not alot new to report, 2 weeks away from our next scan and meeting with the specialists.
belly is getting biiiig, ppl are shocked to hear how long i have left, they think im due now, hehehe.
christmas will be here in the bat of an eyelid, i've not really thought about it hardly. which i think is a good thing because this is the first yr in ages i havent been stressed about it.
trying to come to terms with the fact that this baby is about 8 weeks away. i dont know if its the constant appoinments, that this pregnancy is so soon after my last or just general impatients, but i sooo want it over. i'm trying my hardest to relax and enjoy whats left of my last pregnancy, but i just want to kiss his little cheeks and tell him i love him.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Intro
"Congenital heart defect" 3 words i do not wish up my worst enemy, and not the words any expectant mother absorbs well.
WTF does congenital even mean?! thats what i thought to myself as my world came crashing down in a room full of doctors.
I'd just had a second scan on my baby's heart done at 23 weeks.
"Your baby has Tetralogy of Fallot" (again me going WTF? please right that down so i can consult dr google when i get home!) a blurr of words, the ones that stuck out were hole and open heart surgery, the mention of an amnio and termination.....what a fabulous day.
I sit and cry for a while, cuddled by my gem of a student midwife, having no idea what the future holds for us or our precious baby. She turns to me and says hearts can be fixed, he's going to be ok.
We go back into the screening room to have the amnio done, TOF can be linked to downs and 22q deletion and they want to rule it out.
procedure is done, all straight forward, a final glimps of our monkey before we head home to process eveything.
Amnio results come back the very next day, all is well
And now here we are 27/3 and still processing. in about a month we'll have another heart scan done to see how he;s going, and 2 days later a follow up appointment with the specialists to ask all the questions on my ever growing list.
Baby is well, i know he is, he's so much more active than his sisters ever were and so so strong.
only 10 more weeks until we meet our little man....a prospect that is both so so exciting, yet absolutely terrifying at the same time.
WTF does congenital even mean?! thats what i thought to myself as my world came crashing down in a room full of doctors.
I'd just had a second scan on my baby's heart done at 23 weeks.
"Your baby has Tetralogy of Fallot" (again me going WTF? please right that down so i can consult dr google when i get home!) a blurr of words, the ones that stuck out were hole and open heart surgery, the mention of an amnio and termination.....what a fabulous day.
I sit and cry for a while, cuddled by my gem of a student midwife, having no idea what the future holds for us or our precious baby. She turns to me and says hearts can be fixed, he's going to be ok.
We go back into the screening room to have the amnio done, TOF can be linked to downs and 22q deletion and they want to rule it out.
procedure is done, all straight forward, a final glimps of our monkey before we head home to process eveything.
Amnio results come back the very next day, all is well
And now here we are 27/3 and still processing. in about a month we'll have another heart scan done to see how he;s going, and 2 days later a follow up appointment with the specialists to ask all the questions on my ever growing list.
Baby is well, i know he is, he's so much more active than his sisters ever were and so so strong.
only 10 more weeks until we meet our little man....a prospect that is both so so exciting, yet absolutely terrifying at the same time.
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