October 20, 2008
So it has been a long and busy month! Most of it was spent not feeling so hot. It was pretty miserable! Brian continues to be absolutely amazing in helping out around the house and bringing me water and crackers at a moments notice – he’s so GREAT! I actually was active for a few weekends, one was spent visiting my friend Allison’s new house in Canton and then my family came in for a visit, then Brian’s parents came in for a visit. All of these adventures were great but they sure did wear me out! Lots of sleeping afterwards!!
As far as the baby goes, we had an appt. on October 1st. The doctor tried to find the heartbeat using a doppler but was unable to. I was really bummed because I really wanted some reassurance that everything was okay since we hadn’t seen the baby since early September. The doctor gave me no reason to worry though so instead I just opted for a first trimester genetic test that involved an ultrasound. That testing was over the past two weeks. I had early screening for downs syndrome and trisomy 13 and 18?? I also had a blood test to see the chances of me carrying the muscular dystrophy gene since my uncle died of that before I was born. I should get the test results back soon but so far I have nothing to worry about. Another part of the test involved an ultrasound. We got to watch the baby for 45 minutes since it was being stubborn and not getting in the position the tech needed for the testing measurement! It’s the cutest thing ever wiggling all around – I’m in love!
Now we’ve started announcing it to everyone else. Pretty much the only people that don’t know are my coworkers, I’m waiting until our Halloween party to announce it. I have a bun in the oven costume that I’m pretty excited to wear!
Cole on November 8th, 2008
Love it…what a great way to keep us all up to date. I knew there was going to be some sort of blog and I’m thrilled to see it started right out of the gate.
Fun stuff!