A girl! The ultrasound was great. The baby was moving around and kicking after being curled up... They found choroid plexus cysts on her brain. So I got my quad test done today and I have another ultrasound in four weeks... so wish us luck.
its nothing,little spongy spots on one part of the brain. almost all babies get them and it usually goes away by 32 weeks. even kids who are born with it have 0 affects from it.. they think its part of the natural development of the brain.
Oooh Emily, you're gonna have a little girl!! That is so exciting, congratulations! Good luck with everything chica.
congratulations!!! have you started thinking of names yet? good luck with the test. i've never heard of it either, but if what hippiehillbily says is true, sounds like you have nothing to worry about
Thanks everyone! Yeah I am not to worried about the cysts. They occur 1 out of every 100 babies and can clear up as late as 32 weeks. Her hands, feet, four heart chambers, and nose are all normally developed which the doctors said is good because if there was a possibility of having an abnormal defect those who have a problem as well.
Well, we had another ultrasound today and it went well. The cysts are gone but another "soft marker" for a genetic abnormality was present. She has a little gap between her first and second toes. I am not to worried because her dad has the same thing. So, yet another ultrasound in four more weeks! The doctor asked if I wanted an amniocentesis but I declined because my quad said that her chances of down syndrome were 1 in 3,500 and the other abnormality was 1 in 5,000.
it doesn't sound like there's too much to worry about. i know some ppl don't like them, but i really liked having multiple ultrasounds when i moved down here. it's so exciting
Ultrasounds give me the heebie jeebies, not just the danger of radiation or the reports that keep you on the edge of your seat with anxiety and nervousness and dependency on machines and doctors but also just the freaky, horror movie-ness of it, of looking at them and lying there... I even wrote a horror story about it(the only horror story I've ever written), to this day it really makes me feel really gross and dead inside and I only had one. I think they're very unnecessary and dangerous, and I hate to say things like that, because I don't want anyone to feel guilty for their choices, I think guilt is one of the most dangerous things we can do to ourselves, but I really needed to release the ickyness inside that I get when I hear things about ultrasounds... of course I need to get over this feeling I suppose, since I'm working with pregnant women and some will probably talk to me about ultrasounds, and some have already, so I am challenging myself to not feel icky about them, despite my beliefs I can still be supportive and get over the weirdness that I feel in my body. However I love everything about pregnancy and birth so congratulations, enjoy your pregnancy, it's such a special time!!! I wonder what you're plans are for after the birth? Lots of traditions recommend an even longer nesting when having girls, which I didn't know until after my 6 weeks of nesting had ended... but I still did a partial nesting over another 2 month period, at least, really more than that.
