Our doctor came in & gave me the results to my labs I had taken last week. She said everything was good, but had to talk to me about my blood type. She said I am A- which is bad I guess. She said if Marc is negative too we are fine, but if he is positive the the next time we get pregnant my body will try to kill off the baby. So they are having Marc go in with me and get labs next week. If his blood type turns up positive I will have to get a shot or some procedure done in the 28th week of pregnancy. Then again right after the baby is born. So we are crossing our fingers he is negative like me!.
After telling us the results of the labs she did our 2nd Ultrasound. It was incredible, just like before!!! I am admitting though, it's rough being the mom. You have to lay there on the table and stare at the ceiling while the Doctor measures & shows everything about the baby to the dad. It's hard to sit there patiently waiting for your turn. I can see that Marc LOVES it though, so it makes it so worth it. I was watching him and he had this big old grin on his face while she explained everything. I had to fight back the tears... That is saying a lot for me because I don't usually cry in public!! No one saw or knew of course. :) Anyways, when I finally got to see I could see the babies hands waving around and feet kicking. The heart was beating SO fast & you could even see the umbilical cord pulsating. It was CRAZY cool. We also got two pictures this time. When she printed the first one I hadn't seen the screen yet, I had just heard her explaining to Marc. So she handed the picture to me and I didn't know which end was the bum or head. It didn't look like a baby to me!!. Which confused me because she said it would look so much more like a baby this time compared to last time. I couldn't see it until she showed me the beautiful baby moving around all over the screen & the picture suddenly made since.
She also moved us back up again on how far along we were. Last appointment she bumped us back 4 days, then yesterday she bumped us forward two. So we are 11 weeks 2 days as of today (9/23/2010). Making our due date April 12th now instead of April 14th I guess. Do the measurements always change making you further or less along by a few days at each appointment?
So our appointment was exciting as always. We have our next appointment October 20th. So in the next month we will hit the 2nd tri, I will have two labs taken, Marc will have one lab & then we will have another appointment (hopefully finding out the sex of the baby!.) Lots going on in the Grow family!!
Also, I have been craving a beef bologna sandwich for days, but had read on a few different websites that you should not eat deli meat. It never narrowed it down exactly so I called my wonderful Aunt Teresa (aka, the best nurse ever) and she told me bologna is fine to eat. Bless her heart!! Not to mention that we are headed to Utah tonight. I am seeing Cafe Rio & Tempanyaki in our near future!! Ohhhhh the things a sick pregnant person looks forward too! :)
That is a rare blood type! I hope it goes well! Be negative Marc! lol! I'm so glad everything is going good! Are you sick still? By the way, you should be more agressive and say, "Hey, can you explain to me what's going on inside MY belly??? I'm the pregnant one! " lol! It's good for Marc to know stuff too, but I definitely think its extremely important for you to understand ALL of it.. especially since the baby is in YOU. And, post what the heart beat rate was.. they say if its 140's its a boy, 160's its a girl..:-)
ReplyDeleteSo cool Kaisi! Kelsey's due date was April 12th. I've never know a doctor to change it just for two days difference buts they are all different. I hope everything stays positive and the blood works comes back they way you want it. :)
ReplyDeleteKaisi congrats! It's all so exciting. I had the same thing with blood type, My 28th week I had to get a Rogam shot and then again after she was born. Hailey inherited my blood type so she will most likely always have to get the Rogam shot in her pregnancies as well. It's creepy when they are telling you your body is going to try and kill off your baby! I cried! haha but its not bad, even the shot didn't hurt. Anyways good luck! Keep us posted!
ReplyDeletecongratulations! seeing the baby is always awesome. it makes it even more real! :) you are going to be a great mommy!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm A- too and Brandon's A+, so I had to get the Rhogam shot at 28 weeks and after delivery. It's no big deal. In fact, it's just protocol for Kaiser to give the mother the rhogam series if they're rh-. They didn't even make Brandon test (although we knew he was rh+)...this is probably because some women think they know who the father is and just in case they're wrong...kaiser gives every rh- mother the shots.
ReplyDeleteThe RH factor is an issue for me too so I always have to have the shot. It's not a big deal. They shoot it in your upper butt and you're good to go!
ReplyDeleteChanging the due date thing...my doc didn't change it as long as the measurements were within a week of the date we already had. The baby grows at a different rate at different times, so the date is never exact anyway. It's just the doctors best guess.
And where's a pic of your belly??
ReplyDeleteMy doctor never changed my due date and I ended up having him three weeks early which is pretty uncommon for your first. But only 4% of women actually deliver on their due date. I am so happy for you, and I can't wait to hear what you're having!
ReplyDeleteyour so stinking cute!! I can't wait to find out what you are having!
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