This is our baby Girl! This pregnancy has been so much fun! If you know me then you know that is a lie. I get really sick and Change personalities when I am pregnant. We are happy to say this is our final baby growing adventure. I love the babies, but pregnancy and me are not friends.
This pregnancy is 1/2 over and already we have had our share of worries.
My blood test that they take at 16-18 weeks to screen for Spine problems and Down Syndrome came back with numbers showing a very slight chance that our baby could have down syndrome. They hurry and send you to the specialist at the hospital for an ultrasound. Our baby looks 100% perfect, well almost, she will probably be just as imaginative and weird as our first 3.
They couldn't see all the things they wanted to see on our ultrasound so they had us come back 4 weeks later. They wont rule out the possibility of down syndrome unless you do an amniocentesis, which we decided not to do because of the risk of miscarriage.....I have worked so hard already dang it! Besides she is what she is and we will love her all the more. At our next ultrasound they found that I have Placenta Previa, which can be a dangerous condition all by itself, but even more so for me because I have had c-sections and it could turn into placenta accreta. If it stays a normal ole placenta previa then they will deliver the baby at 36 weeks, IF i don't have bleeding before hand that causes her to be born even earlier. They will let me know by week 24 if I need bed rest! If it turns into the Placenta Accreta then there is a very big possibility that at the time of delivery they will do a hysterectomy! Good thing I was planning on 4 beautiful babies. They think the test may have come back so funny about the down syndrome because of the placenta previa. My Doctor said "go home and don't worry about it and stay off the Internet!"......this is going to be a long waiting game! We just wont know everything until she is here.
We are very excited to have another little girl, even though Jake will be all alone! I wish I could fast forward time & see what the future holds. I just want her here safe and beautiful and who she is!
If I end up on bed rest, please come hang out with me, lend me books, & clean my house!
