i realize it's been over a week since our last ultrasound and i'm so sorry i haven't updated the results here on the blog. jeff's computer finally died after six years and so he's been using mine until he get's a new one. plus i've been preoccupied with two little busy boys.
so last friday, the 14th, we headed to our appointment. both jeff and i were nervous about what we were going to see. when we arrived at the clinic there wasn't much of a wait, thank goodness. they took us back to the ultrasound room (which, is it me or are those rooms always the coldest!), and got right to work. i love how there's no dilly dallying. as soon as Baby came onto the screen we could still see the hygroma. the great news is it didn't appear to have gotten bigger! both jeff and i were so relieved at that. our technician did a bunch more measurements and looked at the heart a little bit and from what our doctor told us it looks good so far, though they couldn't see very much since it was so small. we also confirmed that we are having a sweet little girl! roman has been wanting a girl all a long and, frankly, viggo is too young to care, though he does love babies. jeff and i are excited to welcome a daughter into this world. sheesh...what's THAT like? :)
after the ultrasound, the doctor came in and told us a little information. it appears that the swelling around her body is almost gone (yay!) and the cystic hygroma appears to be softer or squishier than it did before. now, he didn't say this, and i didn't think to ask in the moment, but our assumption is that it her lymphatic system appears to be correcting itself and the fluid around her body, and possibly the hygroma, is beginning to resolve. Q the choir! we left feeling optimistic. something we haven't felt in a long time.
God is performing a miracle right in front of us and it is so amazing. so this is all good news, yes, but there is technically still a possibility things could go wrong. i have another ultrasound on october fifth to look more detailed at her heart and see how it has formed and if there are any defects within it. we're also waiting on the results to determine if Baby girl has turner syndrome, which, i'm hoping we get that news tomorrow. if she doesn't that would give her better odds at a good outcome. but even is she does have it, it's one of the more manageable syndromes out there, as far as i know.
with our good news, i've finally allowed myself to celebrate a bit. after our appointment we went and bought her a sweet little outfit from gap...and i haven't been able to stop since. i'm in trouble.
i guess that's all for now!
oh, and yes, we do have her name picked out, and no, we won't be telling you. ;)
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here we are at 19 weeks...in the mall bathroom.
xo
