.:Follow Up Ultrasound:.

Today was the day! Ultrasound today!

Leading up to today, things couldn't have gone worse. Remi spent all evening last nite throwing up all over me and all over our house. Needless to say there were baths, lots of laundry, and our steam cleaner got a good workout. We were up from 1-4 a.m. with her last nite, which lead to extremely tired parents today. Reece has never been throw up sick before, nor has Remi, so it was definitely a new experience for us.

Combine that with feeling anxious and nervous, and you've got one emotional mama.

Cue Remi having a screaming fit for a good 35-40 minutes while we waited at the hospital. Poor girl is tired and recovering from being sick, and it was just horrible for all of us - including everyone who had to listen to her. Josh actually missed the entire ultrasound because he had to take her out of the room.

Good times.

But on to the results!

The tech went through all of the measurements, pointing out things as she did, and even let me see sweet baby girl's face in 3d. That definitely made it seem a bit more real! She asked me if I had any bleeding earlier in the pregnancy, and that's when I knew that the bowel was still looking too white.

The doctor came in to look again, and confirmed that the bowel was still looking too white. He checked out her brain and the placenta, and said that he didn't see any indications of a virus, which would have shown up there and is a potential cause of the light bowel. He also said that he didn't see any birth defects, and that if she were carrying cystic fibrosis, then the bowel would have been more white. The area that is still too bright is just a small sliver, so he didn't feel that was an indicator of cf. He said that it's still possible that she just swallowed some blood, but that another possibility could be that her bowel is not getting enough blood flow, which can lead to a blocked bowel. He didn't say what the course of treatment would be in that case, but just said he wanted to do another ultrasound in six weeks to see what things were looking like.

While looking at her heart, he also saw an irregular heartbeat. My doctor has never heard this before; I'm not sure if she just hasn't listened long enough to hear it or if it's a new development. He turned the sound on and we were able to hear it. Again, he said it could likely be nothing and would most likely resolve itself on its own, and that he wasn't too concerned since there was still lots of good cardiac output. But until it goes away, I'll be visiting the doctor weekly to check her heartbeat until it clears up. It could obviously indicate something more serious, but the doctor really felt that it wouldn't get to that point.

So mixed news. I definitely feel relieved that some of the major, life long difficulties seem to not be an option anymore. I just definitely wish that it could have all been good news. But of course, grateful for the news we got, and grateful to see our sweet little lady.

She is still a she and measuring right on track!

Don't you just want to kiss those lips?

She's perfect.

And, here is the 23 week belly.