"NT Scan" Appointment

Today, Jesse and I drove to Walnut Creek for an NT scan, which is pretty much an ultrasound where the doctor measures the fluid on the back of the baby's neck, which helps tell the probability of our baby having genetic disorders, such as downs syndrome. The full test process consists of the ultrasound that we had today, and then two blood tests that are taken about a month apart. The doctor takes the results from the ultrasound, blood tests, and our personal risk and puts together a probability of our baby being born with certain abnormalities.

We go back to this specialist at 20 weeks on May 31st for a full anatomy scan where they take a complete look at the baby and will give us the gender.

The doctor said everything looked great and right on track, yay! The baby was lounging the whole time, so relaxed! One of it's hands was by it's mouth the whole time, which makes me think he or she might be a thumb sucker. The tech even tried to get it to move around, but the baby just wouldn't have it, it was nap time!

Today's appointment was really cool because we got to hear the heart beat for the first time, and we also got to see the baby in 4D :-) Everything looked perfect, and baby is healthy!

Morning sickness back in full force!

Ahh, well I thought I was out of the woods for the most part with the nausea. I've been experiencing morning, noon, and night sickness every day since about 6 weeks along. On Saturday and Sunday, I started feeling a lot better, and thought maybe, just maybe, my nausea was going away. Well, did I think wrong! I woke up yesterday and today feeling sick, and have been having a hard time keeping any sort of breakfast down. It's kind of ironic that the doctor can give anti-nausea medication, but it kind of defeats the purpose if you can't keep it down long enough for it to start working...

Here's hoping the nausea goes away soon and I start getting some energy back once second trimester gets here!