First I just want to apologize. I’ve been having trouble getting onto the blog, and haven’t been able to update for quite some time. Every time I tried to log in, the site kept crashing on me.
Lots has happened since I last updated. At my doctors appointment in mid November my belly was measuring a whopping 6 weeks ahead! I won’t deny I was feeling a little apprehensive about how big this baby might be! I had another ultrasound on November 30, and had a great time seeing my IPs. I just love spending time with them! We weren’t able to get any good pictures of baby at that ultrasound, as it had its face stuffed into the placenta. But we did get some very interesting visuals. We could see that the baby was sucking, even see its tongue moving. But rather than sucking on a thumb or a fist, it seemed to be sucking directly on the placenta! The ultrasound technician was fascinated. She said she had never seen a baby do that before. She also showed us the baby’s teeth buds. Baby – now nicknamed Cherub as it’s too big to be an Emby anymore, is indeed measuring big – but only by about 2 weeks, not 6. Cherub is also head down now.
I’ve had one more doctors appointment since then, and everything is still looking great. Blood pressure is great, belly is measuring 4 weeks ahead instead of 6. Gestational diabetes scan can back negative too. So yes, baby is measuring big, but that’s just genetics, not diabetes.
So all along, the IPs have chosen not to know the baby’s gender. This Sunday I got a big surprise when I received an email from the geneticist who had done our Harmony test way back in the first trimester. IM had emailed her to ask about the baby’s gender! Because the blood test had been performed on me, I had to authorize the release of the information – which is pretty silly considering that it’s THEIR baby! Of course I said yes immediately. IM called me shortly after, soooooo excited! She had opened the email, to discover that she is going to have a baby….. Girl!!!💞💞💞💞 I don’t think she could have been happier. A girl was exactly what she wanted! IF did not know yet. She was trying to surprise him 🙂 last night she put a pink soother in a box with a note from Cherub and had him open it. So now they both know, and everyone is thrilled! They haven’t told their daughter about the baby yet… But that is coming soon 🙂
I think that’s about all the pregnancy related news. Non-pregnancy wise, my middle child, Braeden broke his arm on November 19. Another kid at school pushed him off the playground, and he snapped both bones in his left forearm – which of course is his dominate arm. He had to have it surgically reset, and has been in a full cast up to his armpit ever since. We go back to the cast clinic for his next check up on Dec 30. Incidentally, sleeping in those little pull out hospital chairs is never exactly comfortable. Sleeping in one at 6 months pregnant is less so!
So that’s all for now. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
The Baker
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