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Ashley

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Have fun at your ultrasound today! Did your hubby take the day off too? Enjoy seeing that baby!
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  • ambigsambigs

    thanks :)  andrew took the morning off so we could go together.  it's always so fun seeing the baby!  baby was measuring fine and we are in the clear and still team green :)

    unfortunately i'm feeling kinda down after it.  we have to have another one done at 32 (i think) weeks because they saw a shadow on the bowels. my doctor said she really wasn't worried.  in all other aspects the baby looked great - it's just something they have to follow up on.  and she even joked and said "we'll have to take a peek at the baby again, oh darn!"  she said it could just be the way the baby was laying, or how the transducer thingy picked it up.  but of course it's hard for me to not worry about it!  she did ask if we had a family history of cystic fybrosis and i said not that i'm aware of.  and even that freaks me out.  would i know if we had a history of that?  surely i would, right?!

    of course when we got in the car and i asked andrew what he thought and said i wished i had questioned her more about it, he asked why.  and told me not to get all worked up.  he said he wasn't worried b/c she wasn't worried.  and i'm pretty sure his exact words about his first meeting with the doctor was "she's too happy."

     

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  • SweetTea*83SweetTea*83
    Eek! That would make me nervous, too. But I would go with Andrew on that one. The problem is that 10 weeks is a long time to put it out of your mind. You could do two things - call back and really push for an more extensive u/s, or have one of you do a simple blood test to test for the gene and rule it out for your peace of mind. You both have to be carriers for your baby to have CF, which is unlikely. But no, you would have no indication if you were indeed a carrier. I am really sure that it's all okay, but if it's really bothering you I would try to do another u/s soon. I don't know if there's a medical reason to wait until 32 wks or not - maybe someone can chime in on that? So sorry you have any doubt in your mind now that all is okay!
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  • ambigsambigs

    i have just been sitting at home worrying about it.  ugh.  i know i need to stop.

    i did call and the phone nurse said the u/s hasn't been signed off on yet, so it's not in my chart and she doesn't have a way of looking at (aka couldn't really help).  she asked me what the dr said....she said most likely it's the way the baby was laying and she wouldn't fret about it - uhh yea.  easier said than done!

    she said if i wanted to call back again for more information, it should be in my chart by friday.

    as far as being CF carriers.....all i know is that audrey is not (that's what we were told when she was born).

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  • SweetTea*83SweetTea*83
    Putting it out of your mind is easier said than done. You need a good distraction! Hopefully you'll hear something reassuring when you call back on Friday. If your doc didn't order the level 2 u/s for you, then she really wasn't very worried. There would be no reason that she wouldn't if there was really something there. As far as the CF thing goes, I did a little Punnett square work for you. If you and Andrew were both carriers, Audrey would only have a 25% chance of NOT being a carrier. If one of you was a carrier (which wouldn't really matter for this problem anyway), Audrey would have a 50% chance of not being a carrier. I think that the odds are very much in your favor that neither one of you is a carrier. Try to relax and hang in there!
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