Really big news is sometimes accompanied by really big worries. About a week ago, we got some lab tests back that indicated the baby might be at higher risk for spina bifida (higher being a 1 in 55 chance as opposed to a 1 in 10,000 chance). So, this morning was the first ultrasound with Dr. Hariharran, the fetal medicine specialist. I'd been really fretting about what we would need to do to adjust and adapt if there would be a serious problem. Fortunately, normal spine, normal heart, normal bladder, normal colon so far and this child can move! I'm not certain that our little one (and there is just the one)was still for more than a few seconds at a time. We got to see the face, though, with a tiny little pointed chin. Even more exciting, we watched the baby attempt to suck his or her thumb. I have to say attempt because first one hand was chosen, then dismissed, then the other hand was tried. The baby liked the second hand better and opened up its mouth, but the thumb ended up somewhere around the nose. What a great morning!
Tony has the pictures, so hopefully he'll scan them in and post them.
4 comments:
ooo now i can knit some booties! problem with knitting so much lately is i don't have anything specific to knit and i don't want a house full of knitted stuff no one will wear.
but between ted, laura and glen's new baby, and the one on the way in the pawli/bauer household, i'll have things i can do all the live long day!
We are always happy to receive handmade goodies! Especially sized to fit small feet, so knit away!
-A
Yay for healthy babies! I'm glad to hear all is well :)
Thanks Lori and Jen. Lori - if you could knit something in the Monoku Bo theme, that would be awesome (I really think we are headed toward interacial love pigs for the babies room -- I’m sure I’m going to have to do a separate blog to explain that to the rest of our blog reading world).
-TP
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