Head, shoulders, knees and toes....

Again with the lack in postings! I figured this would happen, I'm so forgetful. But its been mostly uneventful lately so I guess I shouldn't be too upset.

Today I had my "neck" appointment as Dr. Snyder calls it (since this one you can see a neck, obviously). Each one gets more and more exciting. We saw a head, a nose, ears...and of course long arms and legs. Big feet, actually, or they looked big anyway. She moved and wiggled and was so cute as she held out her hands in front of her, almost as if in prayer. (keep in mind, I use "she" because that sounds so much better than "it". We don't yet know the sex.) The heart rate was around 167, so still fast, but nothing to worry about. This time they were looking for any "red flags" that would make them suspect down's syndrome. Apparently, downs syndrome fetus' don't typically have a nasal bone at this stage. Ours does. Down's Syndrome babies also have a bright white spot that will show up on the heart, ours didn't. And apparently every fetus has a little pouch like structure on the back of the neck, and in a DS baby, its really big. Ours was tiny. So he said while it can't ever be 100%, he is positive enough that he won't require any additional tests.

We also finally talked dad into coming in to watch, since he's been disappointed that you can't hear the heartbeat on the DVD they make. I think he was weirded out by the whole deal, since these are intervaginal ultrasounds, but I was all covered and it turned out okay. I think he was glad he was in there for it. Luckily this was the last one of those I'd have to get. Or so I thought...

When I got home, I had locked myself out of the house. Which sucked, cause I didn't have a spare stashed anywhere. For some reason I thought I would check my car, which I NEVER leave unlocked EVER. And what do you know? Unlocked. Okay, so I hit the garage door opener. But I also NEVER leave the door going to the house from the garage unlocked. Checked it, and what do you know...unlocked. I about fell over. Craziest thing ever, cause I can't think of a single day since I moved here that I've left either of those unlocked. Especially living alone.

Anyway, I saw mom and dad off, then decided I would check the DVD and rip it to the computer so I could send to Stephen. It didn't work. Computer told me "you have inserted a blank DVD". NOOOOooooo!!!! I was devastated. Started to cry almost, cause its bad enough poor Stephen can't be here with me to see that, but now he wont even be able to see the video! I called the doctor to see if they by chance were saved on the computer...but no. I was so upset. About a half hour later though, Dr. Snyder calls me himself. He said "when can you come back in?" It was so amazing, they didn't have to do that for me, but they squeezed me in this afternoon so I could have a video for him. And they didn't rush through it, he took his time to get lots of good shots and point out things on the baby in the video. We got a great butt shot at one point, and you could see those long legs and big feet, crossed....and for a moment it almost seemed like there was a little crack. Was it butt crack or something else? Hmm it shall remain a mystery for 8 more weeks...

Other than that, the story lately has been migranes. About every 3 or 4 days one comes on, and they are the worst I've ever had. So bad that black washes over my eyes when I try to get up and move around...like I'm going to black out. Dr. Snyder gave me some migrane meds, so that is great, cause tylonol wasn't cutting it.

Thats really about it. Appetite is still weird, eating about half the portion I would normally eat. But it keeps me from gaining a bunch of weight. In fact, I lost another pound since my last visit. But they don't seemed concerned, so I won't be either!

It is very late so I'm going to crash, I'll try to post pictures soon.