On Monday, we went to have The Ultrasound.
Meaning the 20 week anatomy scan. Counting all the fingers and toes.
Checking the organs. Making sure everything looks normal. And that
also means…..
Yes. Half way! This is a very big deal for
us. I’ve never been this far along. It’s surreal. I say that
because it’s hard to reconcile my anxiety with being this happy.
Like I’m not allowed to be too excited or something bad will
happen. So don’t take my seemingly disinterest as disappointment.
Moving on from my head space, we start off
the appointment like any other. Making sure there’s a heartbeat.
Yes, there is. And sigh of relief. The whole thing takes about an
hour. The tech takes measurements, pictures, and details all organs.
After that, the Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) doctor comes in and
discusses what was observed. He said all organs appeared normal.
Measurements were on target. Even my cervix was holding up with the
cerclage.
There she is-- looking good.
The doctor starting talking to us about the
progesterone I was taking for preterm labor. He said at a recent
conference he went to that the rate of preterm labor hasn’t really
declined as much as they thought it would. Even with the use of
progesterone. The reason why has to do with the fact there are
multiple reason why a woman goes into preterm labor and the shots may
only help a couple of those. It just goes to show you how much and
often science and medicine can change.
Of course, I’m still going to keep doing
the shots. And I should say, he wasn’t trying to discourage us,
just giving us information.
And now I want to make a pregnancy related
complaint. I can deal with every other symptom, but there is one that
may drive me crazy.
Yep, restless leg syndrome. Whether napping
or sleeping at night, my legs will twitch. It’s an uncontrollable
impulse. And I can’t sleep. It may cause me to have a breakdown.
There doesn’t seem to be anything that helps.
So baby girl looks fine and I’ll never
fully sleep again. Sounds about right.
