Everything went well and??

IT??S A BOY.

It??s a little surprising because I??m carrying high which usually means a girl. But?? these things are usually old wives?? tales and the only body part the little monster was interested in showing us were his male parts. The rest of the time, he was either balled up being uncooperative or was playing with his feet and doing somersaults. My co-workers were commenting (when I told them) that there??s a reason I??m so wiped out all the time ?? I have an active little baby!!!!

Dr. Fabulous (the high-risk doctor who I saw today) is a total character. I was expecting a nice shirt and tie. Instead, I got scrubs and cowboy boots. 🙂 Very nice guy and he answered every question we had as well as reassuring us that the baby was just fine despite the bloodwork last week. None of the markers for Down??s were present and while they do want to do a short ultrasound in 10 weeks to re-check a couple things, the heart issues were not there and the facial features are good.

And his name shall be called?? Daniel James.

OK… the news from Tuesday (in the entry that got corrupted and had to be deleted) is that the Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein Screening test came back elevated for Down’s Syndrome. It doesn’t mean that the baby definitely has Down’s Syndrome — it just means that the right proteins and chemicals were present in the blood to indicate that they should look.

What this means: The high-definition ultrasound that I was supposed to have on the 20th just got jumped to the 3rd. (It was going to be the 6th but the high-risk doctor is out of the office that day.) Apparently, they need to have sufficient time in case we have to do amniocentisis or abort the kid. Neither one is going to happen — I draw the line at having amnio done unless the baby is actively dying and this kid will NOT be aborted. Period.

IF the baby has Down’s: we’ll deal with it. Seriously, it’s not a death sentence and there are two pastors that Jon has worked with here in Montana who have kids with it. One has a daughter my age who functions as well as most regular adults do (lives on her own, has a job, takes of most of her own business except for some of her banking) and the other has a preteen daughter who is like most preteens except that she has the flat facial features.

Regardless of anything that happens, the baby is going to be loved and it is very much a wanted child… even when it kicks so hard that it’s giving me acid reflux.