I finally got a call today from my doctor's office with the results of the ultrascreen from St. Joe's Hospital. According to the results, I have no greater or lesser chance of having a Down's Syndrome baby than what is usual for my age (which is about a 1 in 400 chance). So good news, but it doesn't completely rule out the possibility. We'll be able to see more at the 20-week ultrasound towards the end of April.
If you scroll to the very bottom of the page, I set up a counter so you all can see where I am as far as weeks/days. Not quite halfway yet!
Showing posts with label ultrascreen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ultrascreen. Show all posts
Monday, March 27, 2006
Monday, March 13, 2006
We have pictures!
Deja vu...I find myself back at St. Joe's Hospital today to complete the ultrascreen from last week (see the previous post). Whew...it only took 35 minutes to get the photos they needed! From the photos, you can see that my uterus doesn't photograph well! My tilted uterus has righted itself within the past week (as was predicted by the ob tech). I got to hear the heartbeat again today which was reassuring. The gestational age is right on target also so I feel like this one just might make it! Just click on the pictures below to view the bigger versions.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Can anything go right...?
Keeping you all updated with the continuing saga of the pregnancy. On March 10th, I was scheduled to have an ultrascreen done at St. Joe's Hospital in Tucson. The ultrascreen is an ultrasound and blood test that checks for Down's Syndrome and Trisomy defects (since I'm so OLD).
So, we drive up to Tucson and finally find some place legal to park at the hospital (FYI, Joe's Crab Shack is NOT legal parking)! Anyway, so we get there, get checked in and went with the ob tech to start the u/s. The ob tech was very spirited (I mean, high strung), so at least that was a high point. She explains (prior to starting my exam), that one time it took over 3 hours to get a picture of the baby in the right position for the test. I thought.....not me!! We'll be out of here in no time!
Well, we start the u/s and of course, the baby is in THE worst position possible for the test (head down). My inverted uterus doesn't help the matter at all since the picture using the abdominal ultrasound was terribly fuzzy (you can see how inverted I am in the pic below). We tried numerous "remedies"....drinking water and walking for 10 minutes; having a full bladder; having an empty bladder; turning on one side, turing to the other side, laughing, jumping up and down, chewing sugary gum....we even left to go eat lunch and still, that darn baby didn't want to move from the comfy spot!
The ob tech even tried the vag. ultrasound wand which didn't do much for the official test, BUT did show us a great close-up of the baby....we were able to see a good heartbeat, fingers/toes, a lot of arms/legs movement and the brain. She said everything looked exactly on target.
We saw the head/face too...if any of you are familiar with the Strong Bad cartoons on-line...the baby looks like that (we laughed a lot over that). Check out www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html and you'll see what we mean. :-)
The OB tech was also able to get a pretty good bottom up view between the legs and she thought she saw some bait and tackle there....so who knows...it might be a boy? At 12 weeks I'm not sure of the reliability, but it was nice news. So...after almost 2 hours of being poked and prodded, we gave up...SO...next Monday I get to go back and try it again. The doctor on site said that women with inverted uteruses (or is it uteri?) usually correct themselves in between weeks 12-13. So that should make the picture look much better and hopefully the baby will move in a better position.
The hubby did have some words of consolation...he said that maybe things are hard at this point so it will be easier down the road. Wishful thinking! :-)
So, we drive up to Tucson and finally find some place legal to park at the hospital (FYI, Joe's Crab Shack is NOT legal parking)! Anyway, so we get there, get checked in and went with the ob tech to start the u/s. The ob tech was very spirited (I mean, high strung), so at least that was a high point. She explains (prior to starting my exam), that one time it took over 3 hours to get a picture of the baby in the right position for the test. I thought.....not me!! We'll be out of here in no time!
Well, we start the u/s and of course, the baby is in THE worst position possible for the test (head down). My inverted uterus doesn't help the matter at all since the picture using the abdominal ultrasound was terribly fuzzy (you can see how inverted I am in the pic below). We tried numerous "remedies"....drinking water and walking for 10 minutes; having a full bladder; having an empty bladder; turning on one side, turing to the other side, laughing, jumping up and down, chewing sugary gum....we even left to go eat lunch and still, that darn baby didn't want to move from the comfy spot!
The ob tech even tried the vag. ultrasound wand which didn't do much for the official test, BUT did show us a great close-up of the baby....we were able to see a good heartbeat, fingers/toes, a lot of arms/legs movement and the brain. She said everything looked exactly on target.
We saw the head/face too...if any of you are familiar with the Strong Bad cartoons on-line...the baby looks like that (we laughed a lot over that). Check out www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html and you'll see what we mean. :-)
The OB tech was also able to get a pretty good bottom up view between the legs and she thought she saw some bait and tackle there....so who knows...it might be a boy? At 12 weeks I'm not sure of the reliability, but it was nice news. So...after almost 2 hours of being poked and prodded, we gave up...SO...next Monday I get to go back and try it again. The doctor on site said that women with inverted uteruses (or is it uteri?) usually correct themselves in between weeks 12-13. So that should make the picture look much better and hopefully the baby will move in a better position.
The hubby did have some words of consolation...he said that maybe things are hard at this point so it will be easier down the road. Wishful thinking! :-)
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