The Rest of the results

On a very happy note I can now say my chance of down syndrome & chromosomal abnormalities are very low. My down syndrome risk was 1 in 554 & my chromosomal abnormality was 1 in 1000. My new numbers are 1 in 11,061 for downs & 1 in 19,781 for chromosomal abnormalities. So very good news indeed.

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I'm 14 weeks today. I feel that every day I hear the heartbeat is another milestone. I can find it so easy now that I listen every morning & evening. I hope that's not too obsessive! I wouldn't really say I'm nervous....I think I do it because I just love the sound. I love listening to the baby kick & punch the Doppler.

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Coming up next: Gestational diabetes test on the 26th
Level II on October 9th(I almost can't believe that in 3 weeks I could know if it's a boy or girl!)

The Results

Everything looks great! Of course I don't have the blood results in yet but the ultrasound looked really good. The nuchal translucency measurement was 1.5 which the doc is happy with. He even told me to relax & enjoy this because I have less than a 1% chance of a miscarriage. I think I might actually get a kid out of this. Kinda scary. I have spent so long trying to get here, that I never really thought I'd actually have a real live kid.

I'm again in a funny place, I want so badly to be happy & start planning but I'm still so scared. It's hard for me to believe my dream could be finally coming true. I really am trying to overcome this...I have to. I won't be able to do IVF again. This kid is it...unless I get that miraculous pregnancy after infertility. So my current goal is to enjoy this pregnancy because it most likely will be my last.

Man it's been a while....

Sorry I didn't realize how long it has been since I last posted.

Today marks 13 weeks. I have my Level 1 ultrasound at the perinatal clinic today. I'm not really nervous. I don't know why but I'm guessing it's because I made sure I heard the heartbeat yesterday.

My husband doesn't want to go today. He doesn't want to hear that something could be wrong with our child. I look at it this way...If something is wrong I don't plan on terminating...But I can at least prepare myself before birth. I'll be sure to update tomorrow on the results of the scan.

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On a sad note I do want to mention the day & what it stands for. NYC was my hometown. I was born there, all my family is there....I will never forget that day. I will also never forget the people whose lives were lost. Our innocence was taken away that day. NYC will never be the same.