I saw the OB today and got great news: I passed the IPS screening and do NOT have to go for amnio. I am so relieved. I understand that IPS does not catch everything as it looks at risk for very specific issues. There is always a possibility that something was missed and I have a false negative. But I'm going to consider myself as falling into the true negative category and be happy and content with that.
Baby was fine today. A little quiet all day but the heart was fine. The OB had no trouble finding it at all today. The h/b was at 151 today so pretty consistent with Friday and about 5 weeks ago when I saw the NP. I go back in 4 weeks and at that point will get a requisition for thyroid testing and the glucose tolerance test. Yuck! I always get sick when I have to do a 2 hour GTT so I'm not looking forward to having to take a day off just for this test, again.
In the off chance that the tech wasn't able to get the measurements she needed at Friday's scan I will get a call in a couple weeks to go back for another try. I won't mind getting another peek but I'm still convinced I've got a bit of a stinker in here and I'll still need a specific gender determination scan. I'm still seriously considering it, though. The worst I can do is make an appointment and cancel it because I have another diagnostic before that.
Other than that, nothing new. I'm feeling more activity overall and it mostly feels like popping bubbles or popping corn in the popper. Best way I can describe it. Baby was pretty quiet today, as I mentioned above, but there were a few movements I could feel.
I'm off to deal with the garbage and pack for an overnight business trip. My flights back had better get me home because I'm set to head out on another flight Thursday for a girls' long weekend trip in the States. Fingers crossed I don't run into any problems or I'll be really, really angry.
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Gender Abmiguity
Okay, I'm now officially paranoid that the scan on Friday wasn't accurate. Without a completely cooperative baby I am worried the tech might have been wrong.
I walked out of the appointment thinking it was a boy and was settled on it being a boy yesterday. And now I'm worried it isn't a boy. I am great, happy with a boy and don't want this to be a girl now that I've got my mind set on a boy. My niece would have other ideas. lol
So, I think I'm going to go for an elective u/s. I am sure my OB will not order another one at my appointment tomorrow just for a gender peek. And thanks to a helpful poster at FF I now know that there are clinics that do elective gender scans and u/s in Canada. Who knew that was even legal up here? I didn't. She told me to search for 'non-diagn.ostic ultr.asound'. I found 2 places in the city: 1 way out in the east end and 1 not a far drive from my place.
The other option is to book a scan in the US when I'm there this weekend. I could get one done on Saturday morning which offers pretty much everything the Canadian ones would. Except the cost is $100 and the Canadian ones range from $169 - $200+. For the same darned thing! Grrrr! The benefit of getting it done at home is that if the baby isn't cooperative, yet again, they'll have me come back for the gender determination for free. The US clinic offers it too but because I'm there for such a short time I wouldn't be able to go back a second time.
I'm going to call the place nearer my house tomorrow after my OB appointment and see what their availability is. If I can get in over the next couple of weeks I might just do that. Bite the bullet cost wise, anyway. And I'll see if I can book it during baby's busy period which seems to be between 11 am and 2 pm. That is certainly when I feel more 'kicks' and popping in my belly.
The worst that can happen is that I'll have spent some money only to get the same answer as I was given Friday. But if we get a better look it will be worth the peace of mind ... I think. ;-)
I walked out of the appointment thinking it was a boy and was settled on it being a boy yesterday. And now I'm worried it isn't a boy. I am great, happy with a boy and don't want this to be a girl now that I've got my mind set on a boy. My niece would have other ideas. lol
So, I think I'm going to go for an elective u/s. I am sure my OB will not order another one at my appointment tomorrow just for a gender peek. And thanks to a helpful poster at FF I now know that there are clinics that do elective gender scans and u/s in Canada. Who knew that was even legal up here? I didn't. She told me to search for 'non-diagn.ostic ultr.asound'. I found 2 places in the city: 1 way out in the east end and 1 not a far drive from my place.
The other option is to book a scan in the US when I'm there this weekend. I could get one done on Saturday morning which offers pretty much everything the Canadian ones would. Except the cost is $100 and the Canadian ones range from $169 - $200+. For the same darned thing! Grrrr! The benefit of getting it done at home is that if the baby isn't cooperative, yet again, they'll have me come back for the gender determination for free. The US clinic offers it too but because I'm there for such a short time I wouldn't be able to go back a second time.
I'm going to call the place nearer my house tomorrow after my OB appointment and see what their availability is. If I can get in over the next couple of weeks I might just do that. Bite the bullet cost wise, anyway. And I'll see if I can book it during baby's busy period which seems to be between 11 am and 2 pm. That is certainly when I feel more 'kicks' and popping in my belly.
The worst that can happen is that I'll have spent some money only to get the same answer as I was given Friday. But if we get a better look it will be worth the peace of mind ... I think. ;-)
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