mm. Our baby was 86mm long. Unfortunately, the ultrasound was also putting our baby at 14 weeks (Dr Fes only has me at 13 weeks 3 days).
I got into a lengthy discussion with Dr K about due dates, as obviously my mis-calculated due date is what caused the problem here. He said that once a doc gives a due date, it's rare that they will ever change it. Even if every single ultrasound proves otherwise. I explained my short cycles to him and past ultrasounds. He said it definitely sounds like I'm about a week further along than Dr F thinks I am, but that she likely will not change my date. He did say to bring this up with Dr F again though- b/c my next genetic tests will need to be earlier than scheduled. Otherwise, I might be too far along for those as well.
So- what that means... I'm likely about 5-7 days further along than Dr F says. What can I do? Not much. I'll see what she says at my appt next Friday.
We did do the ultrasound portion of the test today. It was great. Dr K did tell us that he saw a healthy length to the baby's nose bridge, which was a good sign. Downs babies do not have a bridge or have a very short bridge. He also saw that there was a healthy amount of fluid in the back of the neck. He said based upon the ultrasound results only (So yes, there is margin of error), the stats seem to show that our baby is healthy. He did say that an AFP blood test can also provide further statistics. We are planning on having that test done in 2 weeks.
The ultrasound tech was FANTASTIC! She gave us soooooo many photos. And when baby wags was not cooperating and getting into position, she had the patience of a saint. It was great! I have tons of photos to upload, just need to find a scanner. I asked her about the 3D Ultrasound- and what made it different from what we saw today. To our surprise, she pulled one up on her computer and showed us. It was soooo real and awesome, like nothing I've ever seen before. She even printed it out for us. It's amazing what they can do with those machines!
We also heard the baby's heart rate again on the ultrasound machine: 157
As for me, today is the 2nd day in weeks that I have not thrown up. I'm scared to jinx myself, so I just pray the vomiting will stop. The nausea is still there, but I am hoping that the no-throwing-up is a good first sign. Maybe I'll just wake up and the nausea will be gone too! Fingers crossed. I'm keeping Zofran in business, that's for sure.
Lastly, as promised, here are just a few belly photos. Here's 5 weeks and 13 weeks. You can see the layer of "pudge" that I've now acquired:
I'll post ultrasound photos tomorrow!
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