24 down, 16 to go.

24 weeks today and I can not complain, well, at least not about the pregnancy;) I am feeling great. My belly is growing like crazy and I LOVE it!!! I have read that by time the baby is born they will have a sleep schedule. If this is true, I am hoping that Mr Bun keeps the one he currently has. He sleeps all night and is up when I get to work and then awake sporadically throughout the day. I could definitely handle that. I am going to have a talk with him once his hearing gets a little sharper.

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Good Day Sunshine!!!

Yesterday's appointment proved to be our first at the perinatal where we both walked out of there with big smiles on our faces!! Mr Bun is looking GREAT!! He was moving around all over the place, at one point he had his feet up by his mouth...maybe he bites his toenails like his Aunt Kala:):) He is weiging in at 1 pound 8 ounces (51 percentile) and is still measuring about 3-4 days ahead. More importantly, the cyst is gone!! The Dr was quick to note that those cysts do resolve themselves so the fact that it is gone is neither here nor there, but it was definitely better then it getting bigger or there being another one. He also said that my risk ratio drops back to where it was before the cyst was noticed at the last appointment:):) The usually stoic and matter-of-fact doctor was much more light-hearted at this appointment. He even said, "me likey, likey" while looking at Mr Bun's heart. It was odd and funny all at the same time!!

Tomorrow I will be 24 weeks which, depending on the specialist, is often considered the viability stage. This means that if Mr bun were to be born after this point he would have a much higher chance of surviving in the NICU. Obviously, as much as I want to meet him I am not ready for him to get here yet, but it is nice to know he could pull through if need be.

He was not really cooperating, but we managed to get a few shots (thanks to our friendly tech)...



Maybe he is waving at us???

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Truckin along:)

23 weeks today. I am starting to have to refer back to previous posts to see how far along I am, these weeks are starting to meld into one another.

Nothing new and exciting. Mr. Bun has been kicking around like a mad man. I have felt a few of his kicks from the outside, but every time I try and hold Dave's hand there either there is nothing or Dave can not feel it. It might be easier for me since I am feeling it on both sides and I know where it is?

This last week has definitely been a belly growth spurt. I thought it might have been our Valentine's Day weekend feeding frenzy, but most likely not. We go back to the perinatal on Tuesday so we are just staying optimistic and looking forward to some great news!!!

"Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With his sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. The sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing him for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze him when he hears them outside the womb"

More like Harry meowing all night long...glad to know it won't bug the baby, but what about me!?

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Valentine's Day....

is only one day away. I know it is overrated, but I love all the cute little pink and red hearts that are the theme at every store and bakery...what is cuter than a krispy kreme with red and pink sprinkles??? Speaking of hearts my heartburn is starting to kick my esophagus's ass!!! My jumbo plastic "life time supply" container of Tums is diminishing quickly. It does amaze me at how those chalky little things can be such a huge and quick relief.

We broke through the 22 week mark yesterday!!! This will be our last Valentine's Day where it is just the two of us. Soon enough, our attempts for romance on this holiday will be interrupted by crying and tantrums and all the other joys of parenthood;)

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Does this kid sleep???

I am really starting to wonder when this kids sleeps, it seems as if he is living on 10 minute cat naps. Morning, noon, night and late night he can be felt kicking and moving around...I love every kick he delivers!!! Note to self...enroll this kid in Hapkido ASAP:):) Unfortunately, Dave can still not feel them. I know they are getting stronger and it won't be long. Our little guy is probably at a pound right now since last Tues he was 14oz...2 oz shy of a full pound:) I guess the bigger he gets the more and more I will feel his ninja like skills!!

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I think I misplaced my week???

Is it really Friday?? These weeks are pulling vanishing acts on me. As of today, I am 21 weeks and 1 day along. My "bumpity bump" is turning into a full out pregnant belly. I swear I went from, "awww, isn't this little baby bump so cute" to "holy shit, what have I been feeding you kid??". We had an ultrasound Tues that did confirm that his growth was moving right along...he was measuring 4 days ahead. Oh, and he, is still a he. However, the very unfriendly u/s tech did remind us that nothing is 100% until the baby comes out! Uh, thanks captain obvious.

We would not be Dave and Kylee if we did not walk out of there with just that tiny bit of doubt and worry...that would be way too simple. We found out the the baby has a Choroid Plexus Cyst. It sounds very scary, but in reality it is not uncommon and not dangerous, it does not affect the baby at all. Many pregnancies go undetected for this because most regular pregnancies do not have a Level II comprehensive scan. The cysts are typically present between 16-28 weeks and they resolve themselves. However, the bad thing is that it "can" be a soft marker for Trisomy 18. My earlier bloodwork did not show me screening positive for Trisomy 13/18, but it did show me at an elevated risk for where I should be for my age.

These two things combined made the Dr take note and therefore he felt the need to explain the situation to us. Dr's just have this certain look...most people, fortunately, will never get familiar enough with this face to recognize it, but Dave and I are pros. It is like you look at the Dr and you just know he is going to say something that you don't want to hear, but sticking your fingers in your ears and saying, "la la la" won't change the situation.

Trisomy 18 is when, for some reason during cell division, there is a third copy of the 18th chromosome instead of just two, sounds like no big deal, but this condition is not compatible with life. Most babies will die in utero and only 5% of babies delivered with this condition will actually make it to their first birthday. And that first year will not be that of a normal child.

Because of this cyst my ratio did drop down to around 1/250 which is hovering in the danger zone. To look at the ratio better it would still give us a 99.6% chance of having a normal healthy baby. The Dr stated that "usually" if a baby has this condition there are other soft markers and not just an isolated choroid plexus cyst. For example, most babies with Trisomy 18 have heart conditions, clenched fists, rocker bottom feet, intrauterine growth restriction and other structural abnormalities. In our case, everything seems to look great in those departments.

The only way to know if our little guy has this condition is to do an amnio and the risk associated with miscarriage during an amnio is higher than the risk associated with our child having this mutation. So for now, we wait...we are GREAT waiters:) As positive as we are staying and as much as I think that our lil man is healthy and fine it is scary to know what the Dr will be looking for at every ultrasound appointment. We really are livin on a prayer:):):)

Keep growing Mr Bun!!!!

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Bumpity Bump Bump

Just in case I didn't think that I was showing yet, a sweet old lady working at Macy's asked me if I was pregnant this weekend. Did I mention I was wearing a wool coat? I was kind of shocked at first because no one has ever asked me if I was pregnant based on my appearance. Call me a crybaby, but it was an emotional moment for me. As Dave and I were walking away I couldn't help but get a little teary eyed...ok, maybe it was more than teary eyed:) It is hard to explain, it is not as if that stranger noticing my bump validated that I was pregnant, but something about that moment just really got to me....they were most definitely happy tears!!

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