Wow! I haven't "blogged" in a while. I usually do it in my head, which kind of foregoes the sharing aspect of it all since I can barely remember my name. haha Soooo Not much new. The Dr. confirmed that we are having a boy at my 20 week appointment. They also scared the crap out of me as my "neuro tube" numbers came back slightly out of range during my level 2 ultrasound meaning he could have a neuro tube defect such as spina bifida. The lab they use has a scale of up to 200 and mine was 225. The genetic counselor (doesn't that sound so scary?!) said that other labs have a range of 250 and that it would be completely fine, but their lab only goes to 200. Where they did my appointment backwards of having the ultrasound and then the blood work done instead of the blood work and then the ultra sound they weren't too concerned because they didn't see anything wrong in my 20week ultrasound but they still had me come in for another scan in which they confirmed they didn't see any abnormalities. But I will go back at 32 weeks to have another ultrasound JUST to be sure. You know the whole "no news is good news" and when you get that call, even though they tell you not to worry and that they're not concerned you become an emotional wreck.........yeah that was no fun! Thank goodness is was less than 24hrs from when they called me to when they could get me in. Needless to say I was EXHAUSTED after from sheer panic!
Other than that "excitement" all has been well. Mr. man is moving more and more. His kicks are WAY more noticeable at 6 months than they were a little while ago. I sat up one night by myself being "hard core" as Mitch called it because I was up past our 9pm bedtime, but I was not tired and feared going to bed only to get up because my legs were flailing from restless leg syndrome! Ugh! That is SO annoying! I had it before my pregnancy but not as often. Anyway, I am happy I stayed up because I got to see my stomach literally move as he kicked. It made me laugh out loud and smile ear-to-ear! How lucky am I to be able to experience this gift?! So blessed!
