This week has been full of ups and downs. I have definitely been sitting in the front row on the emotional roller coaster ride.One big decision that is now out of the way: Eric and I have decided on the baby's name! We still have some family to share our choice with before we make the announcement, but it will be coming soon. Eric picked it, and I think it's adorable!
I was still pretty sick this week and had to see more doctors and have more tests. Tuesday I went in to see a GI specialist and he prescribed me some medication to help with the nausea, vomiting, and digestion issues. I am still waiting on the results of my tests and have to go back the week after next.
Eric and I had another ultrasound on Thursday. We went in thinking it would be pretty routine and we would get confirmation of the baby's gender, but some news shocked me to my core. The ultrasound tech was joking around with us and saying that everything looked great until she noticed a choroid plexus cyst. The choroid plexus is a tissue in the brain that produces fluid for the spine. A choroid plexus cyst, or CPC, is found in about 1-3% of ultrasounds between 16-24 weeks. Leave it to me to be part of another small percentage. The doctor and the ultrasound tech assured us that, although this can be a maker for Down Syndrome or Trisomy 18, without any other markers the odds are in our favor that this will disappear by 28 weeks. But honestly, it doesn't matter how many assurances we get, I will continue to worry about my child until we get the final word during our next ultrasound...in 7 weeks. Please send thoughts and prayers for baby Widener's health!
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| 19 weeks 3 days |
Eric has, as always, been amazing, supportive, and very positive during all of this. I don't know how I would make it without him by my side! Our daughter has the best kind of daddy!
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| 19 weeks, 3 days |
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| 19 weeks, 3 days |
I also played the role of paranoid parent this week when I hadn't felt the peanut move around for a few days. I called my friends who are moms and nurses (or both) and asked them if it was normal to feel the baby regularly, then to not feel any movement for several days. Luckily they confirmed that is normal at this point. I still don't feel her nearly as much as I used to, but I know it's coming!
I was feeling great on Friday and Saturday and was able to get out of the house (finally). Eric and I went to Cypress Gardens and canoed, walked around, and then went on a drive with no real destination in mind. We had a great day and after eating at Gilligan's and coming home, we called it an early night. Saturday I spent time with my pregnant ladies, Malory and Ashley. It was great to do pregnant stuff with other people and not have to worry about boring them! We looked at maternity clothes, ate, got our toes done, ate, looked at baby clothes, ate more, and watched Ashley's 3D ultrasound. It was so much fun! I can't wait until all three of our October babies can meet and play together.
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| 19 weeks 6 days |
I gained a few more pounds this week and am back to my pre-pregnancy weight. The peanut weighed just under 10 oz on Thursday and we were told she is growing wonderfully and, aside from the cyst, she looks perfect in every way!
Tomorrow I will officially be at the halfway point and am looking forward to counting down the days to estimated delivery (141 to go)! This coming week the peanut will grow to somewhere between 10-12 oz, or the size of a small cantaloupe (or a can of soda/pop). She is building vernix (a waxy-like white substance) over her skin to protect her skin from getting chapped. She is also starting to produce meconium (the result of digestion).
Current cravings: chocolate, peanut butter, strawberries
Current aversions: tomatoes, onions
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