I was suppose to have it done Monday but the Perinatologist's office called me the Thursday before and had to cancel/reschedule because the doctor had to go out of town unexpectedly. It's rescheduled for today at noon (Eastern time, so it's about 8:30 right now). It was a major pain in the butt for them to do that, we had this u/s scheduled for Monday for two months-we own our own biz and had coverage so it could remain open on Monday and had a friend of mine coming along (she's never been pregnant and never seen an ultrasound either 2D or 4D, she was the first person I told so I thought it would be neat to share that experience with her). Because it had to be rescheduled we have no coverage and that means our biz has to close if Daddy wanted to come along and we lose those sales. My friend has to work today so she's not coming which sucks for both of us but especially her because she was soooooooo excited. The good thing about rescheduling is that my mother, in NC, was shceduled to have surgery Monday also. I was a bit relieved that they canceled the u/s after I thought about it because that meant she could concentrate on her surgery and recovery without worrying if everything was OK with the baby and the u/s and today we'll be able to concentrate on our u/s because I know she's recovering well.
I'm really really hoping everything looks good on the u/s! Because of my history with the complete placenta previa and my high risk pregnancy overall (history of developing blood clots during pregnancy that have traveled to my lungs previously making it necessary for me to be on blood thinner all pregnancy and for a few weeks PP) and what happened at BIL and SIL mid-pregnancy u/s (finding a cyst on the brain and two vessel cod, I'm kinda anxious that there will be something wrong. More than anything I want to see a healthy, good looking, good sized baby. Second to that is no additional complications (previa or cord issues, fluid issues, etc.) and then finding out the gender. I'll admit though I think I'll be let down a bit (and I know Daddy will be) if we don't find out gender tomorrow but I'll be even more upset if we don't get the A-OK or they can't get the pictures they need to confirm a healthy baby or rule out things or if they find markers.
I've drastically increased my water intake, I read somewhere recently-maybe here- that increased fluid intake can make it easier to get the shots the doctor needs. Someone compared it to an adult being in a Kiddie Pool and that adult being in regular pool...yeah there's fluid in both instances but in the regular pool there's more fluid to move around in which makes movements easier and the fluid works as a trans (something I forget the word) and helps get better images. I also plan to drink OJ and my regular caffeine dose (Coke) tomorrow morning in hopes of getting the baby moving regularly. I just hope it doesn't backfire on me and make the baby too active to get good shots of whatever the Peri is going to look at.
The doctor told us at our 12w appointment with him that we should be able to get some good 3D pics this time, last time he tried but he said it looked more like alien than baby (Hey, we didn't care! I thought the pictures were cool regardless). They also are able to record the u/s on DVD if we want so we're going to do that. I told my friend if all works out with recording we'll have her over so she can watch it.
It'll take us an hour to get there and back which sucks but I'll update when I can! You all can check my blog, link in my siggie, too if I don't post for awhile.
I'm really really hoping everything looks good on the u/s! Because of my history with the complete placenta previa and my high risk pregnancy overall (history of developing blood clots during pregnancy that have traveled to my lungs previously making it necessary for me to be on blood thinner all pregnancy and for a few weeks PP) and what happened at BIL and SIL mid-pregnancy u/s (finding a cyst on the brain and two vessel cod, I'm kinda anxious that there will be something wrong. More than anything I want to see a healthy, good looking, good sized baby. Second to that is no additional complications (previa or cord issues, fluid issues, etc.) and then finding out the gender. I'll admit though I think I'll be let down a bit (and I know Daddy will be) if we don't find out gender tomorrow but I'll be even more upset if we don't get the A-OK or they can't get the pictures they need to confirm a healthy baby or rule out things or if they find markers.
I've drastically increased my water intake, I read somewhere recently-maybe here- that increased fluid intake can make it easier to get the shots the doctor needs. Someone compared it to an adult being in a Kiddie Pool and that adult being in regular pool...yeah there's fluid in both instances but in the regular pool there's more fluid to move around in which makes movements easier and the fluid works as a trans (something I forget the word) and helps get better images. I also plan to drink OJ and my regular caffeine dose (Coke) tomorrow morning in hopes of getting the baby moving regularly. I just hope it doesn't backfire on me and make the baby too active to get good shots of whatever the Peri is going to look at.
The doctor told us at our 12w appointment with him that we should be able to get some good 3D pics this time, last time he tried but he said it looked more like alien than baby (Hey, we didn't care! I thought the pictures were cool regardless). They also are able to record the u/s on DVD if we want so we're going to do that. I told my friend if all works out with recording we'll have her over so she can watch it.
It'll take us an hour to get there and back which sucks but I'll update when I can! You all can check my blog, link in my siggie, too if I don't post for awhile.