Ultrasound 5.......I think...... August 25, 2008

Monday, August 25, 2008
Ultrasound 5..........I think.....
Well today Jess went and had the ultrasound and a brief visit with the doctor.
The Ultrasound: The baby does have lungs now and they appear to be functioning normally, another unknown until the baby is on the outside. There is not "measureable" amniotic fluid. They didn't say there wasn't any there for sure but they couldn't locate any pockets that were clearly amniotic fluid. The kidneys don't appear to have increased in size, nor did the cysts appear to have grown. Her feet are in her face. She is literally sandwhiched in the womb. They could see the wall of the uterus right in front of her face. This is normal further in the pregnancy but she is only 32 weeks and 3 days. So, with just shy of 8 weeks left to go this highly undesireable. She is still moving ALOT. Most babies by this point are very lethargic and movement is rare. She appears to be stubborn, like her mom and dad. She kicked the ultrasound thingamajig several times as she didn't like it. I don't think I would either! The heartbeat is still steady and strong.
Jess is still having a lot of pain. It is hard for her to get out of bed to go to the bathroom every two hours at night. Sitting back down is equally as painful as the baby is so low already.
The due date: Well, the doctor was slammed. He had been gone to a conference and instead of them double booking him they tripple booked him. Instead of appointments every 10 minutes he had appointments every 2 minutes. Yeah. He is a good doctor though and takes very good care of Jess and this has been the only time this has happened. Usually, he lets other people wait while we ask him questions. Jess said he did seem upset with the way the ultrasound looked because of the lack of fluid. We are going to talk to him tomorrow and get a date set for sure. So, when we get that, we will let everyone know what is going on. He didn't want to schedule anything for sure without being able to sit down and discuss some things with us.
Basically, Jess is trying to make it as long as she can before she just can't handle it anymore. She isn't in constant pain, it is just when she has to move around, since she is pregnant and the baby kicks her bladder repeatedly, you can imagine how oftern she has to get up. She has tried to walk it off but that just makes it worse.
Sorry we don't have more info but that is all we have. Everything in its time I guess. The dates we are looking at are still the 9th and 16th of September. I know this is a teeter-totter situation, so, we completely understand that is not ideal for planning time of from work and such. All that to say, please, don't anybody stress out about being there, we still don't know what is going to happen.
For anybody who has lived through something like this, we have our moments for sure, but for the most part we are doing okay- no doubt because of everyone's prayers. I know this blog sounds kind of short and sterile but we really don't know much ourselves. We are just waiting, hoping and trusting regardless of the outcome it will work out for our best and everyone else's.