Tuesday, October 21, 2008

No longer an alien!

I had my first regular OB appt. today!  It was so long b/c she had to do all of the first visit tests, etc . . . It took her a while to get that sweet little heartbeat on the doppler b/c Baby K is a squirmer!  I remember Aidan being the same way!  Anyway, the ultrasound tech asked if she could do an u/s on me to practice measuring the nuchal folds and since I was disappointed that I actually wasn't going to get one today- I said yes before she could finish asking!  Once I got in there, I got a little nervous b/c I believe an enlarged nuchal fold can be an indicator of Down's Syndrome or other chromosomal abnormalities.  But of course my little squirmer wasn't still enough for her to measure and he/she is also positioned more vertical than horizontal so wasn't really cooperating.  I hope it's not a sign of things to come!  But the good news is that I got to see the little one and it actually resembles a baby and not an alien!  So yea!!  4 more weeks till we find out the sex!!!!

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