On August 8th Brian and I went to Maternal and Fetal Medicine at WakeMed to have the First Trimester Screening. The screening includes an ultrasound (to measure the fluid behind the baby's neck) and bloodwork. It gives you an indication of the risk of the baby having Down's Syndrome or Trisomy 13 or 18.
The ultrasound portion was first and went well. Interestingly enough, the tech said that I was measuring 8 days ahead of the predicted due date. Which means my due date might change from February 20th to the 12th, but my OB wants to wait until the "big ultrasound" in about a month to make any decisions regarding changing the due date.
Anyway, during the ultrasound portion of this screening Baby Trump didn't really want to cooperate for the tech (sound familiar? Emma was the same way.), so it took about 15 minutes to get the shot she needed. The fluid measurement looked great, just needed to have the blood test to confirm that all was well.
Our bloodwork came back a few days later with great results:
Risk of Down's Syndrome---- 1:8,009 births
Risk of Trisomy 13 or 18---- 1:>10,000 births
So far, so good! In another month or so, we'll be able to have our anatomy scan/gender confirmation ultrasound. Hopefully THIS baby will be more cooperative during that ultrasound!
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