We had our 20 week ultrasound last Wednesday, and it was so fun seeing little baby in there! Because of my age, my Dr wanted me to have the Panorama and quad screen blood tests to test for chromosomal abnormalities. I didn't really see the need for these, as our baby is our baby and we love her no matter what! But, it seemed to be the protocol at this Dr (side note: I was over 35 when I had Hope, too, and nothing was ever said about my age. I kinda miss my Dr in Holland!), so I went with it. Both those tests came back "normal" or "low risk" so that was good, that was also how we found out baby's gender earlier than 20 weeks (they take the baby's DNA from my blood! Crazy!). So anyway, yet again because of my age, my Dr wanted me to have a more detailed Level 2 ultrasound rather than a regular one done in their office. So we actually had our ultrasound at the University of Iowa clinic in the Quad Cities (not super convenient, especially since the time they gave me was in the afternoon. But, Grandpa and Grandma to the rescue! They came for the day to stay with Hope and let her nap, and also ended up hanging with Jeremiah too since he was home from school with Strep AGAIN!).
Who doesn't love tiny baby feet?!?!
So after the ultrasound, a U of I Dr came in and the tech scanned some more for her and then she talked about what they saw. She said everything looks pretty good and normal, and baby is weighing about 1 lb 8 oz. However, they did see something with her kidneys that I guess is a bit of a concern, enough of a concern that we'll go back at 32 weeks to re-check. What she said was that baby has a back-up of fluid in her kidneys, and they measured 5 mm, and the cut off for "normal" is 4 mm. So, of course there are a whole host of things that could be causing this (ranging from my own hormones to a less common chromosomal abnormality that wasn't tested for with those blood tests), and it could very well resolve on its own by 32 weeks or by the time she's born. Of course, my friend/enemy google has me worried. :( And I also can't help but think it's something I've done that caused this (which is obviously not the case). But, there is really nothing that we can do between now and the 32 week ultrasound. If things look better, then YAY everything is fine! If things look worse, then apparently that means the baby could be at risk for kidney infections which is not good in a newborn and can cause them to be very sick. So then we would be referred to Iowa City to a pediatric kidney Dr. SO, it totally could be nothing at all, BUT it also could be something. So we're just praying that by 32 weeks it will have resolved itself and that re-check ultrasound will just be another fun glimpse at baby girl. In the meantime, I'm trying to steer clear of google.
In other news:
Princess Rapunzel is doing well.
And so is toothless J!
We had a super nice Saturday, sunny and up to the 50s. So we just had to get the bike and scooter out!
You better believe I consider this my own personal parking spot at Hy-Vee!
January 25 was J's 100th day of school!
This was one of my favorite activities when I was teaching, so I'm glad J got to do it, too. The answers can be so funny!
While my parents were here helping with the kids on Wednesday, we also had a little early birthday celebration for this almost 7 year old (since my parents will be in CA over his real b-day)!!
That's about it from here- February will be full and fun, with J's b-day coming up and we're hoping to take a little trip for his b-day to Chicago to go to Shedd Aquarium (sshhh, he doesn't know yet! He's going to be so excited!!). :)
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