Appointment Update

Hi everyone! I had my appointment today... and got to see the baby! Everything looked great... he or she is measuring a few days ahead of schedule and had a heart rate of 151. Well, I thought the level II ultrasound was today but I was mistaken. They do level II ultrasounds as part of the screening but not until 18 weeks (as I've had done before). The part that they do earlier is what I had done today and it was a short ultrasound by a specialized technician who can look at the nuchal fold. They are looking for the thickness of the baby's neck to try and see if they baby has Down's Syndrome. They can't tell you yes or no but they will try to estimate your odds. The test is totally based on how cooperative the baby is because they need to get to a certain spot on the neck. To give you an idea of size, they want it to measure between 1 and 3 mm. Our baby was *not* cooperative and was actually laying on it's head so the tech could not get a good look at it. That was fine by me, I enjoyed looking at the baby! They did blood work today and I will have more blood work done in 3 weeks. January 24th is the day of the big level II ultrasound. The actual scan takes one hour plus any other counseling, talking to the doctor or blood work... It was so unlike me but when the tech was starting the ultrasound, I said "Now, I know you probably can't tell yet but we are not finding out the sex so please don't let me see"... That's so NOT me!!! She said it would be too small for me to be able to tell but that she would never say anyway!!! She gave me some pictures but they are kind of blurry. The pictures I have from 2 weeks ago are clearer so I'll try to put one up tomorrow! Good night!!!!