ORANGE YOU ADORABLE

Week 15: Navel Orange Average size: 4 inches, 2.5 oz.

IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. I WAS KIND OF STRESSING THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST TRIMESTER SCREENING SO I DIDN'T WANT TO POST ANYTHING UNTIL WE GOT THEM. WELL WE GOT THEM YESTERDAY AND THEY WERE AWESOME! AS PER THE GENETIC COUNSELOR THE BASE LINE CHANCE FOR A 36/37 YR OLD WOMAN OF HAVING A CHILD WITH DS IS 1/300. AFTER MY BLOOD AND NT SCAN,  MINE IS CALCULATED AT  1/1800. MY CHANCES OF TRISOMY 18 IS 1/5000 - PRETTY MUCH THE LOWEST IT CAN GET AS PER HIM (THOUGH I THINK THE LOWEST CHANCE IS 1/6000 BUT I WILL TAKE IT) 

WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER SONO, AND THE SEQUENTIAL SCREENING NEXT WEEK AS WELL AS AN EARLY GLUCOSE SCREENING - YUCK! I AM REALLY HOPING WE WILL SEE THE LITTLE BUG'S GENDER (THOUGH FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES I ALWAYS REFER TO THE BABY AS SHE) IF SHE (LOL) IS NOT COOPERATIVE WE ARE GONNA TRY AND GO ON ON OUR 14TH ANNIVERSARY, 3/14, TO ONE OF THOSE 3D/4D PLACES TO GET A LOOK.

ON ANOTHER NOTE - A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK I HAD A FEW MOMENTS OF REALLY DEEP BLUE SADNESS - I FELT AFRAID TO BE HAPPY AND ENJOY THIS PREGNANCY. I WAS AFRAID TO GET ATTACHED. I WOULD HAVE BET MONEY THAT SOMETHING BAD WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I MAY HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAKDOWN. THEN MY WONDERFUL WIFE KIND OF LIT INTO ME - WAIT, THAT WAS NOT THE GOOD PART - THE GOOD PART WAS AT THE END OF IT ALL SHE ASKED ME TO TRY AND FIND ONE HAPPY THING ABOUT THE PREGNANCY EVERY DAY. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING AND IT HAS HELPED ENORMOUSLY. I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS BABY AND ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TIME WE CAN SEE/HEAR HER. 

WE EVEN STARTED OUR REGISTRY AND DISCUSSING THE (SUMMER) BABY SHOWER WITH OUR MOMS. NOW WE JUST HAVE TO GET OUR ASSES MOVING ON GETTING THE BABY'S ROOM TOGETHER AND WE SHOULD BE OK. THE LAST PIC I GOT WAS THE DAY OF THE NT SCAN AT 13W2D SO I HAVE HELD IT HOSTAGE, BUT THERE IT IS BELOW. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT LITTLE FACE AGAIN A WEEK FROM TODAY.

How far along? 15 wks 3 days

How big is baby? the size of a navel orange (pretty specific kind of orange)

Total weight gain/loss: this fluctuates day by day but it seems I may have gained a total of @ 3 lbs

Maternity Clothes:  hell yes - finally bought some jeans and a few shirts

Have you started to show yet? yes and I think it is no longer extra fluff

Sleep: badly - up all the time to pee and shift position

Best moment this week: getting good results from our screening

Miss Anything? cold cuts - specifically ham

Movement: flutters for a couple of weeks now
Food Cravings: fruit and crab legs - I need to hit Joe's Crab Shack ASAP

Anything make you queasy or sick? the smell of perfume makes me nuts 

Gender prediction: Girl 

Symptoms: some round ligament pain, fatigue and migraines

Major purchases this week? just my maternity clothes (though we have collected tons of stuff over   the years)

Looking forward to: seeing the baby bug on 3/5   

AND JUST IN CASE YOU ARE STILL READING HERE IS A PIC OF MY BELLY @ 15 WKS 

BABY BELLY PIC @ 15 WKS - GROW BABY GROW