Second Anatomy Scan

Friday the 13th was Bean's second anatomy scan. The focus of the day was the normal sizing and general anatomy of baby Bean, but also to check on the heart and kidneys since they couldn't get a good look at them in the earlier scan. So, after taking lots of pictures and measurements, the ultrasound tech told us to hang tight and the doctor should be in shortly after taking a look at the images. That wait took much longer than expected, but while waiting we got the call from the geneticist with the results of the second round of chromosome testing - everything came back normal. Good news! Finally, the doctor came into the room and filled us in that the heart and kidneys look good. So, it looks like with any luck the om is the only issue on the table, which the tech did show us during the ultrasound. (This very dry recap was brought to you by Daren).

My advice to all first time moms - go to the bathroom before the start of the u/s. The darn things take forever if the baby doesn't cooperate AND they really push hard with the wand. I'm slightly embarrassed to say I also may have drifted off once or twice during the scan. I think the coaches workout from Thursday was still kicking my tail.

Bean remains our team green surprise.  The tech asked if we were having a boy or a girl. We let her know that we were going the surprise route. She had us turn our heads while taking measurements of the femur so we wouldn't see a vienna sausage or the lack thereof.

This afternoon/evening we filled in our family members with the happenings of the past month. It was hard to tell them we didn't have a whole lot of answers. Many of those answers won't come until Bean is born.

Our next appointment is August 10th. At that point I will be 26 weeks. In the coming days we are to expect a call from one of the hospital's case workers who will be assigned to our case. The case worker will coordinate our NICU visits and meetings with the future surgeons.