Everything is A-OK!

We had our follow up ultra-sound on July 1st and as we thought, the doctor there confirmed that everything is A-Ok with Finn. Yay! Again we met first with the genetic counselor who said that the small white dot found in the ultra sounds could be considered a soft marker for downs syndrome but based on all the tests we'd had done and the results, the odds were still low (1/3500) that she'd have downs. The genetic counselor assured us again that those are really good odds and that there likely wouldn't be any problems.

We went in for the ultrasound and got to see her squirming around like she normally does. :) The ultrasound tech asked if we wanted to see a 4-D image of her and before we knew it, there she was. You could see her cheeks, mouth, chin, little nose and her hand up to the side of her face. Our little beautiful baby girl...Jen and I just stared and couldn't believe we were looking at her tiny face...getting our first glimpse of what she really looks like. It was amazing! This is what we got to see:

After she left, the doctor came in and said he'd reviewed the results and everything looked good. He took another look and again showed us the little white dot that had been so very stressful for us. He started off by explaining that I don't fall into any of the high risk categories for having a child with downs. He said that they hadn't really figured out a good way to explain the marker to those people who are in the low risk category. He said the medical community needs to do a better job of that. :) He thought the marker was much lighter than it would need to be for him to consider it a marker and that he would have never called it out in the first place. He said that, along with the good test results we'd received, indicated to him that she'll be just fine. That we shouldn't have any concerns about her having downs. SO relieved!

Yesterday we entered the 3rd trimester! Finn weighs around as much as a chinese cabbage and is still around the length of an eggplant. I can't believe how quickly time has gone by and I'm sure it will continue flying just like it has. I'm pretty sure Jen and I are both nesting and have covered a lot of ground lately in getting prepared for her arrival. Jen is working on furniture for Finn's room and has almost single handedly done all of our thank you notes since our two showers. :) Yesterday I made room in the garage for some things that need to come out of the office so we can start getting her room together, cleaned out some cabinets in the bathroom so we're more organized and there is space for her bath stuff, did all of the laundry, and organized my closet so there is room for Finn's clothes and things. Now we just need to get the furniture in and all of her clothes, blankets, etc washed and put away. We're doing good and can't wait to meet her!

This Friday is our 28 week appointment! Sometime in between now and then I need to go do another (the 3rd one!!) glucose test and have my chubby liver tested again. See ya later this week with another update! :)