Thursday, August 21, 2008

9 Week Ultrasound - Growing Strong!

I am happy to say that the ultrasound went pretty well today! Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers! The little bean is measuring just a day behind at 9 weeks, 4 days and its heartbeat went up to 182! Yahoo for a strong baby! The best part of the ultrasound was that I got to see our little one moving around! It was waving it's arm, saying "Hello, I'm doing good in here!" and was even scooting it's butt around (I couldn't see the legs, but the lower half of the body was shimmying around!). It was so neat! And I was able to hear the heartbeat again which is just the coolest sound in the world!

The pocket is still there and pretty much the same size, but I'm glad it's at least holding steady. The one large dimension (length) is the same size as before, but the other two dimensions (width and depth I'm assuming) have gone down a tiny bit, so we're hoping that means that my body is starting to reabsorb the pocket. She also said the pocket may have moved a little more "south" which is good too...when they're positioned down there (rather than up "north"), she said the chance for a miscarriage is less...wahoo! I'll take that!

So, my next appointment will be September 9th....these next three weeks will feel like an eternity! I will be filling them with prayers and positive thoughts! I will be 12 weeks at that point and will be having an ultrasound done that evuluates for your chances of the baby having downs syndrome or trisomy 13 or 18 I think. So during that ultrasound, they will also evaluate the pocket again and hopefully it has gone way down by then! The ultrasound appointment is at 9:45am on the 9th, and then I go back later that day at 1:30pm to meet with a doctor (and get weighed, etc.!). Depending on how things look during that appointment, we'll make a gameplan as to when (or if!) I need to come back in for more follow-up ultrasounds.

And, last but not least, our newest picture of the bambino! This one is a little harder to decipher than last weeks...I think the baby might have it's head tucked in (chin on his/her chest) so it's hard to differentiate the head from the body. You can see a little arm popping up (a white "stick" about half way down the body)! It almost looks as if his/her legs are crossed too (Indian style), but I'm not sure if that's the placenta or the actual legs!
Thank you all again for your prayers and support! Please continue praying for all three of us!

Love you all!
Nile & David

3 comments:

Jennifer Terrero said...

Awwww... look how freaking cute your LO is!!!!! This one is here to stay!!!! :)

Unknown said...

hi. i can feel your excitement as each utlrasound shows your bean ( my granddaughter ) getting bigger and stronger.
we will continue praying that your body will reabsorb that nasty pocket and that you will find some peace during these next three weeks. hopefully the coming three weeks will pass as quickly as a three week vacation seems to.
love you, honey, very much. please kiss the palm of your hand and then place it on your tummy and tell your baby that this is from papa pfaff. will give you a call tomorrow. tonight it is off to see batman conquer the villians. till then, i love you. papa bob

~ Maria ~ said...

Nile, keep the faith girl, the LO is GROWING STRONG!!!!

Little boy, I say....