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Hello! We're so glad that you decided to come and check out our family blog! This is the place where you can keep in the loop as far was what we're up to... and updates on baby.

Here is the short cut to some of the Baby G posts. It goes back to everything from when we found out we were pregnant, ultrasound pictures, some videos and the infamous belly bump pictures.

Enjoy and thanks for checking in on us and Baby G!

Mon, John & Baby G

Links to Previous Posts:
One Year Anniversary
Two Little Pink Lines
Announcing Baby G
One Month Baby Bump
First Dr.'s Appointment and Ultrasound
Two Month Baby Bump
Eleven week Check-up with Video of baby g swimming
First Trimester Screening with Pictures
Three Month Baby Bump
NT Scan Results
Fourteen week Check-up with Video of heart beat
Four Month Baby Bump
Blue or Pink... What do You think? Vote to the Left!

NT Scan Results

GREAT news! Today we received our results from the Nuchal Translucency screening that happened last Wednesday.

Before the Ultrasound and Blood Tests the chances for Baby G to show an abnormality was 1 in 6,000. According to our screening results, Baby G has a 1 in 10,000 chance to have an abnormality. The genetic counselor told me that these are the best possible results for someone my age (24). We are so thankful for this wonderful news and we continue to pray for Baby G's health.

First Trimester Ultrascreen

Today we went for our first-trimester Ultrascreen, which is a fairly new screening for Down syndrome and Trisomy 12 and 13. Dr. Yost referred us to Sacramento Maternal Fetal Medicine. Yeah, say that 10 times fast!

The Ultrascreen involves a level 2 ultrasound where the doctor measures the amount of fluid behind the baby's neck and the presence of a nasal bone. I also had blood drawn (my favorite thing!) to test for the amounts of two different hormones produced by the baby. They will put all this information (including my age and our family medical history) into a formula and come up with our baby's probability of having a chromosomal abnormality.

Baby g was sleeping when our Tech first was getting the image... but not for long. This little guy was flipping over from side to side and back to front.

The ultrasound was amazing... Just from last week to this week Baby G actually looks like a person now. Baby G is measuring right on schedule for size, and it's heart rate was 167! He was a little excited, either that or his mommy kept him awake to try to get a good measurement.

*updated* I just noticed that I typed "he" through out... I guess it's just intuition.

This was the starting position... Baby G's head is to the Left, feet to the right, and you can see his little hand waving.

This is after coughing, laughing and a lot of pressure put on my bladder by the Tech to get Baby G to move so she could get a good reading for the NT Scan. Now Baby G's head is to the Right and his little but is up in the air... the Tech didn't really talk all the much during the ultrasound, but as soon as he was bottoms up, she giggled and made me smile! (I think there are some boy parts there...)

This is my favorite picture: Baby G is still in the same position as above but you can see where the eyes are, the cute little nose... and to me it looks like he's smiling!

Prayers Are Welcome...

Tomorrow morning at 8:30am we are going to the perinatologist for the Ultrascreen (and a ultrasound - yay!). This screening test detects babies who are at a higher risk for having certain chromosomal abnormalities. Of course we will love this child unconditionally, but just like every parent, we want our baby to be completely healthy. Your prayers are the most precious gift and we appreciate every single one. I will post an update tomorrow!

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

Philippians 4:6