23 Week Update!

I am 23 weeks and still going strong, thanks to God! This pregnancy has been wonderful and stressful all at the same time, but our little guy is doing just fine!

I went in for my 20 week anatomy scan terrified that something was wrong or he truly did have spina bifida. We spoke to a geneticist before our ultrasound, and felt instantly better. It turns out they had misread my doctors notes and thought I had spina bifida rather than my mom. They took our normal test results and multiplied it by 26, because if I had it, he would be 26 times more likely to have it, and that resulted in our extremely high test result number. But, she did tell me that they would still be checking his spinal cord just as a precaution. Thank goodness D was there with me, he really helped me hold it together. After our meeting, we waited about an hour and were finally able to do our ultrasound. What a magical experience. Both of us got to see our little guy with features and all for the first time. They measured his head, body, bladder, arms, legs, confirmed it was a boy, and even checked out his spinal cord. We even got to see him yawn! It was wonderful! The only tricky part was that he was wiggling so much, it was hard to get great pics, but we got a few pretty good ones! Doctor came in and confirmed that he is healthy and that there is no sign of Spina Bifida, praise the Lord!

That weekend after our ultrasound was Mother’s Day, so D and A accompanied me to a nice little weekend getaway in Denver where we went baby shopping and ate some great food! My mom, who was in Arizona, came back that week and the following weekend, we went baby shopping and actually set up his little bassinet. Ahhh!! It is all so real, I cannot even believe it!

Yesterday, we went in for an Echocardiogram on the baby, and this time, my mom got to come with me. It was wonderful! Little man did not disappoint and was as squirmy as ever, even grabbing is legs and putting them up by his head making it really difficult to get great shots of his heart. What they did get, the doctor said looked great, but he wants me back in 4 weeks to see if we can get an even better view and truly confirm that everything is good. I am all about those ultrasounds, let me see my little man! They even did a cervical check for my Unicornuate Uterus, and they said that I still have room for him to grow and it looks good. Such wonderful news all around!

Everything else has been going great. I have felt him move a few times, but with my placenta being in the front, it is making it harder to feel him. Knowing he is okay makes that part easier to live with. I haven’t had many symptoms other than fatigue, and some pretty bad migraines. Can’t complain too much. Oh, and the best part, we decided on his name, well, his first name. There is still some debate on his middle name. Our little miracle boy will be named Rylan! After having that dream, and then finding out it was a boy, all of the other names we thought of just didn’t compare. He was meant to be a Rylan for sure! That is all I have for now, but I will post some updates in the coming weeks! Thank you all for your love and support!