The blood work for the NT scan came back yesterday: less than 1/10,000 for trisomies 13, 18 , and 21. This is as low as the odds go for their lab. I feel really great about it. The NT ultrasound was AMAZING! They project the ultrasound on a big TV so you can see everything. We saw two arms, two legs, a brain, and a stomach. Oh, and we were able to see little, tiny fingers. I think Le Bebe looks like me in profile, MH didn't agree. Oh well, as the mother I get to be right about this one!
It also dawned on me yesterday that odds are this baby is going to be coming out one way or another. Labor and delivery has been such an abstract concept for me. It literally never occurred to me that I was going to have to get a baby out of me. I know this sounds stupid, but I have spent so much time researching getting pregnant that things like birth and newborn care seem very far out of my scope.
I am experiencing a few new pregnancy symptoms, namely pregnancy brain and hormonal crying jags. The other day I couldn't think of the word lunch...I told my co-worker I was going to eat the meal you have in the middle of the day. I am NOT kidding!!! It was embarrassing. I also spent a good minute staring into the fridge wondering where the silverware was to set the table. Oh, and as some of you know I am a crier, but now it has become almost daily and nearly hysterical in nature like when MH wouldn't go get me McDonald's right that second. This was obviously because he didn't love me or want our child, not because he needed to put on his shirt and shoes.
I think things have worked out on the job front. MH is going to be working in Chapel Hill, NC for a couple months as a consultant, and them move to CT in a full-time position. I will be staying here and working until the baby comes.
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You will have to call me when you come to visit NC!
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